After the weeds, the brambles, metal and rubble were cleared - it took Gordon 2 years
Broadcasting the grass seed
Maddie and her bit of the grass seed
Simon Cooper, our Parks Manager and Cllr Timothy Huxtable at Apple Day October 2006
Lynne Jones MP and Viv Astling from Birmingham Trees for Life at Apple Day October 2006
Apple tasting at Apple Day October 2006 - helping to choose which varieties would be planted in our orchard
Cllr Hassall and assistants planting the first apple trees in our orchard
Lots of apple varieties to choose from
Lynne Jones MP having a tasting session
The rest of the trees arrive to be planted - Winter 2006
Nick Dunne from Frank P Matthews supervising the planting of our apple trees
Gordon - who did all the hard work clearing the orchard at Apple Day October 2006
Chloe bobbing for apples at Apple Day October 2006
Hannah and Jack ready to plant the trees
For those who couldn't wait for the real apples
The first blossoms - Spring 2007
One of the original apple trees left over from when the land was allotments
Digging the drain - March 2008
Taking a break from digging the drain - March 2008
Laying the drain - March 2008
Really it was fun - Digging the drain - March 2008
Trying to unwind the drain - March 2008
Wiil the two ends meet?
nearly there
Willow coppice - Spring 2008 - This will provide us with our own willow in a couple of years
Why we needed a drain - Spring 2008
