The rain stopped at 9.30 this morning and started again at 11.45 but, in between, we had a perfect morning for our Easter Egg Hunt. We had a wonderful turn-out with over 200 parents and children. We thought we had far too many Easter eggs and bunnies but almost all were claimed in an hour. Lots of cups of tea and coffee were served and the children planted loads of sunflower seeds in take-away pots. Many thanks to all our helpers and to Asda, Tesco and Waitrose (in alphabetical order) for donations. And a huge special thanks to Janet (with the pink ears) for organising the event so brilliantly.
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A peculiar hyacinth and we’re using our own compost!
The first activity of the morning was to investigate a hyacinth bulb that was coming out of the ground, upside down. We were slightly surprised to find well-formed leaves and a flower 25cm into the ground. The leaves had clearly not been exposed to light. Most odd!
While weeding was the main order of the day, we used our own compost, emptying a bin. Most has gone into the sunken area near the Laverockbank Road gate. It’s now almost level with the surrounding borders.
Looking good for Easter
The plants in the park seem to be ignoring the temperature and flowering with gusto.






Today’s views from the park

Friday progress and a bad joke!
Another magnificent day. We finished off blocking the main gaps in the hedges, did a chunk of tidying on the terrace and planted some cuttings. Not bad for a day off!


The hedge should fill the gaps without the need for more plants but the cuttings are a good insurance.
I can’t resist inserting another photo of the primulas which are amazing.
And I can’t resist a bad joke.

Digging up the muck in Newhaven
Warm and calm!
Great morning at the park, sunny, warm and no wind! Spring is bursting forth with lots more daffodils out, a magnificent show of primulas and the witch hazels adding colour too. We’ve dug over the east border and it’s looking good.

There has been a lot of damage to the star this winter and we are blocking up the gaps in the terrace hedge to reduce the animal traffic through the hedge, down to the star. We hope it makes a difference.

A cold and windy spring morning.
A cold and windy but dry morning, we stopped just before the rain started. Tidying was again the order of the day. At least the park is looking pretty good.


I spotted a fern, with spores, growing on the south wall.

Starbank Park is in the BBC website
Starbank Park features in the BBC website – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-31751407 – it’s image 14.
First Starbank Park daffodil of 2015
Spotted this morning in the Newhaven Heritage boat planter.

A glorious spring morning
All of a sudden, we’ve had a glorious spring morning. Where did that come from? More tidying in the park and it’s really looking good.









