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Friends of the Hollows - Planters published their Delivery Report!3 months ago
Delivered 22 August 2023
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A community planter at the entrance of Newton Hollows to encourage parents and children alike to learn about and grow fruits and herbs given to us by the Romans. This is phase one of the larger plan
Friends of the Hollows is a like minded community group interested in preserving and improving Newton Hollows - a old Roman pathway from c49AD. This will be a phased regeneration programme working with local schools, Chester zoo, Big Heritage and CWaC council. This is the first phase of a wider regeneration plan and includes installing planters for food plants, herbs that are connected with the Romans in Britain and the planting of food bearing trees associated with the Romans.
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Why it's a great idea:
Since the recent improvements the Hollows has become an even bigger part of peoples daily health and well being walks. We can only build on this by the phased programme of regeneration planned. That starts with the planters and an initial planting scheme along the route that will eventually lead to wildlife walks to highlight the plants and habitats to be found.
Steps to get it done:
There are a number of foods and plants that the Romans brought to Britain in the 1st Century AD which were hitherto unknown by ancient Britons. These include Fennel, Coriander and a number of other culinary herbs. Cultivated apples and pears also were introduced, with techniques having spread from the origins of apple trees in central Asia. There will be a combination of planting within the planters built through volunteer effort, the planting of fruit trees and creation and management of small areas of wildflower meadows, including native woodland bulb planting along the length of the route. This is intended to form an attractive and interesting piece of local heritage whilst improving the wildlife habitats to be found along the path.
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Brilliant news, thanks everyone!
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Hi All, Massive thanks to all who have backed this project already. We are now into the last week of the campaign phase. Just six days to go. We are currently at 88% of target. Spacehive is an all or nothing platform - if we don't reach our target we don't get anything sadly. If you've been thinking about backing the project with a pledge, now is the time. We really do appreciate all the support of this great community project.
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How will the money be spent?Total £5,872
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Total £5,872
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VolunteerThe Friends of the Hollows Group is a group of local volunteers who live near the Hollows, an old Roman road leading to Wilderspool (Warrington) from Chester.
The Friends Group aims to work with the Council and other organisations to restore the path and its bordering land to a cared for state and to help it become a much loved and well used feature of the neighbourhood.
The Friends of the Hollows comes under the auspices of Transition Chester a constituted, not for profit community group based in Chester whose purpose is to enable local people to live lives with less carbon in an area with rich biodiversity. Transition Chester was formed in 2008.
Transition Chester will hold and account for all funds raised for the Hollows Project which will involve volunteers in creating a Roman food path together with wildflower planting to help local wildlife.
The work will involve the building of accessible street planters which will be planted up with herbs and food plants the Romans brought to Britain and along the path, fruit trees brought by the Romans such as apples, pears and cherries will be planted and managed and which will eventually fruit for all to share.
Project Owner: Friends of the Hollows The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
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