The Bul is green again!
Wednesday 20 May 2009
The grass is greener ...
The long-awaited return of green grass to the Bulpadock – the ‘village green’ that lies at the heart of the Trinity campus – commenced this morning with the delivery of pallet-loads of rolled up turf.
A team of workers immediately set to, rolling it out with incredible speed so that by midday almost half of the Bul was luxuriating in a carpet of bright green grass (right). The work will continue tomorrow and will be completed by the end of the week.
... than it was in February this year.
There is now no sign of the six giant concrete tanks that have been installed underground to capture, store and deliver – via a new irrigation system with associated pumps and control panel – the rainwater from surrounding College buildings. This water previously ran to waste, but it will now help to maintain the Bulpadock as the prime recreational and sporting area for students, uses which had to be severely curtailed in recent years as the surface was degraded by drought.
For the time being, however, the area will remain fenced off until the new grass is fully established. Depending on the weather, it is hoped that the fence can be removed by about the end of September.
But until then, at least the signs on the fence are correct – the grass is greener on the other side. Now, just watch it grow!
Check the progress of the project to this stage: