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A Campus to be Proud of Grounds & Gardens Manager Alistair Cotton, Senior Gardener Jane Dickens and Deputy Grounds Manager Tom Wood, give us a glimpse behind the scenes of the beautiful grounds and gardens here at LWC
Jane’s favourite corner of the campus just outside School House
THE GARDENS What is your favourite spot around the LWC campus?
What projects have you been working on recently?
JANE: My favourite spot on the campus has to the roundabout bed outside School House. The uninspiring shrubs were removed and replaced with a colour wheel theme. These colours tumble into the borders outside the house. The oats grasses in the centre provide great movement while providing height and vision of the boarding house. The roundabout is underplanted with tulips which looked wonderful last year, all flowering while the Wisteria was in bloom.
JANE: The Science Centre has been a big focus this year. The two Ginkgo Biloba trees closest to the building will sing against the brown exterior with their green leathery leaves will turn a buttery yellow in the Autumn. Ginkgo leaves have been found in fossils which we felt was a good choice for the Science Centre. We have also been planting 4000 perennial bulbs with names like Honk Tonk and Peppermint Stick for a bit of fun. Box hedging has been planted around the
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formal lawns to ensure continuity with the rest of the College campus. Lastly the Catering Team supplied a wish list of soft fruits for the south facing brick wall. The overall planting of the Science Centre site is I hope, relaxed and fluid.
Do you think the campus grounds have an impact on the pupils? JANE: Horticulture is a wonderful creative industry and our enthusiasm should come across in the way we care for the grounds and move the
