Children from Portreath School planted hundreds of daffodil bulbs to
mark the completion of improvements to Greenfield Gardens.Work on the
£48,000 project began in February and was carried out by R H Olds
Amenity Landscapers of Camborne.
What had been a largely grassed area was transformed with new pathways, disabled access, raised beds and a sunken amphitheatre.
Portreath
Improvements Committee, which provided £10,000 towards the project,
took charge of the planting programme, which followed.
This included low maintenance ground cover, shrubs, and grass, culminating in the planting of the daffodil bulbs.
Chris
Watts, chairman of the parish council, said: "This project has been a
village team effort with the parish council, regeneration team and
Portreath Improvements Committee working together.
"The
improvements committee will be taking ownership by way of a 999-year
lease. This will secure the gardens and ensure the maintenance of the
property."
The balance of the funding for Greenfield Gardens
came from a grant of £28,000 from the Rural Key Fund. A further £10,000
came from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's Liveability Fund.
Mr Watts added: "This is yet another community project for Portreath that has turned out to be a great success.
"It's
now open for use and I hope the community will enjoy it. I know the
Brownies already already planning to use
the amphitheatre for plays."The
official hand over of the gardens from Kerrier to the PIC will take
place in the spring when all these bulbs are in flower."
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