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WEDNESDAY 9 March 2016
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Community garden nearing completion Simon Bloomberg Shoppers and workers in Richmond’s central business district will soon have another beautifully landscaped park to enjoy after the Richmond Methodist Church commenced “a very generous project” this month. The church is giving Wesley Garden, in front of its parish on the corner of Queen St and Wensley Rd, a makeover that will transform it into a userfriendly space for the whole community. Wesley Garden was opened when the present church was built in 1991 and now the church’s parishioners are making the green space
more inviting to the community. Geoff Sherlock of Sherlock Landscaping developed concept plans for the garden’s redesign and this month contractors started excavating the site and laying the foundations for the concrete curbing and new entranceway. “The church has identified a lack of green space in the CBD and decided to make their site more accessible and attractive for the community,” Geoff says. “It’s a very generous project, especially in this day and age when so many people are all about how much money they can make and what they can buy.” Richmond Stoke Parish’s Don-
ald Horne says Wesley Garden has always been open to the public but “it looked private and not appealing”. “We hope the changes result in it becoming well utilised by the community,” Don says. “It will also be able to be used for things like concerts.” Geoff says he expects it to be re-opened later this month, apart from a newly-sown grass area that will be taped off until the grass is established. The Tasman District Council is providing seating for the garden, while an information board illustrating the history of the church will be erected near the new entranceway on the corner of the intersection.
SWIMMING SPORTS: Waimea Intermediate’s Jessie Brown, nearest camera, Katie Hone, second right, and Kate Sturm, third right, about to hit the water at the school’s swimming sports held at the Waimea College last week. Photo: Simon Bloomberg.
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Richmond Methodist Church’s Don Horne, left, Graham Reburn, second right, and Martin Oh, right, with landscaper Geoff Sherlock, second left, in Wesley Garden.
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