Work on building a new community garden in Barshaw Park has officially started with contractors setting up on the site.The community garden, which will be on the site of the park’s former Nature Corner, has been designed by landscape specialists Nicola Semple and Susan Begg, of Semple Begg and will be managed by volunteer organisation Friends of Barshaw Park.The garden will feature the world-famous Paisley pattern in the creation of its curved and accessible raised beds and extensive trellis work for fruit and flower training that frame the entryway, creating an inviting and sociable space.Don't miss the latest headlines from around Renfrewshire.
Sign up to our newsletters here.It is expected to take six weeks to complete, and work started on Thursday.There will be moveable beds, offering privacy for activities such as yoga sessions which are planned for the garden.It will be fully accessible, with curved undersides to sit a wheelchair under comfortably and local distilleries’ recycled barrels will be used to shape the site.The space will be framed on all sides by walls made from larch sleepers sourced and grown on the Isle of Bute, espalier fruit trees of local varieties, and edible hedges with Scottish berries.
Natural composting, wormery and extensive rainwater collection underpin the garden’s green credentials.And there will be a memorial garden where people can donate plants and shrubs in memory of their deceased pets.Irene McDonald, chair of Friends of Barshaw Park said: “It will be for everyone in the community, it will be welcoming and it will be open most of the time once we get established.“We’ll be running workshops, small events, the Royal Horticultural Society will be doing workshops as well.“We'll be doing
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