Pocket park

Updated 2 December

David Pierce Pocket Park Grand opening

The opening ceremony for the David Pierce Pocket Park on Machon Bank was held on Saturday 9th November.

Here is Gina Pierce cutting the ribbon for the official opening and standing with our MP Abtisam Mohamed in from of the new information board

Here is a schematic of the planting:-

For a larger version click on the thumbnail. Click HERE for the planting key

Volunteering

Please contact Ruth Bernard at if you would like to donate plants, or volunteer to help with the planting and maintenance of the pocket park.

Stage 1 - Tarmac removal. On Tuesday 23 July, a group of 10 workers from Amey stripped off the tarmac on the site, removed it and fenced off the area. They started at 6.30am (which is why there is no photo of the workers !), and went to their day jobs at 8am. They gave up their time and Amey arranged all the work for no charge.

So a massive thank you to Amey and the crews !

Stage 2 - Building the retaining wall. Work started on Monday 12 August with the contractor Richard Bacon and his assistant starting to lay the wall that is made from reclaimed railway sleepers. These weigh a great deal but have the major advantage that they have not been treated with cresote. Drilling holes has proved to be something of a challenge !

Stage 3 - 30 August. Soil (kindly donated by Amey) arrives. Richard Bacon has put hard paving down for the seating area as well as a trellis along the back wall, with kind permission of the householders.