Category: Community

Rather than complain about the weeds and overgrown areas in the town, Dartmouth Green Partnership volunteer gardeners are taking action – an example of civic pride. Dartmouth Green Partnerships Chairman, Stevie Rogers, said: “We take a pride in Dartmouth and want to make it look its best. The weeds along the riverfront spoil this beautiful […]

A new design  for the Dartmouth Community Greenhouse has been agreed by the trustees of Dartmouth Green Partnerships and greenhouse designer, Hartley Botanic Ltd. They offered us their Victorian Grand Manor design, which is an attractive, rectangular, gabled greenhouse 4128mm x 11194mm in size (see photo below).  It means that the greenhouse can be built later […]

The Dartmouth & Kingswear Society gave £1,000 towards the community greenhouse. Many thanks for this – the second such contribution from the Society. Pictured below is D&K Vice President, Phil Charlesworth, presenting the cheque to DGP members (left ) Deborah Bemrose, and Stevie Rogers. The Co-op supports our appeal. Dartmouth Green Partnerships was delighted to receive […]

Despite the restrictions imposed by COVID-19, DGP’s team of volunteers were hard at work during the lockdown dismantling spring displays of daffodils and tulips and preparing the summer displays for June. Volunteers followed Government and local authority advice. Our focus  was on sustainability and we used pollen producing, wildlife friendly perennial and annual planting to attract insects and […]

DGP members helped Dartmouth Rotary to plant 5,000 purple crocus bulb in December 2017 and again in 2018  as part of the national Purple4Polio campaign run by Rotary with the RHS. A total of 6 million bulbs have been planted nationwide. DGP also gave bulbs to community groups as part of the Its Your Neighbourhood awards. […]