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Planter Boxes

As part of the plans for the Home Zone, it was intended to have a significant feature at each of the entry points to the Five Roads (6 gateways). Designs for raised planters (flowerbeds) were produced which would incorporate circular mosaics contructed by residents. The plans for the proposed planter boxes can be viewed here.

The planters were constucted out of brick, but, alas, they did not prove very robust. Traffic accidents caused (deliberate?) damage to most of the planters, as shown in the pictures below.

The Arden Road gateway planter - scene of repeated "incidents"	The Hartington Road gateway planter has also suffered!
The Hastings Road (East end) planter survived for a while, and was planted up by residents before succumbing to traffic	Damage to the Denmark Road planter was repaired by residents, and it was been planted up by volunteers, but even that one finally had to be replaced.

Redesign of the planter boxes was undertaken and they were made smaller (further back fron the roadway) and rebuilt using solid timber baulks (apart from the Hasting Road planter protected at the West end by the traffic gate). Not as impressive and visible as we had initially hoped, but at least after a year, the new planters remained intact! Planting by residents has been undertaken and the mosaics were installed in time for the formal launch of the Home Zone in April 2004.

Hasting Road (West) with resident Mark T	Hastings Road (East)
Denmark Road	Denmark Road
Broughton Road (see the 2004 Launch for more pictures)	Broughton Road
Arden Road (and Alicia)	Hartington Road