The design of The Accessible Garden on the theme of an ancient local iron age site was a gift to the Studio from Kevin McCloud and the construction was by the Green Farm work force!
left: the accessible garden - Spring 2005
Funding was acquired from The Somerset Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund to plant the thirteen Trees of the Celtic Calendar, and the banks of indigenous wild flowers.
The local limestone dust to cover the banks was supplied by Coleman's Quarry and the material for the accessible paths came from Wainwrights Quarry, and were laid with the help of funding from the Country Landowners Assosiation.The huge stones for the Gorge were kindly gifted by David Yeoman from Torr Woks.The Garden has a Pond, an Ampitheatre and a Human Sundial, designed and installed by David Brown. The maintaince of this unique garden is overseen by Richard Roch of Combe Garden Maintenance.
The
Human Sundial...
left:
Design for the human sunial by
David Brown.
below: the garden before planting.
left:
A roundel depicting The Thirteen Trees
of the Celtic Calendar by David Brown- Blue Lias
slate from Ashen Cross Quarry, Somerton,
Somerset.
Below: Braille
and letter cut Tree Name Plate also
created by David Brown.
