Masterplan senarios - connective/ education/ alternative

 On Monday, the class brain-stormed 3 words-

-connective

-education

-alternative

These are our 3 masterplan scenarios- we now need to research their meanings and precedents further to understand them more and to be able to then put them in to a concept for a design for the park,

Here is what we all came up with as a class:

History - Calverley Grounds, Tunbridge Wells Kent

History - Calverley Grounds, Tunbridge Wells Kent

Here are my sections in the group survey document ,
I covered History of Tunbridge Wells and the Calverley Park, Archaeology,Ancient Monuments, Historic Scheduled Buildings and Historic Parks and Gardens.

We as a group have worked very hard to get this document up to scratch, we are to hand in the final document on Monday 29th Nov- fingers crossed !

We have already presented the site in the form of a power point presentation- we had Neil and Jim talk about the topography and hydrology as they are key physical feature of the site. 
We then wanted to really hone down on what we thought were the 3 most important factors of the site and its context-
-the history  - presented by myself
-the people  - presented by Sue
-the genius loci  - presented by Joey
-we then ended the presentation with a short film to capture the sense of the park  - made by Toby

We got good feedback overall for the presentation- to sum it up they would have liked about 10% more factual info to back up what we were saying.

I would like to say thank you and well done to everyone in the Tunbridge Wells group.

The Great Dixter Christmas Fair - this weekend

The Great Dixter Christmas Fair
This weekend- Sat & Sun, 27th and 28th November 2010

from website:

Great Dixter is delighted to announce our Christmas Fair which will take place in the Great and Yeomans Halls, surrounding barns and out buildings. With an opportunity to see the garden in winter then warm yourself by an open fire in the house.
Our diverse stalls will include products from our own shop and nursery including potted bulbs and unusual gift ideas, as well as stalls hosted by local craftsmen such as vintage tools, seeds, and stalls for all gift needs: including cashmere knitwear, jewellery, scented candles and handmade gifts for all sized pockets. The Gardens, Nursery and Gift Shop will be open to the public for the weekend of the fair. Fresh, hot food and light refreshments will be available.

Time: 10am to 4pm

Entrance Fee: £5.00 (Under 16 free)