Totterdown Residents Environmental & Social Action
Zone N
The green area outside Totterdown Gym is often litter strewn, frequented by street drinkers and unloved. We believe the area could be a vibrant and pleasant space to use. TRESA have worked with local landscape architects to improve the area and are working to make it somewhere Totterdown is proud to own. More background…
Back in 2016, the council sold some land in Salcombe Road, Knowle and the funds were to be usedon improving green spaces around Knowle and Windmill Hill. Various groups applied for funding toimprove their areas, such as the friends groups for Perretts, Victoria, and Redcatch parks. TRESAalso applied to improve Bushy Park and make it a[…]
A spring work party is planned to perform some gardening on the flower beds and keep it looking nice. The flowers and shrubs planted last year are doing well ad need a little TLC to remove the weeds around the now sprouting bulbs. We will spend about an hour to take out weeds and maybe[…]
Bristol City Council previously sold an area of Green space (Salcombe Road, Knowle) and the proceeds were to be spent on green areas in Knowle and Windmill Hill. TRESA applied for some funds to improve Zone N/Bushy Park (as it is a “green space” that needed some TLC). We were awarded £30K to improve the[…]
On Saturday 19th May TRESA held another work party at Bushy Park to continue our efforts to improve the area. Despite the royal wedding we had a great turnout of over 15 people coming to help. We managed to get loads done. The embankment along the path was fully cleared of previous bushes and weeds. […]
On Sunday 5th November, local residents held another work party on Bushy Park/Zone. Following the success of the wild flowers we wanted to plant some more perennials and keep the area looking tidy. A team of seven adults and three children gave the area a good litter pick, weeded loads of beds, cut back overgrown[…]
On Sunday TRESA held another work party on Bushy Park/Zone N to continue our work of improving this public space. Our work focused on weeding the wildflower embankment that we had previously cleared. This really highlights the colourful flowers that brighten the area. We also cleared back bushes along Wells Road to prevent bushes regrowing[…]
On Sunday 21st May, we held another work party to build on previous efforts and improve the area. 10 people came along to get digging. Attention was focused on the embankment along the path as weeds were starting to take over since the previous effort. We also continued to push back the overgrown weeds on the hillside[…]
Following the success of the work party and awareness of our aims, TRESA were dontated some silver birch saplings. Four of these have now been planted in the SW corner of the site closest to Winton Street. Ideally we would have cleared away the bark chippings and regrassed this area prior to planting the trees but when[…]
On Saturday 25th March, TRESA held a work party on Zone N to tackle the bushes and start tackling some of our planned aims. We had a great turnout of over 15 people and glorious summer weather shining down on us. We managed to achieve all our aims for the day. Much of the work was digging[…]
Another step on the plan has been completed with a cut back of the old bushes along the path through Zone N. This prevents the bushes from growing over the path so makes the area feel more open and safer. The next step is to dig over this strip and plant perennials, grasses, and wild flowers.
As part of the overall plan to improve Zone N we wanted to relocate the grit bin that was dumped in an awkward location on Zone N. TRESA contacted the council to request the bin was moved to the pavement outside the Gym (using the space vacated when a street bin was relocated). Although this[…]
TRESA have been granted £1000 from the Viridor Charitable Donation Committee to help fund our improvements to Zone N. We also hope to get some funding from the Tesco Bags of Help scheme. With this combined amount we will try for match funding from the council (a big ask considering there is so little money at present). This[…]
TRESA and local residents spent Saturday morning on 5th March tidying up Totterdown as part of the Bristol wide “Spring Clean”. A hardy group of 12 people braved the showers to meet on Zone A where they started litter picking and cutting back the bushes. The group then progressed down the Wells Road, with some heading towards Angers[…]
Many of us know that Zone N/Bushy Park is a bit run down and mostly frequented by street drinkers and drug dealers. As a public space, anyone is free to use it. We just wish they would take their litter home! TRESA are working with local landscape architects on a plan to improve the area.[…]
TRESA had been successful in getting funding to improve Bushy Park and we have been working with architects Clifton Emery Design to produce some designs. The funding had been obtained from the sell off of some of Salcombe Road Open Space in Knowle. Sadly the funding has now been withdrawn and sucked into the council coffers to[…]
Following discussion with TRESA and local police officers, the council has conducted a big clear up on Zone N…it’s amazing what a large space we have there. It’s being opened up and looks great from the Wells road driving past. Feels better from inside, less intimidating. This starts to give a real glimpse of the potential[…]
