What an improvement!

Back in November, I wrote that we had `earmarked` some money left over from our area management (wellbeing) funding to spruce up the black flower tubs that were looking very neglected in front of the leisure centre, and I am pleased to report that on Sunday some of the group did just that, with a superb result! Thanks again to Lynda for sourcing the wonderful display of plants and to everyone who helped out! I am sure you will agree that the finished result looks fantastic!

BEFORE

Tidy Tuesday!

The new year is off to a good start and we are busy planning for the year ahead. How about joining us on Tidy Tuesdays? A new idea- we plan a regular session the first Tuesday of each month starting in March, to do a general tidy, dead heading, planting etc. If you have an hour to spare we would welcome your help. We will meet at the park gates at 10.00, just bring along your own hand tools. Many hands make light work, and there is lots to do. Hope to see you one of these tuesdays.

 

Two new sponsors.

We have 2 new businesses supporting us by sponsoring flower troughs. Just fixed the transfers in place today, a bit wild and windy...but the job`s done. Thanks to Whitegates and Over the Rainbow Fancy dress hire for their valued support, look out for the new signs next time you are in the town centre.

Some welcome publicity.

The successor to the Pudsey Times, the Pudsey Town Observer has published an article submitted by one of our members. If you haven`t yet received the paper here is a snapshot or follow this link, and find it on page 6:
http://pudseywellbeingcentre.com/uploads/PTO_012013.pdf



Our next Project...

We still have almost £300 left from the area management funding we received this year and so we have decided to spend it on planting up 4 Flower tubs in front of the leisure centre. These were put in place by metro to compensate us when we lost a number of flower beds when the new bus station was built. Sadly the plants in them did not survive long, partly due to them becoming waterlogged. So we are going to smarten them up, here`s a picture of how they look now:

Keep checking our blog for the updated version!

Late Autumn Colour...

Rudbeckias grown and planted by one of our members give some late autumn colour to the tripe bath garden:

Thanks to Groundwork.....

We have been given lots of daffodils....1000 to be precise. 500 tete a tete and 500 psuedo narcissi. We decided to plant them at the traffic light junction of Kent Road, lowtown, where there are two grassy verges either side of the road. We set to work on what looked like it could turn out to be a rainy morning, but thankfully it didn`t and the sun even came out briefly. Hopefully this will give a lovely colourful spring display once the daffodils get established.