Up on the roof...

Today I braved vertigo to get these photos, showing some of the interesting Green Technology that has been installed on the roof of the new Garforth Library & One Stop Centre:

This solar panel will heat water for the building.

These sun pipes amplify the sun's rays providing natural light for the first floor of the building. You can see Sedum scattered on the soil around the pipes.

The Sedum roof will eventually look more like this. Apparently it will even have pink and white flowers! And it does need to be weeded during the first year...

It's always sunny in Garforth...

...well maybe not, but on Friday 25th September it was almost too sunny to take a photo of the new building. I'm glad I got one in the end though, as you can see the sign is now up and the tiling is underway. The solar panels for heating the building's water, and the air source heat pump, are now up on the roof as well.

Spectacular Sunflower!

Earlier in the Summer we gave out sunflower seeds to promote the new Library & One Stop Centre. Pauline's sunflower is now over six feet tall! Can anyone beat that?!

Windows now fitted...

Building transformed!

This photo was taken this morning. As you can see the tired old brickwork has now been rendered, transforming the appearance of the building!

Garforth Arts Festival

Young people ran a stall to promote the new Garforth Library & One Stop Centre at the Garforth Arts Festival on Saturday 11th July:


As well as promoting the new Library & One Stop Centre they passed on their art skills by encouraging other young people to decorate pieces of fabric that were strung up in front of our promotional trailer (no they're not pairs of underpants!).

Hundreds of people visited the stall throughout the afternoon, and more than 40 young people decorated fabric.

Young Artists!

Leeds Library & Information Service and the Youth Service have been working in partnership to provide a series of art sessions for teenagers who previously used Garforth Library and/or wanted to get more involved in this Big Lottery project.

The sessions have been led by the artist Mel St Clair. The young people got to try out various art techniques and each completed an individual canvas that will be displayed in the new library when it reopens, but you can get a sneak preview here!

Thanks to Stephen, Nick, Katie, Jared, Joe, Emma, Matt, Shannon and Lucas for all your hard work, and special thanks to Mel for leading the sessions!