On Friday, May 6, the next new site for Beaucroft School in Wimborne had an empty school field outside it… but by the Sunday it had the clear signs of a Community Garden developing on it!
Over the weekend many hard-working, volunteers of all ages transformed the field into a garden with 12 dug beds for flowers veggies, a large soft fruit area and a huge no-dig section – and 10 cubic meters of compost was wheelbarrowed and put on top of all the beds! The turf that was taken down to the children’s area in the planned garden and transformed into magical grassy structures under the trees – including a snake, turtle and a fun donut ring!
There were also volunteers potting up plants ready to go in the beds while others widened the pathway for wheelchair access.
Generosity was shown by companies like Dorset Soils, MB Wilks, Home Instead, The Linwood Sawmill, The Green Man Pub in Wimborne, as well as help and support from Wimborne First Scouts, the Nursery in Redcotts Lane, Year 9 students at the Queen Elizabeth School and countless donations from the public of tools and even a greenhouse and roofing felt.
It will now be open to anyone who wants to join the fun on a Wednesday morning, a Friday afternoon and a Sunday afternoon each week.