The Mayor, Councillor Mrs. Mary Pooley, met children from Hankham Primary School at Holywell on the 14th June. Together they finished planting the children's winning garden design. The theme this year is Environment in Bloom.
In March all of the schools in the competition had their designs judged at the Town Hall and Hankham School not only had the winning design but also showed how they had used the 'environment' theme across other parts of the curriculum. The design depicts various element of the weather and will remain in place until the autumn.
The competition is organised by the Eastbourne Education Business Partnership and sponsored by Gardening Matters, The Weather Shop, Firebrand, Glendale Grounds Management and Eastbourne Borough Council.
History Garden Takes Shape
On 18th June the Friends of The Hampden Park volunteers helped layout plants at the newly created arboretum next to Hampden Park cafe.
During the spring trees from around the world were planted. The new phase of planting consists of numerous smaller perennials that have been introduced to Britain since the Roman Period. A walk around the garden travels a time-line from then until the early 1990s. During the autumn a final phase will include plants that couldn't be obtained at this time of year. A leaflet and information board are being developed.
The Council Parks and Gardens Section have worked closely with the Friends who donated a large proportion of the funding required.
Scouts Centenary
During mid-June a special bed was planted that commemorates this year's Scouts Centenary.
The badge represents the official logo of the movement and has been created using about 2,400 small Sempervivum plants of pinkish-purple colour. Lettering is in a bright green foliage and the background is mauve slate chippings.
Founder of the Scout Movement, Robert Baden-Powell, started the idea when he took a party of 20 boys to camp on Brownsea Island on 25th July 1907.
