We have, thanks to a boat supplied by Bill Simpson and a generous donation from Newhaven Heritage, a fine boat planter at the east Starbank Road gate.  The boat was painted by the indomitable Stan a week or two ago.  Yesterday we fixed it in its spot near the gate and filled it with soil and compost, ready for planting.  Wardie Church Youth Group and the Friends of Starbank Park have organised short ceremony for 3pm on Saturday 17th May to plant poppy seeds which we hope will be flowering in August to commemorate the start of the Great War.

Ready for Planting

We didn’t stop with setting up the boat planter.  We weeded several rose borders, the new herb borders and the new border at the north fence.  We also trimmed the edges of loads of borders.

Long grass and tidy edges