School is closed for Half Term, but there's no rest for the team. We had 3 keyworkers from 3 different community organisations shaping the track all day, while school was quiet. This helps achieve our aim of bringing 3 districts of Yorkshire together in 1 project.The back of the berm was also planted up with 100 woodland bulbs (if you look closely above you can just see them laid out for planting). Our choice was Wild Garlic because this will stabilise the berm and add to the sensory garden (it has a shady, wooded aspect), but mainly because it is EDIBLE. This is an essential part of ABLE's different way of thinking - i.e. allocating space for growing food and edible plants/trees as part of EVERY project, whatever the setting. This makes it an incredible edible BMX track (to find out more about this approach, read the website of our close working partners Incredible Edible Todmorden who have pioneered this approach internationally, to much Royal acclaim).
Thanks to Manfred, Chris and Casper and also to Kathy at Wild Flower Shop who not only supplied 50 Wild Garlic bulbs but also donated 50 Bluebells to mix in. The bulbs are of course of native British origin from cultivated stock, meeting Flora Locale's code of practice.
