New Village Green - Nether Wallop, Hampshire

The Brief: To clear and level a water meadow, prepare it and seed it for a new village green. To include a culvert for drainage with a small bridge for wheelchair access.

The water meadow was very rough and uneven, having been left as waste ground and detracting from the appearance of the village. The Parish Council asked Test Valley Gardencare to clear and re-seed the area so that it could be used as a Village Green. The ground was rotavated and levelled and a drainage culvert dug round the perimeter, as the land is prone to flooding. The area was then stone-picked and harrowed to produce a fine tilth on which a quality amenity-mix grass seed could be sown. An area was left uncultivated, containing the original mix of grasses and plants as a conservation area. A small bridge of sleepers bedded on gravel was laid across the culvert to allow wheelchair access on to the green.

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