As many residents know, the green space by the vet has become quite run down in recent years. To reverse this trend and secure the space for public use in the future we’ve been trying to spruce it up.
Earlier in the year we planted out some small flower beds. Now it’s bulb planting season so we’ve used some of our “It’s Your Neighbourhood” grant to plant some daffodils around the edge of the grass (so as not to interfere with the council grass cutting).
A big thanks to Sue, Wendy, Roger, Margaret, Pat and Mathew, who came out in the cold rain!
It may not look much now, but hopefully we’ll get a nice display in the spring.
Many of you will also have noticed the run-down old concrete bench, crumbling and full of earwigs. We applied to the council to replace the bench and this was funded by the councillors’ Members Initiative Fund. We now have two new wooden benches which are much more attractive than the original.
We were also able to get a plaque on one of the benches to commemorate Harry Sampson, who sadly died earlier this year. Harry was a great character of Gilesgate and good friend of the group, often lending us tools for our projects. He will be missed and we hope he would approve of the new benches.
There will be more updates on this patch of green space in the future, stay tuned!