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Railings for Wendell Park Flower Beds joined: idverde Community Investment Fund 1 year ago
Delivered 28 February 2021
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By Wendell Park Gardening Friends
Wendell Park Gardening Friends is looking to install low metal railings to protect the replanted herbaceous borders and flower beds alongside Wendell Road.
Wendell Park Gardening Friends was established with the help of Spacehive three years ago. Since then it's volunteers transformed the herbaceous border alongside Wendell Road, removing snowberry bushes which had become overgrown and In their place the planting hundreds of shrubs and flowering plants and over 1,000 spring bulbs. This year the park has seen a large increase in users, in part as a consequence of the lockdown which also saw playgrounds being closed to children. Sadly, many of the new plants, shrubs and flowers planted by the Gardening Friends have been damaged or destroyed as a result of children and dogs being able to run freely through the flower beds . We are now looking to install low metal railings to protect to the borders, allowing new plants to establish so that we can continue too make the park more beautiful. These railings will also prevent dogs and footballs from damaging the habitats that have been created for insects and invertebrates.
What we'll deliver:
Why it's a great idea:
This project will; - Embellish and improve the existing park infrastructure - Protect the herbaceous borders allowing new planting to establish and thrive - Protect the environments that have been created for insects and invertebrates - Reduce the amount of litter in the borders
Steps to get it done:
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Location Hammersmith and Fulham
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London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
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We at Wendell Park Gardening Friends are thrilled to have hit our funding target with the generous support of all of you; but there is so much more that we can do with additional funding. We would be able to extend the railings to enclose the entire border, providing greater protection from footballs, dogs, and unwitting tramplers; we would be able to fund a better way to irrigate the borders; we would be able to increase our. budget for exciting and innovative planting. So don't sop now! Keep up the good work! And let's make Wendell Park truly special!
Brilliant news, thanks everyone!
Whoop, 30 people have pledged since fundraising began!
Whoop, 30 people have pledged since fundraising began!
How will the money be spent?Total £3,255
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Total £3,255
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VolunteerWendell Park Gardening Friends (WPGF) was formed in August 2017 in conjunction with the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, as an independent local voluntary group, with the purpose of improving and diversifying the planting for the enjoyment of all, in our much loved community asset, Wendell Park.
In the last quarter of 2017, we ran a successful SpaceHive crowdfunding campaign to raise funds to replant the south border of the park. The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (LBHF), the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Growing a Greener Britain and a large number of individual sponsors in the local community contributed generously to get us up and running.
In the space of less than two years, WPGF volunteers have succeeded in transforming a significant part of the park from a slightly unloved and neglected condition into beautiful, herbaceous borders supporting a broad diversity of flora and insect life. These efforts have been recognised by LBHF who, in June 2019 awarded the Friends a Civic Honour for our work to improve the environment in the borough.
WPGF aims to be the principle forum for representing the views of ALL users of the park, particularly in respect of its restoration and regeneration, and for promoting more effective beneficial usage of the park to the wider community.
Project Owner: Wendell Park Gardening Friends The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
