August 2010 Update:
2010 is a tough year at the groves. The 2009 olive yield was low and UK funding has been cut. Cancelling a trip planned for either June or September has ensured funds for maintenance of the groves; however, work has not been photographed to show on the website.
Plans for next year will have to be scaled back and we're investigating shorter trips.
Completed Work
- Triangle: Direct Road access approved by kalamata Department - awaiting action following visit by town Engineer in March .
- Triangle: Continued landscaping in March - clearing and defining paths with whitened stone borders, whitening tree trunks, making a sea viewpoint.
- Lamda & Delta Olive Groves: March - arranged Spring pruning of trees, river border clearance, Mowing due in May 2010
- Olive crop 2010: due early December
- Ithaki: Clearing round building and providing hardstanding to North (entrance) side - completed in April.
- Lemon Grove: pruning trees - completed in May, tilling/mowing planned for June
- Petra (upper land): Partial clearing - strim track - arranged in March - completion date not set
- Trigono UK: Minor decoration through 3rd year. - Researched Solar tubes,
- Website - Updated almost daily, in 4th year, more rapid growth with more new visitors
- Shop - Launched Dec 22nd 2009, with 16 = designs. Costs currently exceed income.
Long term plans include restoration of Ithaki Summerhouse and some landscaping of the Lemon Grove and of Trigono, keeping wild areas at both groves.
Annual Running Costs of Groves(€)
- Tilling @ €25/strema (20 strema) 500
- strimming @ €10/hour (10 hours) 100
- mechanical work @ €600/ day (2 days) 1,200
- Total 1,800+
Photo by Romano Pedetti
It was interesting to take a bus trip through the villages between Methoni and Foinikounda in March 2010. The hour long trip showed just how much development has been made and still continues. Land is for sale on the main road directly opposite the Triangle and building has commenced on the hills opposite the lemon Grove. Foiniki, a snaking drive up from the coast, is no longer s small undiscovered village. The direct road access through the valley, with water and electricity to follow, has not yet arrived but still seems inevitable. A road through the valley, following the path of the stream, would give easier access to the Lemon Grove and surrounding plots which are only 1-2 kilometres from the sea at Lambes Bay.
View Trigono-Lamda Designs:
online store
Sells merchandise decorated with images from the Trigono Groves.