What have we done?

  • Renovated the planting and created new beds
  • Redesigned the Fortune Green Road entrance
  • Enlarged the popular dog-free area
  • Resurfaced the paths
  • Improved the turf, particularly in the upper quadrant (by the playground)
  • Created a small children's landscaped area
  • Put up new noticeboards
  • Installed Exercise Equipment and Play/Activity Markings on Green
  • Repainted the railings
  • Raised over £150,000
  • Set up a maintenance group for the planting
  • Organised a regular programme of successful events (Big Lunch, Nature Walks, Action Days, 'Films on the Green')
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Owl sculpture by Tim Burgess
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New additions to the Children's Landscaped Area Autumn 2013
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Fox sculpture by Robert Randall

Improvements - phase one


From January to May 2011 this involved; expanding the dog-free area, improving the entrance from Fortune Green Road, re-siting some bins and benches, resurfacing the paths, planting 10,000 Daffodils in the southern half of the Green and renovating the planting, and creating a new double border either side of the path by Alfred Court. 
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Bees enjoying the flowers


The double border planting was in a 'new perennial' style of robust, low-maintenance herbaceous summer flowering plants, including nectar-rich flowers attractive to insects and bees.  There is a mix of structural plants: Sedum, Phlomis, Veronia crinita; and graceful grasses: Miscanthus, Panicum, Calamagrostis.  There are accompanying perrenials: Aster, Hemerocallis, Salvia; and ground cover plants: Geranium, Nepeta, Calamintha.


In the beds closest to the entrance areas are perenials that look their best in spring: Epimedium, Euphoria, Hellebores.  In amongst these perennials you'll see shrubs: Hamamelis, Hydrangea, Viburnum that add interest to the beds throughout the year.  Plus there are bulbs for early spring colour.  At the back of the bed is a mixed native hedge: Blackthorn, Hawthorn, Virburnum to encourage wildlife.



Improvements - phase two

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Before re-turfing
From January to May 2013, FoFG excavated the remains of a communal WW2 bomb shelter then re-turfed the upper quadrant and in one corner created a small children's landscaped area.  FoFG also installed some popular exercise equipment and play/activity markings.
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and... After re-turfing!
Exercise Equipment and Play/Activity Markings on Green




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