 Nolly's Allotment and well known allotmenteers! Painting by Mary Gundry  Painting by Margo Noyes The joys of allotments are considerable and we award a beautiful trophy for the best Allotment. Could it be yours or can you nominate one you admire? Please send us lovely pictures Iur Children's allotment sets us high standards thanks to Gill Coulson and her team.
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 Eddie trained in the 60's as a horticulturalist at Notcutts when it was a top Nursery but always wanted to have his own business and a farm with cows. In 2010 he moved to the dream farm in Metfield where his collection of roses is quite amazing! All our roses now come from him. But it has everything else you can think of and his Open Days like on Sunday are not to be missed.  Alan far L writes: I returned late last night from my holiday and this morning I went out to see how the trees and bulbs {the latter you gave to me at our December meeting }which were all planted in January on the little green in Barley Meadow -- most of the bulbs have pushed their heads above ground and are looking very good swaying in the gentle breeze. The trees are as one would expect some are now showing their new growth and one is in full bloom –absolute Magic of nature- There is a small circle of bulbs at the entrance of the green and the others around two of the 5 trees that we planted. I am sure that next year`s showing will be better as the trees and bulbs will have settled in. I am hoping to be able to put my name down for more bulbs at the next hand out of same so I can plant them around the 3 trees which did not have them this year. If anyone or everyone could come round to have a look, it will be wonderful for people to see what has been done with the bulbs and the tree planting in Barley Meadow; and the first year's effort of trying to come up to the high standard set by you and all your team towards “Halesworth in Bloom”. BRAVO TO ALAN with his team of 12 AND ALL IN BARLEY MEADOW and THANKS TO WAVENEY NORSE WHO GAVE US THOSE BULBS AND HAVE BEEN VERY CAREFUL NOT TO MOW ANY DOWN. Have you noticed despite financial constraints and reorganisation we a getting lots of help from Richard Hackney and his team. Their latest challenge from us is clearing away the vast amount of brambles and fallen trees we have been pulling out of the Park Boundary and helping us restore the Town Riverr boundary wall pushed into the river by brambles and small trees.    Green Flag in Half Mast in honour of Jane Kircher  Some of the many Tributes to Jane Jane Kircher, our local heroine, died today after a long courageous fight against cancer. She formed the Grandparents and Parents Play Association (GAPPA) in September 2014 with an ambition to bring better and more accessible play equipment to Halesworth Town Park.
Months of fundraising followed, and Jane with her GAPPA team secured enough to fund the new equipment in its entirety, through donations and grants provided by Halesworth Town Council, Co-op community Fund, One Foundation and Flagship in addition to a number of local businesses. The new equipment, which includes a wheelchair-accessible roundabout, a basket swing and two units comprising slides and climbing equipment, cost over £42,000. Luckily Jane, despite months of intensive treatment, was able to see her dream realised. The play area is now rightly called The Jane Kircher Play Park in acknowledgement of Jane's sterling work with her GAPPA group. All is not finished yet and a new Trim Trail will soon be in place (a series of low level planks, climbing net, stepping stones etc) within the existing play area, on the right hand side around the play roundabout. We hope too, that there will be a Granny Seat in Jane's memory with a scented rose of remembrance near it. |
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