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A Mini-Meadow for Telegraph Hill Park

Funded on Spacehive 6 May 2021

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A Mini-Meadow for Telegraph Hill Park

Friends of Telegraph Hill Park By Friends of Telegraph Hill Park

Restoration of the Meadow Area in Telegraph Hill Park, making a rich habitat for "Forest School" use. Full bio-diversity for wild-life and children to enjoy. Plus a tough surface for the play area.

Lewisham Delivery stage

199
backers
£21,238
raised
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This project was funded on 06 May 2021!

Our park is the heart of our community and the fenced space by the ponds the heart of the park. We want to make this beautiful with meadow flowers but still keep it accessible and safe for "forest school" sessions where the adjacent Playclub and local nurseries can bring their children to get up close and personal with the bio-diversity we will create. Such a wild-life haven will delight the eyes of everyone walking through the Park and the rich insect-life provide a food source for birds and the resident bats. The younger children's play area in the park is so well used and well loved that the ground surface needs some toughening up with exciting sounding TigerMulch. The second stage or our project is to get the funds to pay for this permanent improvement to the Park's play facilities. If we can raise enough money - we aim also for an awning for the south side of the Playclub to diversify their outside space.

What we'll deliver:

  • Glendale to rotovate the fenced area to prepare it for planting
  • Purchase of high quality meadow seeds and plugs
  • Organising a meadow-planting work-day with the local community and backers
  • Creating bird scarers to keep the seeds safe until they germinate
  • Installing TigerMulch surfacing in the younger children's play area
  • Installing an awning on the south side of the Playclub

Why it's a great idea:

The restoration of rich meadow-land in the fenced area by the pond will create greatly enhance the facilities of this local park. In an inner-city area where many of the houses are converted into flats without garden space it is important for our children to have access to wild-life habitats. This project and the links being created with the Playclub and others such as Oakhill Community Nursery facilitates this. Likewise the younger children's play area, created as part of the lottery funded parks restoration project 20 years ago, has been a victim of its own success with very heavy usage degrading the grass, turning it into a mud-bath in prolonged wet weather. The proposal to resurface this space will make it an all year round creative play resource for local families. Conversely the south wall of the Playclub is a sun-trap in summer, and with extra funds an awning would provide UV protection and make this space usable, adding to the facilities of this volunteer managed building.

Steps to get it done:

  • Meadow: Rotovate and prepare the soil in the meadow area Summer 2021
  • Meadow: Hold a planting day (or two, or three) Autumn 2021
  • Meadow: A "Celebration Day" (with stalls and events outside the planted area) Summer 2022
  • Play Area: Removal of existing grass matting and disposal from site
  • Play Area: Laying of compacted stone sub-surface
  • Play Area: Laying of Tiger Mulch surfacing

A small sample of the fabulous support on our local Facebook page. Such a lovely idea. We were just walking through the park, admiring the wildlife and wondering what’s happening to the children’s play areas - all parts of both parks much loved and appreciated! Yes! I’d love to see a wildlife meadow, to have some rich biodiversity at the centre of our community Great news - local parks are even more valuable in lockdown! Such a great idea, especially at a time when every opportunity to encourage biodiversity matters. So many benefits all round! What a fantastic idea! More wildlife and beauty please As well as being pretty, a meadow will be helping all the insects that are in decline An important addition to the park as the parks need more pollinators in general We need meadows in such a densely built-up area. I fully support this! I support this idea. Especially important in this new dystopia we find ourselves in This would be SO amazing. Fully support! 100% behind this - nice one.

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Location Lewisham

About the space

Well used Victorian park with a classic design serving neighbourhood needs where many dwellings are flats without gardens.

Council

London Borough of Lewisham

How will the money be spent?Total £21,335

Resurfacing contract - £14,349 (67%)
Contingency on resurfacing contract increase - £2,000 (9%)
Glendale rotovating meadow area and ground preparation, including VAT - £1,800 (8%)
Glendale 10% management fees on the net figure, plus VAT on their fee - £1,435 (7%)
Seed and plugs - including VAT, free delivery - £287 (1%)
Other - £1,464 (7%)

Costs Breakdown

This shows how money raised for the project will be spent. These costs have been confirmed by the project's Delivery Manager and verified.

67%
Resurfacing contract
£14,349
9%
Contingency on resurfacing contract increase
£2,000
8%
Glendale rotovating meadow area and ground preparation, including VAT
£1,800
7%
Glendale 10% management fees on the net figure, plus VAT on their fee
£1,435
1%
Seed and plugs - including VAT, free delivery
£287
7%
Other Read More
£1,464
  • Spacehive fees
    £1,007
  • Transaction Fees
    £256
  • VAT
    £201

Overfunding

This project is enabled for overfunding. If the project hits its funding goal before the end of the campaign period, any extra funds raised will be spent (in order of priority) on:

  • If we have enough, awning for the Playclub south wall (£6000 approx)
  • If we don't have enough for the awning, some general replanting is always of value
  • Small items of toys and kitchen equipment for the Playclub

Total £21,335

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