Butterfly bench for the park

Project by Tim Germain

Year: 2023

Cost: £10,000

butterfly park bench oak
18′ long and over 8′ wide, this bench was designed in collaboration with the pupils of the nearby primary school. It had to be big enough to take at least half a class and the kids loved the butterflies so……

 

butterfly park bench oak
the bench was part-funded by a local resident whose husband played on the steps in the background as a child

 

butterfly park bench oak
the armrests help elderly users sit and rise

 

butterfly park bench oak
the butterfly motif explains exactly where the bench shape comes from and the QR code links to the butterfly conservation website

 

butterfly park bench oak
the bench incorporates sunloungers on the south-facing aspect