Maintaining our Green Flag status

It is with delight that I can share with you the great news that we have yet again achieved green flag status. We first received a Green Flag for the Arno way back in 2010, only three years after our Friends group was formed.

So many improvements and additions have come about due to the perseverance and efforts of the Friends, in collaboration with the Council Parks and Gardens team.  Rose, tree and bulb planting, commemorative plaques, rose arches, benches, notice and interpretation boards, nest boxes, bug hotels, extensive planting of the long border and shrub beds and more besides.  A huge thank you to those people who have made all that possible over the years.  The Green Flag is a symbol of the recognition and appreciation of all that work.

In the photograph you can see just some of us gathered to raise the Green Flag for the ninth time.