On a rainy day in June I met up at Tatton
Park with Kris Hulewicz, the Show Manager for RHS Tatton. Matt and Eliot from
Greenbelt Landscapes and Jo from Alzheimer’s Society came along too to check
out the location of the show garden, mainly to see how level the prospective
area would be. As we have a large pool we need as flat as an area as possible
so that Matt and Eliot don’t have to dig out too much ground to make it level. At first it would appear that you can’t see
anything but on closer inspection there are vague markings on the grass where
last year’s tracks were laid for the pathways around the show. Dodging the deer
and sheep poo (and sheep) we use these vague markings to work out a rough
estimate of where the garden will be sited, and its looking good; relatively flat
which is remarkable in such a large show ground in a vast open deer park!
Whilst we have Kris in our clutches (he’s a
hard man to get hold of!) we sort out a few knotty details. There are numerous
forms that need to be completed over the next few weeks for things such as the
ordering of electricity, water to fill the pool, do we want a skip, and emptying
the pool after the show. We discover that we won’t need to complete some, which
will save time and also money in some instances which all helps to reduce the
pressure on our tight budget.
Kris gave me a copy of the plan for the show
ground to show our location and the good news is that we are just beside the
Escape Zone Champagne Bar! So you’ll
know where to find us if we go missing.
Our meeting is cut short when the heavens
open and even the sheep and deer run for cover. Let’s hope it’s not like this
in three weeks time when we begin the build!
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