After the Summer break we got the cheque book out and ordered trim trail for both playgrounds, benches, planters, willow tunnels, a stage and soft surfacing not to mention a forest of plants. More funding was found from community based funding streams and we packed even more supermarket bags to raise the last amount we needed for completion of the garden. A new school calendar was produced and plans were put in place for another Christmas fair. But there was still very little to show for the monumental fundraising efforts. People were asking what we'd spent the money on and why they could see no evidence of it. They did have a point.
Finally, in October 2011, one year after we'd first started on this path, the trim trail, giant chalk boards and benches arrived. A team of playgroud specialists installed them over the course of a wet and windy week. By the end of that week we had monkey bars, stepping stones, traverse walls, balance beams a wobbly bridge, forest climbing posts and several square metres of super squashy safety surfacing. The children were thrilled and the parents were starting to see what their efforts had been for.
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| Work in progress |
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| Stepping Stones |
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