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Section Horticultural Achievement 4 Blooming Gorgeous DCSDC_Blooming Gorgeous 2019_.indd 4 08/07/2019 11:56:04
Section A Horticultural achievement Derry really is a blooming gorgeous city. Every day we strive to keep this urban hotspot clean, preened and dazzling. Horticulture is a key part of this process; whether it be developing or maintaining the vast network of flowers and shrubbery, creating striking floral and plant presentations, grass cutting or cleansing our spaces. Visually, our River of Flowers on The Quay has injected colour and vibrancy to this 1.5m stretch overlooking the River Foyle and is a magnet for tourists, especially during the summer season. Throughout the year, we have a focused planting schedule investing in 118,000 spring and summer bedding plants, bulb planting in autumn with 42,000 bulbs planted on roundabouts, main arterial routes and parks. Teams at work Brooke Park Our Grounds Maintenance Team are highly skilled and take great care creating and maintaining our horticulture displays and grounds. Our flagship horticultural site is Brooke Park, The People’s Park, a 20-acre urban Victorian Park, which has recently been regenerated to the tune of £5.6m and has achieved Green Flag Status. This space includes a dedicated Horticulture Training Centre which is a hub of activity with Conservation Volunteer programmes upskilling the unemployed in horticultural practice and the Be Well, Grow Well Project which aims to teach Council staff how to sow, propagate, look after and grow vegetables. We also employ an eminent horticulturalist who manages and cultivates this magnificent green space. Derry City and Strabane District Council 5 DCSDC_Blooming Gorgeous 2019_.indd 5 08/07/2019 11:56:05
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