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Sounds like this definitely deserves a date in our diaries, however busy they are at this time of year.
Thanks to a good turnout of willing volunteers we completed the planting of the 2000 bulbs kindly donated through the City Council this weekend.
Janice and Vinnie – brains and brawn – always a good combination!
It was a crisp, if not actually cold day, and this helped spur us on to complete the task in a couple of hours or less.
Rod (new to Plot 45) and Sylvia practise their new routine for Strictly.
This week we dispensed with the specialised bulb planting tools and made much faster progress with spades and forks.
Dave and Agnes (New to their micro-plot) give Stuart a hand.
Once finished we retreated to the Bothy for a well-earned cup of tea and cake – young and old!
Thanks to all who answered the call (including Frank who I failed to get on film) and made short work of the planting. Roll on Spring and what we all hope will be a welcome burst of colour around the site to welcome in another growing season.
Stuart and I represented GFAA today at Aberdeen Council’s lunch to celebrate the award of a Gold Certificate to the city in the 50th Anniversary Year of the Britain in Bloom Competition.
Lord Provost George Adam
Lord Provost George Adam made a very good speech thanking the 26 community groups represented for their help in securing the highest possible level of award from the judges. He included a very good line about Aberdeen being a city of grey stone, but green spaces and clearly was delighted with the city’s recognition for the efforts of its diverse horticultural communities.
It was good to have GFAA’s contribution to this success noted along with all of the others.
Jim Henderson, our It’s Your Neighbourhood Assessor, made his first visit to our site today. Luckily, the rain held off for his visit and all involved enjoyed our wee walk around the plots and site.
Jim is a very experienced plotter himself and proved to be full of good stories and ideas which he was very willing to share with us. It was very useful to find out how other plot sites do things and where they find support for their projects and developments.
Jim spent more than an hour with us and left saying how much he had enjoyed his visit. He will deliver his judgement on our efforts in due course. Fingers crossed!