AFTER
After enjoying the Bank Holiday Weekend we had a busy time in Carrick-on-Shannon Tidy Towns.
The first judging for the competition starts soon so the call for help went out for our ‘Tuesday Task Evening' and we were so pleased with the turn-out, it was all hands on deck, with sweeping, weeding , washing, scrubbing and tidying all around the town.
We were so energised by the support that we organised a paint party to clean up and freshen up the houses on the corner of the Leitrim Road. Thank you to Glancy's Hardware for sponsoring the paint and to Pat's Carpets for some extra help.
The apple trees beside the Biodiversity Garden were mulched, as were the trees on the Castlecara Road.
Bark mulch was also added to the biodiversity beds on the Elphin Road.
Lovely new bright ‘Pardon the Weeds, we are feeding the Bees’ signs were put up around some of the grass areas.
The white bollards at the Shannon were repainted white, all 19 of them!
The bright orange bollards beside Scoil Mhuire were given a good scrub.
The new and improved wooden raised beds at the picnic area in the Linear Park were planted up with shrubs and perennial plants. The beds in the Peoples Park have also been planted up and bark mulch added to some of the beds.
We were delighted to see the reclaimed wooden containers made by the Men's Shed as a community garden at The Dock Arts Centre. We understand that there are herbs going to be planted in them.
We hope all the new planters and railing planter boxes and baskets will be a big success for the summer months adding lots of impact and colour to the streets.
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There is still lots of work to be done around our lovely town, so come along to our Tuesday Task Evening, meeting at 7 pm at the Tourist Office, tea and chat afterwards.
