Tuesday, 18 June 2013

A visit to Tatton Park


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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