Reasonable morning for gardening, just as long as you kept out the biting east wind! Lots of tidying weeding and a bit of planting too!






Reasonable morning for gardening, just as long as you kept out the biting east wind! Lots of tidying weeding and a bit of planting too!






Tesco Bags of Help: vote for Friends of Starbank Park at Tesco Canonmills (Broughton Road). Be quick, voting closes on Friday!

Reports reaching the far north indicate that it was much drier than yesterday’s forecast predicted and there was lots done. It’s a lovely time of year at Starbank and the flowers look great.

Julie and her team brought the summer bedding and a combined effort meant that all the beds have been planted out already. Thanks Julie, but it’s a shame about the grass! Lots more weeding, edging and ground preparation too.

Good luck guys!
Amazing transformation in the weather since yesterday! Wall to wall sunshine all morning and yesterdays rain made the ground perfect for planting. Unfortunately the rain has also made for perfect conditions for the never-ending supply of weeds in the park!

Loads more summer flowers are still to come out but there are some beauties already in bloom.






A glorious sunny morning at the park and decent turn-out too. Weeding, planting and a little watering too – yes, it really is that dry here.

There are nests in three or four of the bird boxes, very pleasing. Sorry about the photo, neither the camera nor the cameraman is good enough for this type of photo but you just can see the parent and the baby almost ready to leave.

We had a good turn-out on a fine warm morning yesterday. Lots done, including preparing for more herbaceous planting, loads of weeding and some general trimming and tidying.
