Marine Parade Gardens

• PatrickS

  • Location: Marine Parade, Dover
  • Registered: 19 Sep 2015
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  26 April 2018     14:30342950
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  It is not often that this forum has found inclination or opportunity to praise Dover District Council but this is well deserved for their Parks & Open Spaces Division. Marine Parade Gardens this year provide a sea of colour in their planting of the flower beds with pansies and wall flowers and the grass is kept neat and tidy with regular attention in this blossoming early Spring aided by an outbreak (albeit short) of warm sunny weather. A great enhancement to our seafront for visitors and locals alike. Well done to all those that tend these gardens. Long may they stay that way.
  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  
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• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  26 April 2018     14:43342953
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  Much better all round since DDC took it back in house, noticed yesterday they were preparing the bits near the bus stops in Pencester Road for bedding plants.
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• Sue Nicholas

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  26 April 2018     17:49342960
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  Yes well done DDC
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• Guest 1535

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  26 April 2018     19:20342980
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  Its the only place I can feel I am back in the 70's ....so relaxing and wonderful place. Now planting for Dover people and keeping up Dover I dont mind such little costs for, as we have little in our lives in our town that it kinda free to us and what a place to go to escape the misery of it all.
  If only everyone could be kind and honest what a better world we would be in.
• Sue Nicholas

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  26 April 2018     20:59343004
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  Agree
• Keith Sansum1

  • Location: london
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  31 July 2018     09:21347080
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  it is a lovely area, and when the fountains were in place it was great to go down there, sadly the fountains went.
  but still a nice area though
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• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  31 July 2018     10:57347083
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  Pencester Gardens seems to have been forgotten by the Parks and Gardens department this year. About a month back they weeded there and turned the soil over but nothing has been planted.
• Brian Dixon

  • Location: Dover
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  31 July 2018     14:10347101
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  apparently they have planted beer can trees howard,
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• Reginald Barrington

  • Location: Dover
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  31 July 2018     16:28347114
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  How quick do they grow Brian?
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• Keith Sansum1

  • Location: london
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  2 August 2018     21:59347287
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  Sea front at the mo still is a lovely area
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• Brian Dixon

  • Location: Dover
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  3 August 2018     05:35347290
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  just wish the rest of the town looked like that of the seafront.
• Keith Sansum1

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  3 August 2018     17:04347300
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  indeed brian that's what a lot of people are now saying
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• Gary39

  • Registered: 7 Jul 2017
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  6 August 2018     19:14347520
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  What would be nice would a couple of small bars down there :) So you can drink and look at the harbour.