AGM

The AGM of Boyle Tidy Towns and River Development will be held on Tuesday 21st September at 7pm in the Royal Hotel. All welcome. This is a good opportunity for people of the area to come along and see what this organisation does and what the plans are for the future. We always welcome any new ideas and suggestions.

Cresent Area Clean-up

The Cresent area clean-up will be held on this Thursday evening at 7pm. This will mostly involve weeding of the shrubberies. Please come along and bring a friend. It might also be useful to bring something to kneel on. When people come to town they often meet in this area so it is important that it is looking well- every weed pulled is a weed less!

Flower Beds

Our new raised bed at Bridge St is now complete. Thanks to Fas who built the bed and a sincere thanks to Shane Feely who provided the bricks. The bed will be planted this week. Careful consideration is important in the selection of shrubs and flowers as biodiversity must be considered when planting in all public areas today.

The flowers around the town are looking very well and we are very grateful to all those who have undertaken the job of caring for these areas. If you are passing a bed and see flowers that need dead-heading, please feel free to do it-we won't be insulted!

We were wondering why the petunias in Elphin St were not doing so well, particularily under one of the trees. We got our answer on Friday evening. Dogs. Its quite annoying to see your flowers being dug up and we will be keeping a very close eye on this.

We have been informed that the council have sprayed the weeds around the town in the past few weeks. Some of the area in the town, especially around the Cresent area anf St Josephs hall need to be tidied up. We plan to hold a clean-up of this area in the coming days with a focus on weeding. It is important that we all play our part in ensuring our town looks its best. Details of this clean-up will be posted later.

NEW RAISED BEDS
Some people may be wondering what has happened to the planter at the build-out at Cogans butchers. We have removed it and Fas have agreed to build a raised bed in its place. This hopefully will add more colour to the town centre. Work should commence shortly.

NATURE TRAIL
Plans are afoot to develop a nature trail from the lawn through the Pleasure Grounds and along by the river through the undeveloped area as far as the New Bridge. The Tidy Towns / River Development have been working closely with the National Parks and Wildlife Services on this exciting project. We aim to recognise wildlife as it exists in various habitats and environments along the river bank and it will have elements of both enjoyment and education .

REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE
The Tidy Towns Assoc have been storing leaves for "reuse" and some good quality leaf mould is now ready. It is ideal to use as a mulch for weed control or to improve soil quality. Residence Associations who would be interested in using some of this mulch should contact any of the committee members.
The Tidy Towns Association have received funding for the development of a small scale community composter. This composter will be for garden waste only (grass, leaves and hedge timmings) and we will be working on this project over the summer months.

WELCOME TO OUR WEBSITE
This site aims to inform the people of our community of the ongoing projects being undertaken by our committee. It is hoped that you, the reader, may at some stage see a project or initiative that you would like to be involved in. We meet on the second Tuesday of every month in the Royal Hotel at 7pm and new members are always welcome.

Our committee includes Chairperson, Jan Flanagan, Vice-Chair, Jackie Valentine, Secretary Ann Keenan, Treasurers Maura Farrell and John Cummins.

SPRING CLEAN-UP

Our Spring Clean-up is still on-going even though it's almost mid-summer! The next clean-up is on Thursday next, 17th June and will focus on the approach road on the Roscommon and Frenchpark sides. We are meeting at Silveroe on the Frenchpark Rd at 6.30pm and should finish before 8pm, depending on the help! Gloves and refuse bags are provided.

ADOPT A FLOWER BED

Our flower beds and planters have been planted recently. In order to ensure that the areas are all looking well for the tourist season we have started an "Adopt a Flower Bed" initiative.T his involves a person volunteering to look after the bed or container over the flowering period( weeding and watering). We have also entered a Floral Pride competition so we want to make extra sure that the flowers look well. No pressure!

We have two vacancies yet-one for the bed on the Sligo Road near the soccer pitch and the other at the new beds in Elphin St. You don't need green fingers - a watering can will do fine. Volunteers can contact any of the committee to arrange the "adoption".