Great news - the utility (gas, electric, water etc) searches are back! Cardiff council kindly did this for us - which involves contacting the utility companies with the site location, and they informed the council if the utility is run on the site. I picked the paperwork up last week. Thanks to Will for organising, and putting up with my pestering!
Oh, and I'm giving a talk and slide show about the show garden in work tomorrow! Slightly nervous. I have one hour with no notes so will have to wing it.
4 July 2012
20 June 2012
What an eventful day!
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| Billy and John |
We placed the planters on station Rd and I've had no complaints (yet!). We have Pelagonium 'Apple Blossom' and an as-yet-unknown central plant! I'll try and find out what it is.
Felt a little bad because this year I bought the guys tea and cake, whereas in previous years all Colin and Johnny got was grief ;-)
I went to the nursery for 1.30pm and while Fred loaded up the truck with the pavers etc, I did some dead-heading - mind you I was only allowed after a tutorial from Nigel, and to be fair, it was needed! It was amazing to see the nursery in full bloom, with planters etc waiting to go out on display.
Fred and I dropped off the pavers etc to Broxton and Moruzzi's yard. Some of the pavers fell off the pallet, so I re-stacked them into a crate while Fred was otherwise engaged (don't ask!)
So I got my hands dirty twice today. However I have no photographic evidence, so you'll have to take my word for it!
19 June 2012
Latest
Met with Murray from Broxton and Moruzzi Landscapers and gave him the drawings and discussed plans for the installation. They are a business at the end f the day, and we'll gladly fit into their schedule as they are installing the garden for free! Just waiting for the utility searches to come back and a gap in their schedule.
Tomorrow the planters arrive. I caught up with Lewis from the LN Traders Association and agreed where to place the planters, which are coming at 8.30am. No lie in for me!
Then at 1.30pm I'm heading off with Fred to take the pavers to B&M's yard in Caerphilly.
A busy day ahead. Maybe I shouldn't have just gone to the pub then! I've spent my day off cutting my hedge and trimming my balls, which always gives me a thirst. Here are the results...Not a bad attempt with my new topiary shears. I'm sure one is bigger than the other, but that's not unusual apparently ;-)
Tomorrow the planters arrive. I caught up with Lewis from the LN Traders Association and agreed where to place the planters, which are coming at 8.30am. No lie in for me!
Then at 1.30pm I'm heading off with Fred to take the pavers to B&M's yard in Caerphilly.
Finally...
Things are moving quickly!
I have a site visit at the garden with Broxton and Moruzzi Landscapers today, so should have some news later on. Rob and Will have also been in touch about moving the pavers from Bute Park nursery up to B&M's yard, which I'm sure Nigel will appreciate, as they'll finally be out of his way!
And the Llandaff North flower planters are being delivered tomorrow! Always exciting to see what arrangement the nursery has planted up for us. Previously there was a mix up with their locations in LN, (not the council's fault, by the way!). Will recently informed me that it was Colin and John that had to re-place them. Whoops! So I'm liaising with them this year - it'll be Billy and John I'll be annoying tomorrow...apparently Colin said he couldn't go through it all again...;-)
I have a site visit at the garden with Broxton and Moruzzi Landscapers today, so should have some news later on. Rob and Will have also been in touch about moving the pavers from Bute Park nursery up to B&M's yard, which I'm sure Nigel will appreciate, as they'll finally be out of his way!
And the Llandaff North flower planters are being delivered tomorrow! Always exciting to see what arrangement the nursery has planted up for us. Previously there was a mix up with their locations in LN, (not the council's fault, by the way!). Will recently informed me that it was Colin and John that had to re-place them. Whoops! So I'm liaising with them this year - it'll be Billy and John I'll be annoying tomorrow...apparently Colin said he couldn't go through it all again...;-)
17 June 2012
Site visit planned
Just a very quick update before I go to bed!
I have a site visit arranged with Broxton and Moruzzi for Tuesday! Also hoping for the paving etc to be moved from the Bute Park nursery too, so fingers crossed things should start moving (literally!) this week.
I have a site visit arranged with Broxton and Moruzzi for Tuesday! Also hoping for the paving etc to be moved from the Bute Park nursery too, so fingers crossed things should start moving (literally!) this week.
11 June 2012
Pelagonioum 'Lord Bute'
I sent the details to Alex who is going to show the Parks dept bosses (ie Rob).
Who knows, perhaps we'll see some in Bute park?
Our community garden is going to have to have the dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff'...!
9 June 2012
A familiar streetlight
While out on my bike ride today (a 15-miler to Caerphilly and back) I took a detour from my usual route through Forest Farm (I'll own up and admit I was on my way to Whitchurch Tesco for a Finest chocolate mousse!), when I noticed the same model of streetlight as the one in our show garden! Ours had a '17' on it, where this one had a number '1'. Thankfully ours wasn't as bent!
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