In the grounds of Townley Park Burnley is
Offshoots, a permaculture project, which means endeavouring to create a sustainable environment within the site. I tagged along with the Future Jobs team to find out what goes on and learn something. On previous visits to Townley Hall I had managed not to spot the project, which is not too surprising as the main sign indicates the way to the bowling green - much coveted by the permaculture gardeners! The site has been created out of the old walled garden so soil, wind-breaks and orientation are excellent. They can use all the felled hard woods they need. There is plenty of leaf mould and composting is on a near industrial scale. Also on a large scale are the gray squirrels that eat nearly all the nuts and most of the strawberries.
Mr. Dewhust explains the support system for broad beans in this raised bed.
Three types of bee hive are used with about 70,000 bees a colony. Much effort is put into creating flower corridors to both feed them adequately and 'guide' the bees to the fruit bushes/trees.
Wood from the park is being 'bodged' we were told.
A Lottery Fund awarded project is the mock up of a typical Burnley back-yard to show how vegetables, fruit and herbs can be grown in a rather unprepossessing space. Reminds me of 49 Belmont St Oldham (the Stewart family home, demolished about 1968).
In the grounds of Townley Park Burnley is Offshoots, a permaculture project, which means endeavouring to create a sustainable environment within the site. I tagged along with the Future Jobs team to find out what goes on and learn something. On previous visits to Townley Hall I had managed not to spot the project, which is not too surprising as the main sign indicates the way to the bowling green - much coveted by the permaculture gardeners! The site has been created out of the old walled garden so soil, wind-breaks and orientation are excellent. They can use all the felled hard woods they need. There is plenty of leaf mould and composting is on a near industrial scale. Also on a large scale are the gray squirrels that eat nearly all the nuts and most of the strawberries.
Mr. Dewhust explains the support system for broad beans in this raised bed.
Three types of bee hive are used with about 70,000 bees a colony. Much effort is put into creating flower corridors to both feed them adequately and 'guide' the bees to the fruit bushes/trees.
Wood from the park is being 'bodged' we were told.
A Lottery Fund awarded project is the mock up of a typical Burnley back-yard to show how vegetables, fruit and herbs can be grown in a rather unprepossessing space. Reminds me of 49 Belmont St Oldham (the Stewart family home, demolished about 1968).
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