Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I don't know if it is a case of the two councils arguing over who does what, but it is a sad state of affairs that there is so little blooms in Town.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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you may have hit the nail on the head roger.
those troughs near the bus stops have always been well kept since i have lived here, the moment the spring bulbs falter up they come and the bedding plants go in.
even in the winter the shrubbery looks nice.
when i spotted that today i was taken aback, the only vegetation there were the weeds that i have been ripping out at home.
worse than market square.
Guest 656- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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What a sorry state this is particulary in front of the DTC offices, surely whoever is responsible can put this right and the sooner the better. It looks like we take no pride in our town
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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It should be Dover in bloom - all year round, there's enough different sorts of flowers that can be planted to give colour anytime of year.
Early part of last year I contacted the Council (DDC) and the Community Pay-Back team and got all the planters looking good - I'll try that again.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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colette
the ones in front of the town council offices are our best ones.
the photos do not do them credit as a strong wind was trying to tear the plants to bit while i was there.
there was evidence that an effort had been made unlike market square and pencester gardens.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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Howard please remember Sue told us the beds were being rested, in other words left alone to grow weeds. Fill them in if they are not to be planted they can't look any worse.
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Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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I may just stroll down and buy some hemp seed from the pet shop and sprinkle them around.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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no problem as long as it is not on fallow ground ian.
this grows next to the river without any funding, what is it called?
Guest 656- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Oh Dear! Howard, the photos certainly don't do them justice, must be the wind making them look all raggy and in need of some TLC
So its Market Square and Pencester Gardens that need urgent attention, lets hope some effort is made soon
Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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Errrr, what is it Howie?
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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I think it might be borage but am not sure.
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
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Oh ye of little faith I told you June thats gospe ltruth
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I wouldn't expect anything other than the truth from you Sue, but all this about laying fallow, doesn't work for other Town Centres; they have flowers every year - many throughout out the year and there is always compost that can be added to add nutrients.
Bags of compost - 3 for £10 or so and one in each planter (depends of whether the flowers were going in a bed or planter).
We all look forward to June, but it should not allow the Town to look so dowdy and unwelcoming for so many months.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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is there any danger of the fountain being opened by then?
maybe the water is not right at the moment and the pipes need to rest.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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howard,they have useing the wrong kind of water.it was to wet apparently.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Let me paint Blakes' advertising sparingly on a Market Square plant trough and I will gladly keep it beautiful all year round. Kent Highways do that with the roundabouts- why not commercial sponsorship to make the town prettier?
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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a good idea, a win win for everybody.
there must be other businesses that would follow suit.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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And to make the public bogs viable?
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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After reading this post morning I had to drive to Tescos and a quick look showed that the Whitfield, Honeywood Road and Tesco roundabouts have all got commercial sponsors with a DDC logo adjacent and I'm sure there are similar around the district (awaiting Howard's photos?
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So there is a scheme in place, just needs to be applied to the flower beds if they are DDC responsibility, or the town council to come up with their own scheme if it's theirs - anyone know the details?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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a lot of positive stuff here, what about the seats and bins too?
wouldn't cost a business much and would help make up for the ones we have lost over the years.
ray mentions roundabouts, the one at the junction of priory street/folkestone road was sponsored until very recently by a company not based locally. either they have stopped sponsoring or the sign has come away.
