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TRAINING & EDUCATION


What’s in the shed? Kubota LA854 Tractor


Viking MB545 rotary roller mowers x 4 Stihl FS55 strimmer x 2 Stihl KM130r pole cutter Stihl BG86C blower/vacuums x 2 Toro Hoverpro


Honda Izy rotary mower Honda HRX476 rotary mower Honda FG315 rotovator Earthway pedestrian spreader Billy Goat lawn/litter vacuum Husqvarna DT22 scarifier/aerator Ransomes Marquis cylinder mower Ransomes Matador cylinder mower


Countax C300h mini tractor with comb, brush and roller attachment Artificial pitch maintenance.


Ferris pedestrian 36in rotary mowers x 4


Trimax Stealth S2340 mower with rollers Ferris Reco flail mower Echo tractor-mounted chipper Wessex trailer


Fertiliser and grass seed DLF Masterline Greenshade Mix PM60


Everris Sportsmaster Renovator Pro 14:0:5+Fe+MCPA+MECOPROP-P Applied during lawn renovation period ICL autumn/winter fertiliser (4:12:12)


Novatec Classic slow-release fertiliser 12:8:16+3+TE used throughout the year when applicable to provide a constant flow of nutrients to the rootzone


146 PC December/January 2019


The Holme House team l-r: Les Gray, Terry Mallerby, Derek Pears, Jeff Wingfield, Colin Steer and Andrew Flanagan


come over from outside,” Andy adds. “It’s just sound management practice really.” Walking the site gives you a scale of the task in hand. Acres of grass laid out in a multitude of shapes - long and thin, square or rectangular and others triangular, intersected with pathways.


“Our target over the coming years is to improve the look of the grassed areas that lie in front of the house blocks,” Andy explains, “with soft landscaping to create more stimulating views from the cells.” A gust of wind suddenly whips up rubbish lying near the blocks. “Litterpicking is like painting the Forth Bridge,” he says, “an ever- present task.” Tracks across a couple of grassed areas betray the fact that tractors and trailers had passed that way, undertaking lighting maintenance. “I complained about the mess they created and they have agreed to lay mats in future,” Andy states. Works are in progress on a grass mound by House Block 6. “This’ll be a wildlife pond, complete with aquatic plants. Work’s stopped for the winter now the weather’s changing, but it’ll be another feature for prisoners to enjoy when it’s finished next year.”


The visitor centre overlooks the memorial garden, with its Yin and Yang flowerbeds, whilst beyond, bordered by close-cut Leylandii hedging, young trees sprout, commemorating Holme House’s 20th and 25th anniversaries. A time capsule, sealed in 2017 and decorated with golden ochre bricks, is due


to be opened in 2042. “We can only guess how things will be then,” Andy remarks. Ever alert to improving sports provision, in summer Andy prepared part of the grassed area “at very short notice” into a four-lane athletics track for a family sports day. “The stripes marked the lanes,” he explains, “and the improvised facility proved popular with everyone.”


He was also busy on a rectangular patch of grass near a vegetable polytunnel, now bare after the harvest of a bumper crop of tomatoes and chillies. “We just about managed a bit of a cricket square here,” he adds. “Prisoners could have a knock about and enjoy the fruits of their labours, literally, with a few tomatoes picked straight from the vine.” Perhaps the most striking feature walking round is the impressively broad striping the prisoners have achieved to create interest and liveliness, even when grass is the only plant present.


The 3G is striped too, summoning up a pleasantly natural presentation. “A comb, brush and light roll gives a great effect,” Andy notes. After endless unlocking and locking heavy metal gates dividing up the many fenced areas of the grounds - necessary, of course, to maintain site security - Andy’s back at base after our trip ‘round the block’. “I dream about it in my sleep,” he laughs, but the team surely performs the routine many thousands of times a year - as natural a process as breathing.


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