It's a big project - 100 feet long by 30 wide - and it's going to be built by volunteers.
Walney School is the island's only school for 11 to 16 year olds, and the Special Needs Department's dream is to provide a seaside garden for youngsters of all abilities to use. One of our volunteers is Landscape Gardener Mike Brook. Mike served his time in Blackpool's Stanley Park, so he knows his stuff about seaside gardening. Mike came along on Thursday to survey the site, and immediately set to with his spade...  Listen now online
Mike and I, along with a few volunteers, are going to be attacking those path edgings this Tuesday 22 April 2003, during the day. | View of the garden - not much to see! |
If you could provide a bit of muscle, and a pickaxe or spade for a couple of hours, then we'd like to hear from you. There'll be other jobs with other skills needed in the near future but for this Tuesday we're after one or two more people to dig out those edgings. If you could give us a hand, call Gail or Paul now on 07801 679757. And hopefully, in next week's update, we'll bring you a report from that working party.
Return to these webpages soon for another update on the Sensory Garden's progress. | 
