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 place. With the financial support of our District and County Councillors, Jonathan Hawkins, Rosemary Rowe and Hilary Bastone, we have purchased a variety of weed killing equipment and employed a qualified operator to treat weeds along the South Hams District Council embankment and Bayard’s Cove. The first attack on these weeds happened on Monday 18 July, (see photo). They will now be dying off.
“We are also in discussion with Devon County Council Highways regarding kerbside and pavement weeds. Our intention is to provide DCC training for a few selected volunteers to be qualified and authorised to work in these areas.
Added to this, Stevie said: “Dartmouth Green Partnerships is in the process of negotiating an application for funding to improve the town’s green verges and their maintenance. We intend to plant clusters of bulbs and wildflowers this autumn, to enhance the highway verges into the town for the enjoyment of people and for the benefit of wildlife, extending our River of Daffodils along College Way. We shall be posting more details of this work later as help will be needed. You may have noticed that we have already negotiated the cutting of the overgrowth along the daffodil side of College Way, which was done last week.”