|
This is a suggested list of plants which would be suitable for
re-doing some of the beds around Craghead. However, there is a problem
with using plants such as perennials as the council have to use
weedkiller on all the beds at certain times of the year and this
would kill the plants outright. There isn't much leeway on this
one. The problem is down to lack of council resources. Bloomers
will be looking to lobbying Derwentside Council to try and get a
bigger budget allocated for grounds maintenance throughout the district.
It seems a silly that there is a general groundswell from withing
the community, backed by recommendations from Government, to push
for environmental improvements across the board, but no one seems
to be paying heed to the fact that any environmental improvements
need to be maintained and this costs money. Voluntary groups may
come and go and the buck always stops with our local council on
future maintenance. We should all be fighting for Derwentside's
grounds maintenance to get a bigger slice of the cake.
|
