After all the excitement of the Green Flag, we have a Saturday Gardening Session from 10.00-11.30. There’s still lots to do, of course, and the weather forecast is fine, if not seasonably warm!
Starbank Park now has a Green Flag! Bruce Robertson of Keep Scotland Beautiful presented Starbank Park’s Green Flag to Alastair Robertson and Janet McArthur yesterday in Starbank Park. There was a good turn-out on a fine sunny morning (well, until it was coffee time!), the park was looking great and we got loads of publicity from STV and the Evening News.
Friends of Starbank Park and Two Flags!
Councillor Allan Jackson, Bruce Robertson (Keep Scotland Beautiful) and Alastair Robertson (Friends of Starbank Park)
Tea and coffee in the rain
A good turn-out and a busy morning! We cleared loads of grass clippings and hedge clippings (thanks for cutting the hedge, Julie) and even found time for some weeding too. Oh! I nearly forgot, some coffee and cakes. The park is looking great!
We did a bit extra tidying in the park this morning before Thursday’s Keep Scotland Beautiful announcements. The flower borders are looking really good. The summer bedding is full of colour, the fernery is well-established and new herbaceous borders are flourishing.
We saw one of our resident frogs, a butterfly or two and some busy bees.
It’s time for the final touches to the park for the Keep Scotland Beautiful announcements on Thursday! Please come if you can.
Weeds are growing fast and the forecast is good. Please come along if you can.
There’s a gardening Session on Saturday, 10.00-11.30. Please come along if you can.
Britain’s largest cruise liner was moored off Newhaven this morning. It is massive! We had to cross Starbank Road to see it but we did get a good view of the launches shuttling back and forward to Newhaven while we were gardening.
Britannia seemed to overshadow Inchkeith
Launches shuttling passengers to and from Newhaven
It rained until 9.30 this morning and then started again around 12, giving us a pleasant and dry morning for our gardening session, although we did need to shelter during our post session coffee and cakes. There was a good turnout and we got through loads of work. The park is looking good. All the borders are now planted out and we’re just about keeping the weeds at bay.
The park is looking good but there’s plenty to do to keep it smart.
Friends of Starbank Park 