New roof is taking shape When complete, the new roof being lifted into place at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park stadium will be twice the size of the original at around 45,000 square metres. see below It’s a gift The Horticultural Trades Association runs the National Garden Gift Voucher scheme. Property Christmas scent in your garden The Horticultural Trades Association plant of the month DECEMBER is a time when the garden is dormant, but there are still plenty of plants and shrubs you can buy to bring life to your growing space. A fragrant plant for the garden at this time of year is the evergreen shrub sarcococca, the Horticultural Trades Association’s (HTA) plant of the month. Commonly known as ‘Sweet Box’ or ‘Christmas Box’, with its delicate white flowers that bloom over winter and early spring, this is the perfect plant to bring the scent of Christmas to your garden. This shrub is perfect planted by the edge of a path or close to the front door, where its vanilla scent and glossy green foliage can be fully appreciated. This winter-flowering, dense, evergreen shrub is perfect for companion planting with other winter gems such as hellebores and cyclamen. Sarcococca makes a great addition to a winter garden as it’s a tough, reliable plant that is very easy to grow. Perfect for a border, in containers or as ground cover it will grow well in shade. It grows The sarcococca plant slowly and gradually to form low-growing mounds of evergreen foliage and also has red and black berries once flowering has finished. Sarcococca confusa is a species of flowering plant in the Buxaceae family and is ideal for neat, clipped edging borders and works well in containers. It is fully hardy, compact and will eventually form a dense thicket. Recommended varieties to plant include: sarcococca confusa; sarcococca hookeriana digyna purple stem; sarcococca hookeriana hookeriana ghorepani and sarcococca ruscifolia chinensis dragon gate. Raising the roof £70,000 to BY STAFF REPORTER THE first piece of roof panelling has been lifted into place at the stadium in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Developers say it is a major milestone towards the stadium becoming a year-round multiuse venue to deliver a sporting, cultural and community legacy in east London. The 4.4 sq m roof panel is the first of almost 10,000 to be fitted to the stadium. When complete, the new roof will be twice the size of the original at around 45,000 square metres. At 84 metres at its deepest point, it will be the longest cantilevered roof of its type in the world. It will cover every seat in the stadium, improving acoustics and the spectator experience for football matches, other sporting events and concerts. Work on the roof, and brand new floodlights that it will support, will be completed ahead of the five Rugby World Cup matches taking place in the stadium in 2015. The venue will become the permanent home of West Ham United football club and the new national competition centre for UK athletics in 2016. VOLUNTEERS will be at Spitalfields Market from December 15-19 taking donations from passers-by in support of homelessness charity Providence Row. School children will be singing Christmas carols at lunchtime to show their support for the charity, which works with people to build skills and confidence, helping them to get off, and stay off, the streets. The charity’s social enterprise bakery will be at the market selling treats between 12pm- 2pm each day. produce a work of art THE owner of private rented, former athletes’ homes at East Village in the Olympic Park has launched a competition to commission a large scale work of art with a £70,000 budget. The commission will seek inspiration from the triangular atrium at Vesta House, situated in the centre of East Village. Rising over 13 floors, the 38m tall space provides a backdrop for the installation. Neil Young, chief executive of Get Living London, said: “There is an important link between providing inspiring art and our residents’ quality of life. “With this competition, we hope to find a truly unique work of art that will provide a centrepiece for the atrium at Vesta House.” Artists must submit their work before January 2. A panel of arts industry experts and Get Living London team members familiar with the building will judge the entries. A winner will be selected and installation of the work will begin in May 2015. Any medium will be considered as long as it’s practical. Sculpture, lighting, digital, textiles and wall drawings are all welcome. Visit www.getlivinglondon. com/VestaHouseArtistBrief_ final.pdf to view the full brief. SELL IT TODAY! 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