The story of our sign build in pictures…
We discovered a friendly new local graphic and sign designer, Millery Design, through a visit to Buckingham Edible Woodland when we admired their new sign.
Thanks to some generous funding from Transition Network, we were able to commission the design we wanted for our garden.
Our group spoke about what we wanted so that we were able to give Millery a comprehensive brief. With that, Millery came to visit our garden to get a feel for where the sign would sit and to hear about our permaculture values.
The first design she did was amazing, so our group (and the Westbury Arts Centre board) didn’t have many changes. We put together a shared document to make sure we captured everyone’s views, then it was over to Millery to produce a final design for sign-off and build.
When the sign was built in the workshop and ready to be installed, Millery came back to the garden with her colleague from Reliq, to fix it in place.
As you can see from the photos, the first job was to size up the space and position the foot spikes by hammering them into the ground. Then it was just a case of attaching the legs and hooking it all together.
Just as we asked, Millery gave thorough consideration to being as environmentally-friendly as possible in her crafting of this job. With that, not only did she source the materials ethically (i.e. through recycling and choosing the lowest embedded carbon options) but she also never planned to use damaging concrete either.
With the help of Reliq, the team also gave a lot of thought to what would be most practical for us too. That meant they designed our sign especially so that it can be moved if we ever need to do so, and we can reuse the mount with a new design if there’s ever a requirement for that too.
And so… a final clean and the big reveal!
Doesn’t it look amazing?
It’s even better in-person! Come along to Westbury Arts Centre in Shenley Wood to take a look at it for yourself.
You’re always welcome to join us on a garden work party (taking place on the second and fourth Sunday of the month).
Drop in to pick some rhubarb, and if you’re really lucky, you might even be able to snaffle a few ripe raspberries when you visit too. 😊
