Connaught park and its renaissance
- 16 November 2013 15:18252728that looks the genuine article, the park is going from strength to strength.
- 26 November 2013 18:56253796You put a call out for volunteers and this is what turns up, none other than three of my finest volunteers below
This morning in sunny but cold Connaught Park, BarryWS, Cllr Pat Sherratt & the lovely Karine at work, missed a bit there Karine
All ten benches are now complete, the three remaining are now drying & will be in the park very soon.
Two more volunteers, Rodney & Liz Dimech of Castle Forum arrived this morning to start the planting. Alas plants not arrived yet but we will be full steam ahead with that early next week
Thanks to everyone today for their much appreciated good works - 26 November 2013 18:59253797and there's more, photos courtesy of karine.
foreperson colette instructing her apprentices.
- 11 December 2013 12:05255095In record time our stalwart group of volunteers finished the Spring planting & all in a day. They prepared the beds first & foremost & got to work, like magic it was done!
A Huge Thanks to the team, Pat Sherratt, Rodney Dimech & Barry WS & DDC's Darran Solley for collecting & supplying the plants
Here are some photos of the guys at work.
Yay!!! now we will have an array of colour in Spring as one enters the park
Weeding & raking over
Rodney hard at work
Pat planting the first of many plants
Barry & Rodney making a start on another bed
Ta Dah!!! Pat et moi enjoying the fruits of our labour - 11 December 2013 12:24255096It's looking great, well worth the time and effort Well Done to Everyone!
- 11 December 2013 15:10255108lovely job there, just a bit surprised that there have been no new volunteers join in.
people from the surrounding roads walk their dogs dally and must see all the work being put in. - 26 June 2014 14:59268665The work of the volunteers has given a lovely summer display.
- 26 June 2014 15:54268667It certainly has Howard - looks excellant.
Well done you volunteers.
Roger - 26 June 2014 16:59268669The parks department need to their bit, the grass is in desperate need of cutting.
- Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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26 June 2014 17:28268671That looks shorter than my neighbour's front garden and also the grass outside the old Post Office building at Charlton Green.
Sorry whinge over,
the flowers look lovely well done to all the volunteers. -----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
------------------------------------------------------------------- - 26 June 2014 19:20268677Haven't noticed this before.
- 27 June 2014 16:48268696Yes Howard, we have been hard at work in Connaught Park recently planting as you say the 'Summer Flowers' so the park is now blooming again, thanks for the photos above Howard. It is looking quite lovely, myself & the volunteers worked extremely hard under the hot sun but rather that than in the rain. Lots of people have admired the lovely flowers and thanked us for making it look so pretty again.
Many thanks to DDC for supplying us with the beautiful plants, the park keeper Big Al for helping to transport the plants down from the yard and the constant ongoing watering, my brilliant volunteers (you all know who you are) & thank you to you guys for the lovely comments above, much appreciated. The work goes on, so anyone interested in volunteering please email me at barco1@btinternet.com.
It's good to see lots of people making use of the grass courts now up and running again & the hard courts too, I guess they have the Wimbledon bug
Volunteer Gillian Smissen with that look which says ' What have I let myself in for'
Volunteers Cllr Pat Sheratt with wife Patrica hard at work
Just like Magic!!!
Here we go with volunteer Mary Rose at work.
And volunteer Matthew Mc Farland ' Look what we done'
Before with one of our benches in the background
And after
Cllr Sheratt, head down hard at work
Volunteer Liz Dimech completed this one but managed somehow to escape my lens, should have had Howard about the place
