New Photographs of Floating Delights by Quinten Onsia

Floating Delights in August

This morning I received some pictures of the garden, showing how it looks today.

The planting seems to be doing very well. I am hoping to get some professional shots taken at the end of August, when I do I will post them here.

Opening

Below are some pictures of the opening:

 Bottle wall in the sun

Derek and Jo trying the pulley system

Ben trying some of the plants. Verdict: buttery taste

Oli explaining the build.
and here is the final garden:

Finalising Floating Delights

Last weekend Oli and I went over to Amiens to fix the edges and finish the stenciling here is the result:

After 2 weeks of hard work, far too much rain and no internet access I am able to up-date everyone on the progress of Floating Delights. The garden is now nearly finished. Oli and I will be going over this weekend to complete the garden. Due to a supplier having to pull out, the last of the required material got delivered late hence the extra trip.

Day 1:
Set-off from Belgium with a van filled with bottles

Day 2:
Cutting the wood for the planters in the rain on the island

Day 3:
Generator problems so building the first planter on the pier

  

Day 4:

Michael arrives and extra men power from the Hortillonnages gardeners

Day 5 & 6:

Working with laser in the mud trying to level the concrete block foundations for the pond edge. This process lasted 2 days due to the muddy conditions and the laser not being charged properly. End of day 2 we started to assemble to pond edge

Day 7: 

We finally started to make good progress on the pond edge. My parents delivered the planter from Belgium and Guillaume cut the wood for my planters and top bench. It was also Michael's last day. Thanks Michael for all the hard work.

 

Day 8:

Hooray we finished the straw bale and wood construction of the pond edge, thanks to Oli's morning shift and Jan's arrival with bucket loads of enthusiasm. Thanks Oli for all the hard work and support!

Day 9: 

Putting in posts with the help of farmer Francis and the gardeners

Day 10:

Arrival of plants & building a bottle wall

 

Day 11:
Filling the pond & finishing the planters

Day 12:
Seat fixed in place, planting started & first planter in the pond

 

 

Day 13:
Jan on his way back home. Thank you so much for the hard work and enthusiasm.
Filling the planters.

Day 14-15:
Mark arrived to help me with the tidy-up, extra planter fixings and some improvements.
Thanks Mark!

 

A super big thank you to everyone who has donated bottles, helped or supported me throughout the process and especially big thank you to my parents, who are always there to help me out.