No such thing as waste

 My first jobs was to clear some space of planting. the garden had one large raised bed being swallowed up by ivy, so I chopped that down.

 This left me with lots of vines that I knew wouldn't compost very well, ivy gets tough and woody when it dries out, so I decided to use that to my advantage and make the frame of my polytunnel with the stems. 

This looked really nice wasn't really practical....

and my attempt to use clingfilm as the plastic cover didn't work either.

Luckily in the junk lying around the garden I found this long metal pipe, which when propped up by bricks would be a perfect support for a plastic sheet.

 The length of the pole left me with a nice little corner for composting.

I managed to get lots of strong, opaque plastic bags from a friend which when cut up...

...and sown together..

..would make a perfectly good cover for the tunnel.

The ivy stems found a use as a small woven fence to separate the seating and 'wild' areas.

Some old bricks were used to make another growing bed on the other side of the seating area.

I felt this design would cover the three main principles of permaculture, Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share.

The garden needed the be a productive place in terms of growing food but also productive in creating a pleasant space for people to enjoy!