Category: Events

This article is extracted from the December issue of the Warwick Green Spaces newsletter, which can be accessed through this link

I can’t wait to see how this will look when it’s done, but it’s definitely quite deep at this stage

Of the pathways anyway: here they are at the side of the restored retaining wall on November 1st.

Ground drains are being excavated, which will lead across to the pond in the distant corner. The preparatory works for resurfacing the paths are also making progress but aren’t very photogenic!

A lot of preparation work going on, including complete replacement of the very corroded girders the support the floor. We should remember all this behind the scenes work  when we celebrate the reopening.

The retaining wall for the eastern beds is nearly completed

Meanwhile there’s clearance under way at the west end as well.

Splendid, the path along the river is now open again as you can see with the Warwickshire Pride festival getting going in the background here

Gardens restoration evidently demands a lot of labour (dominantly male so far), but there is some impressive equipment to see close up. Earlier on the paths were stripped by a complicated gadget, and today (August 16th) the new asphalt is being spread by this paver:

They promise a smaller version when it comes to the paths under the Arches! Meanwhile it works at some pace, aided by several blokes as you can see here, together with the resultant surface.

He offered to let me have a go, but I politely declined… We can appreciate this effort in years to come when it’s all finished.

There’s been plenty of taking down and digging up, and much more to come, but it’s good to see something being built at last, in this case the kerbing for the paths.. Fabulous cones on the tree behind.