August 14, 2024 - 1491 views
The Bay of Colwyn Town Council has been awarded a £37,500 grant by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to create a community garden at Douglas Road in Colwyn Bay.
The council has received a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant of £37,500 for an exciting heritage project, Gardd Pawb, at Douglas Road, Colwyn Bay. This project is funded by the Local Places for Nature scheme. It is being delivered by The National Lottery Heritage Fund in partnership with the Welsh Government.
Made possible by money raised by National Lottery players, the project focuses on creating a new community garden in the area of disused and overgrown land running adjacent to the Douglas Road car park.
Phase one of the project is now nearing completion, with the ground having been cleared, raised beds now built on site and preparation is underway for planting. Thirteen members of the RGC Rugby squad, plus staff, were on site last week prior to the start of their pre-season friendlies, helping to fill the beds with aggregate and topsoil ready for planting to commence.
The council are now looking for volunteers from our local community (families and individuals welcome) to sign-up to assist us with the ongoing planting and maintenance of this community space. Horticultural expertise will be provided by our local Incredible Edible volunteers, so no experience is needed.
Please contact the Town Council at info@colwyn-tc.gov.uk or call 01492 532248 to register your interest and they will be in touch with further details/dates of organised sessions in the next few weeks.
Commenting on the project, Cllr Ricky Owen, Town Mayor said: “We are thrilled to have received the funding support, thanks to National Lottery players, and are confident the project will provide a well-managed and attractive community garden, reinforcing the benefits that local places for nature bring to well-being.
"We are extremely grateful to the staff and squad members from RGC, who assisted us on site by shovelling 17 large bags of aggregate and topsoil into around half of the planters. We hope to have the rest of the raised beds ready for the first stage of planting in the next few weeks.”
