The main task today was planting up the Diamond Jubilee Flowerbed with 800 Polyanthus purchased from our funds - it looked like there were too many at the start but they ended up a perfect fit.
We also cleared the gravel out of the narrow strip alongside the car park - we installed this last year but it has proved to be a bad idea because it was always getting kicked everywhere by the kids. So it's back to the drawing board for this mini-project to make the ugly strip look better.
It was great to be joined by some of Marple's Firefighters - who have recently won a special award for their community involvement - and they helped us plant the Polyanthus, remove the gravel and do some pruning near to the Senior Citizens' Hall. We are hopeful that they will come to more of our task days in the future.
