The week began with a great start, the donated tress arrived on site already to be planted in their painstakingly dug holes.
It was amazing to see the effect the placement of the trees had on site. They really hold the space and soften the hard feel the site already has.
The trees are all supplemented with a short piece of piping found on site to allow for water access straight to the roots and the trees around the future water point having specially designed drainage pipes from the water stand's catchment area.
Motivated by the trees, we placed the first of our vertical elements into the equally strenously dug holes. The process of resolving the details as to how we're going to put keep the poles up (and straight) was met with a great debate ending with an agreed process of oiling the section that will be in the ground, placement of reinforced stakes into the pole and 500mm of concrete as a collar to hold the gum pole in place.
