Flaghead Chine
Seaside Garden & Beach Huts
Completed June 2018
The Project
Four large family beach huts and a stunning trio of Portland stone shell sculptures are the focal point of a new Seaside Garden at Flaghead Chine.
Designed to connect the spectacular views through the wooded chine onto the beach and beyond to the Purbeck Hills, the garden offers younger visitors the opportunity for sensory & quiet play, and creates an inspirational meeting point for friends and family.
11th July, the project team enjoyed a day at the seafront to celebrate their achievements
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+Project progress galleries
June 2018 The beach huts were delivered to site on 12th June, and the bespoke seashell sculptures arrived on 20th June to complete the beautiful new Seaside Garden; they feature a Whelk, Ammonite & Sea Urchin.
Delivery of the new beach huts, 12th June+
The seashells arrived to complete the beautiful new seaside garden, 20th June+
Sea urchin+
Whelk+
Ammonite+
Ammonite detail+
Bespoke Purbeck stone benches by Suttles+April 2018 Works commenced on Monday morning, 16th April. Public access was maintained at all times through the chine and along the promenade; fencing erected around the space for the new garden resulted in a short diversion.
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+March 2018 Sculptor Phil Bews created small scale models, called maquettes, of our new stone shells. These helped the stonemasons, Albion Stone, plan how they would make the full size shells
Phil Bews creating the maquettes+
Phil Bews & maquettes with the team at Albion Stone+
3D model of the Seaside Garden+Flaghead Chine before the project
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+Project Details
- Garden Budget £55,000
- Funding Coastal Communities Fund
- Beach Huts Budget £30,000
- Funding Borough of Poole
- Garden Project Design Barbara Uphoff
- Garden Project Lead Reuben Hawkwood
- Lead Contractor BCP Council, Poole Street Scene Services
