Dunbar in Bloom

Earlier this year a

few brave souls

battled through the

dark night and the

weather to attend

a series of meet-

ings and agreed to

set up a Dunbar in

Bloom group.

We have met regu-

larly since then

and have devel-

oped plans and

raised funds so

that we can make

sure something

happens this

year—a tall order

as the planting

season is already

upon us.

We have therefore

decided to focus

our activities this

year on the High

Street — although

we will stretch this

down to the har-

bour and out to-

wards the railway

station.

Working with the

traders and the

council’s gardening

team we have made plans to take an additional four, big, square plant-ers and 42 big bar-rel planters out of storage and to plant them up and put them out around town.

dunbarinbloom.org.uk Keep in touch with our plans and activi-

ties and have your say on our website.

Plans for the coming year

We got moving

straight after our first

meeting and made an

application to East Lo-

thian Council’s Envi-

ronmental fund and we

were recently awarded

£3,000 to kick start

activities. This might

sound a lot but we

have realised that we

need to raise a lot

more than this if we

are going to make a

blooming difference!

It takes 50 plants to

plant up one of the

large planters on the

High Street. And we

have over 40 coming

out of storage.

So we are still fund-

raising—we have

asked East Lothian

Council’s Community

Planning to help with

the cost of keeping in

touch with the commu-

nity.

We have also asked

Dunbar Community

Council if they can

contribute £1,000 to-

wards costs. We will let

you know how we get

on.

We will also be con-

tacting local busi-

nesses and other fun-

ders, please let us

know if you have any

ideas or can help.

Fundraising success

March 2011

Volume 1, Issue

Get involved!

Join in the High

street planting day

1pm Sunday 3rd

April — meet out-

side Bank of Scot-

land

Help us raise funds

by packing bags at

Asda on 28th May

Help us to plan what

to plant where and

when

Check the website

for more details

Janet Barnes – chair Brenda Cunningham Peter Wilson Vacancy – minutes Sonya Borthwick Stephen Bunyan Laura Cunningham Rodney Thomas Cllr Jacquie Bell Cllr Paul McLennan

Dunbar in Bloom

c/o 4 Delisle Street

Dunbar

EH42 1BY

We’re on the web! dunbarinbloom.

org.uk

keep them bloom-

ing?

Website

Could you put up ar-

ticles, stories, photo-

graphs and links to

other websites?

Keeping track

Could you manage

what we have and

where it is—plants,

seeds, bulbs, equip-

ment?

Storage

Do you have space

where we can store

things?

Equipment

Do you have equip-

ment that we could

borrow?

Growing

Can you grow addi-

tional seedlings or

take cuttings for us

in your greenhouse—

or do you have spare

plants, seeds or

bulbs that you could

donate?

We have a small

group of volunteers

who have agreed to

help get the group up

and running but we

all, already, lead busy

lives—so please offer

your help if you can—

it can be as little or as

much as you want -

help with running the

group or by getting

your hands dirty!

Please get in touch if

you can offer help—no

matter how small:

Planting days

Our first is planned for

1pm on Sunday 3rd

April—can you spare

an hour or two? Meet

outside the Bank of

Scotland.

Choosing plants

Can you join a small

group researching

what plants will grow

well here and to or-

ganise the buying of

plants bulbs and

seeds?

Watering

Could you take care of

one or two planters

and window boxes to

Greenhouse/

polytunnel

Do you have space or

can you suggest how

we could get these?

Photographs

Do you have any digi-

tal photographs of

blooming areas

around Dunbar or ar-

eas that need help?

Fundraising

Can you help out at

fundraising events or

by writing asking for

donations?

Suggestions

Is there a grassy

patch near where you

live that would benefit

from planting—and

would you and your

neighbours be willing

to work with us to

plant it and maintain

it afterwards?

Anything else!

Just get in touch if

you think there is

something we should

look at. The more

people that get in-

volved the more we

can do.

We need your help!

What do you

think?

Steering group

2011

Can you help?