Please wait while photos are loading... This Sunday morning work continued on Walney. Mr Walney himself, John Murphy, called round on one of his regular visits to lend a hand. He's delighted with the progress so far...  Listen to John Murphy talking about the garden »
Top topiary Over the years, John Woodcock has formed a fantastic display of topiary hedges, and when he heard about the Walney Voices project, he offered us some plants to get the youngsters started with their own topiary.  | Some of John's incredible creations. |
John and his wife Doreen spend much of their free time at their caravan near Levens Hall, South of Kendal. Levens is famous for its topiary, and so is John! It just so happened that on Tuesday, when we collected the plants, he was centre-spread in the Daily Mail, and BBC North West Tonight were on their way to film him! Listen to John Woodcook talking to Paul O'Neill » Friends give garden grant The Friends of the Lake District is a well-known organisation in Cumbria - we often hear about it in our news bulletins as members have their say over conservation and countryside issues. But it has a number of other interests which might not be as well known. Did you know that gardening projects can be helped with cash grants? Obviously they have to fill certain criteria, but money is available, and not just for projects in the Lake District National Park. Walney School has been awarded a grant towards the sensory garden we're involved in building! Listen to Jack Ellerby explaining more about the grants » If you'd like to know about the grants, call Jack on 01539 720788. How to help With only a two weeks to go (!!), we still need plenty of help. Just come and help for an hour if you can. There is plenty to do - we'll find something to match your ability. Call Gail on 01228 474291 (or 07801 679757).  | Left: Gail and Mike chose pieces of slate from a mountain of the stuff at Burlington Slate. Lord Cavendish (owner of the company) donated the slate for the Voices project. |
| Right: Pupils help John Woodcock carry small trees into the garden. The trees were then planted next to the fence by Eureka volunteers. | 
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 | Left: A human chain of adults and pupils passes the trees down to the garden. |
| Right: More plants are going into the raised beds. | 
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 | Left: The paving is now nearly finished. |
| Right: John the Brickie is carefully constructing the paving so it looks like a face. Here it is with the eyes completed. | 
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 | Left: The garden from the south end. Volunteers help with planting and weeding. |
Right: This mural of a porthole (by Gail) is painted over an ugly woodchip board. The board covers utility meters. | 
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 | Left: Unfinished block paving. Right: John the Brickie uses the hose as a makeshift shower in the stifling heat this week. His skin is starting to resemble that of David Dickinson... | 
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Return to these webpages soon for another update on the Sensory Garden's progress. Thank you to those who have helped the project | 
