We worked with St Neots Town Council, in collaboration with Huntingdonshire District Council on improvement works to Moores Walk Gardens in St Neots
This joint initiative comes as a direct response to the concerns and feedback raised by residents regarding the condition of the Moores Walk Garden/Community space. Both councils were committed to enhancing this valuable community asset, making it a welcoming and accessible part of our High Street communal space.
The planned improvements included:
- Re-pointing of brickwork: Strengthening the garden’s structural elements to improve and ensure longevity.
- Repair, cleaning, and painting of ironwork: Refreshing the garden’s aesthetic and preventing deterioration.
- Restoration of benches: Improving existing well used seating through refurbishment
- Creation of dropped accessible access from the High Street: Enhancing accessibility for all, including those with mobility challenges.
- Pruning of trees and a new planting scheme: Revitalising the garden’s greenery to create a more inviting environment that is easy to manage.
We developed a planting plan that had a mix of evergreen and herbaceous perennials, shrubs and grasses to provide year round structure and interest. Herbaceous perennials were chosen to be useful for pollinators and to provide a soft colour palette. A selection of plants were also chosen to provide scent and/or aromatic leaves. The full list is below
- Agastache ‘Blue Fortune’
- Amsonia tabernaemontana
- Anemone x hybrida ‘Konigin Charlotte’
- Dryopteris affinis
- Epimedium x versicolor ‘Sulphureum’
- Echinacea purpurea
- Eurybia x herveyi
- Euphorbia palustris
- Geranium macrorrhizum ‘Ingwersen’s Variety’
- Hakonechloa macra
- Helleborus argutifolius
- Laurus nobilis
- Lavandula angustifolia
- Luzula nivea
- Mahonia eurybracteata subsp. ganpinensis ‘Soft Caress’
- Miscanthus sinensis ‘Strictus’
- Nepeta racemosa ‘Walker’s Low’
- Philadelphus coronarius ‘Aureus’
- Phlomis russeliana
- Salvia nemerosa “Caradonna”
- Sarcococca confusa
- Sesleria autumnalis
- Stachys officinalis ‘Hummelo’
- Stipa tenuissima
- Thymus coccineus
- Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Fascination’