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2022 Commonwealth Games Legacy Garden: The Commonwealth Nations Circle
A paved circle representing the Commonwealth Nations in 2022 was installed around a mosaic atlas and edged with the bricks engraved with the names of the commonwealth nations and the continents they belong to. Around the circle are raised planting beds that represent each continent with a mosaic installed to depict that part of the…
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2022 Commonwealth Games Legacy Garden: The Carved Wooden Poles
Sourcing the Timber Responsibly Carved wooden poles representing the different aspects of the 2022 games were created from trees cut down around Birmingham by Heart of England tree surgeons and a local Plant Nursery called Oakdene Nurseries. The trees were to be felled as part of compulsory maintenance work; so, Roots to Fruit Company director…
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2022 Commonwealth Games Legacy Garden: The Flowers and Poppies
The Plants and Flowers From around the World All of the flowers and vegetables were grown in local schools and at the Roots to Fruit midlands ltd training centre in Sutton Coldfield through the support and help of local volunteers and horticultural students. They were also planted and maintained by pupils and volunteers in the…
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2022 Commonwealth Games Legacy Garden: The Mosaics
Here is a brief video that gives an overview of the mosaic slabs laid within the garden: There are a range of mosaics paving slabs laid in the St. Thomas Church Peace Garden that have been installed as part of the memorial landscape works for the the Common Wealth Games 2022 Legacy. They were designed…
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2022 Commonwealth Games Legacy Garden: Virtual Tour
Roots to Fruit had the privilege of designing and creating a legacy garden to commemorate the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the St Thomas Church Peace Garden in Birmingham City Center. The garden was created with the kind help of local volunteers and students. Roots to Fruit will be maintaining these new garden areas until January…
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Celebrating autumn color
Autumn is such a special season. It stimulates every sense; the chilly nip of the morning air, the rich smell of decay and decomposition, the delicious squelch under foot and the crispy rustle of the leaves as you kick them into the air. And the colours. Every shade of green turning to red, orange, yellow,…
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Leaf Mould
Leaf mould is fantastic stuff: easy to make and incredibly useful, and it makes use of nature’s bounty when the trees have finished with their leaves. A good bit of leaf mould on the garden in spring will help transform the dank days of winter to the beautiful growth and burst of colour that we…
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Gardener’s World Live: Platinum Medal
Roots to Roots to Fruit Midlands Ltd have built a show border at Gardeners World Live 2019 they are delighted to announce that it has won a Platinum Medal – the highest award that can be given – and one of only two presented within the category. In the event our border in addition to…
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