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    13

    Sept 2022

    Last Updated: 13/09/2022
    Environment
    Environment

    Valley Gardens sculptures to be removed today

    by Thomas Barrett

    | 13 Sept, 2022
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    Chainsaw sculptor Mick Burns carved the marlin, kiwi and a Maori bench in 2010.

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    The kiwi and marlin sculptures are being removed today from the New Zealand garden in Valley Gardens due to rot.

    The garden commemorates Harrogate’s twinning with Wellington and the country’s airmen being stationed in the town during the Second World War.

    Chainsaw sculptor Mick Burns carved the marlin, kiwi and a carved Maori bench in 2010.

    In 2020, suspected vandals also ripped chunks out of the Kiwi bird and hastened its decline.

    Friends of Valley Gardens, a charity that helps Harrogate Borough Council look after the park, said:

    "It was always known that when these sculptures were carved that they had a limited life, the softwood rots naturally, but they will be sadly missed."


    The Stray Ferret has asked Harrogate Borough Council if it has plans to replace the sculptures.



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