Cairn View, Kemnay

Cairn View, Kemnay - Mary working with pupils on their drawings

2011-2015
Kemnay granite and landscaping
Client: Deveron Homes
Part of Aberdeenshire Council’s Percent for Art Scheme

For this commission Mary worked with Deveron Homes, their landscape architect and pupils at Alehouswells Primary School, Kemnay, to produce a scheme for a green area at the heart of a new housing development.

The project involved:

Visit with pupils to River Don to identify tree and shrub species that grow along its banks, to inform landscape design (Mary Bourne and Deveron Homes representative).
Session with pupils drawing animal species that live in the river (Mary Bourne).
Design scheme incorporating a local silver granite path in the shape of the River Don, sandblasted animals, granite boulders and planting of species identified by children (Mary Bourne/Ross Partnership Landscape Design).
Visit by children to local stone works to see their drawings being sandblasted and to learn about the stone industry. (Mary Bourne and Deveron Homes representative).

Cairn View, Kemnay - Visit to Fyfe Glenrock stoneworks to see drawings being sandblasted into granite

Cairn View, Kemnay - Ross Partnership's planting plan using the information about local native tree species gathered by pupils