BALI members team up to beautify new £5m park

Leading commercial nursery and BALI Registered Affiliate member Johnsons of Whixley has teamed up with BALI Registered Contractor member Ashlea Ltd to beautify a new £5m park in Bridlington.

The park, Gypsey Race, was partly funded by the European Regional Development Fund and follows the banks of a stream through the centre of Bridlington, providing new walking and cycling routes, a play area and improved habitats for wildlife. 

New signs will be fitted throughout the park celebrating the heritage of those who have worked and lived along the Gypsey Race as well as revealing information about the wildlife in the park.

The project is an important part of regeneration plans for Bridlington, where a second phase will introduce woodland areas and put a transport plan in place.

Ashlea’s works included the installation of coir rolls, turfing, planting trees, herbaceous and grasses. Johnsons supplied more than 6,000 plants and 180 trees for the project, with varieties such as 35, Ulmus ‘New Horizon’ 30-35 girth, Tilia cordata ‘Greenspire’, Prunus ‘avium Plena’ and Pinus sylvestris.

Johnsons of Whixley marketing co-ordinator, Eleanor Richardson, said:

“It’s great to see our plants bringing this new £5 m project to life. The community will enjoy it for many years to come, it is one of the many parks we have supplied to over the years including Saughton Park, Edinburgh, Brooke Park, Ireland and the Valley Gardens, Harrogate.

Managing Director Wayne Dand from Ashlea Ltd added:

“We are delighted with the outcome of this project. As always Johnsons Of Whixley have excelled themselves in working closely with the construction team in supply and delivery. “