The sun shines on our first mid-month task day of 2023
Once again kind weather and a great turnout saw our volunteers completing lots of work in the park.
After carefully checking for bird nests we completed trimming shrubs in the long bed between the library woodland and the Station Road entrance near to the band room. You may notice one bush sticking high above the others because Robins are building a nest, so we left that one undisturbed.
This year we've agreed with TLC that in several areas of the park the grass will be left to grow long for the benefit of wildlife and nature. They've also agreed to reduce their use of weedkiller significantly around object like lampposts, bins and benches and we will keep them tidy instead. One prominent area where the grass will be left to grow all year is the triangle next to the Band Room cottage. In order to make it clear this is intentional, rather than neglect, we will be keeping the border of this area tidy and we got started on that today.
We also planted onion sets and fruit bushes in the Allotment beds and weeded and tidied the main flowerbeds, which are looking wonderful this spring - so full of colour.
Thank you to park visitors who left over £25 in our collection bucket!
