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How you can
Help.
If you use the online method, a
small percentage of your donation will be used for on-line
administration.
You do not need to have a Paypal account to
donate.
We welcome donations of any amount.
We are looking for any financial
assistance that we can get to allow this project to go on-site. The
completed project will serve as a blueprint for future playgrounds and
will be an incredible asset for the pupils of Merrylee Primary now and
in the future.
You can pay
for a tree to be planted in the school with prices starting as little as
£5 for a sapling up to £500 for a 5 metre high more mature
tree.
If you
would like to donate to this project, please click on the donate button.
If you
donate £100 or more, we will contact you to give you the option of
having a specific component of the play area dedicated with a
plaque and short message of your choice.
It would be a great way to advertise your business or an 'in
memoriam' message or 'in celebration' of a special event or just have your name
on the tree. It would be a
nice gift for someone especially if they care for the environment or are
just difficult to buy for!
List of required plants/equipment
that we would welcome as donations
Although we are primarily
asking for financial assistance, we are welcoming donations in the form
of plants (see lists below), logs, play equipment, wind chimes,
bird-feeders, bat-boxes and stone animal sculptures amongst other
things.
We are also looking for
people to come along and 'dig-in' at the time of planting. Keep an eye
on the
NEWS page for a date.
5m high specimen trees
1 Quercus petraea/Sessile Oak
1 Pinus sylvestris var. sylvestris/Scots Pine
2 salix alba ‘tristis’/Weeping willow
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Other Requirements
Wildflower seeds
Turf: approximately 2000m2
Topsoil: 570 cubic metres
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Furniture
6 small square timber seats/stepping stones 400x400x400mm
2 rustic log seats – chainsaw carvings
One timber bench
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Play Equipment
3 sunken timber barrels
1 off the peg play tunnel
1 off the peg timber and rope play bridge
4-5 dug out canoes
30 large rounded boulders
1 stainless steel chute 5m long and 10 stepping150m2 of play
bark/sustainable safety surface
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Other Planting
Willow ‘fedge’ – 600 willow cuttings 3-5m tall
Woodland mix – 600m2
180x300mm high whips in tree tubes of each of the following
species:
Corylus avellana – hazel
Ligustrum vulgare – elder
Alnus glutinosa – alder
Fraxinus excelsior – ash
Malus sylvestris – crab apple
Prunus avium – wild cherry
Ilex aquifolium – holly
Prunus spinosa – buckthorn
Rosa rugosa/canina – wild rose
Viburnum opulus – guelder rose
Lonicera periclymenum – honeysuckle |
Extra heavy
standard trees
15 Tilia x euchlora/Lime trees
5 Sorbus aucuparia/Rowan
15 Prunus avium/ Gean or Wild Cherry
8 Ulnus glabra/ Elm
8 Betula pendula/birch
5 Queruc petraea/Sessile oak
9 espaliered fruit trees – 3 pear/3apple/ 3 plum old
Scottish varieties
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If you would like to
donate one or more of the items on the above list please contact any
member of the
Parent Council
or to the school directly.
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