Burgh Beautiful organises litter picks throughout the year. It continues to amaze and disappoint how much litter is dumped in our town.
Keep an eye on our Facebook page for future dates. Please do consider coming along – bags and pick sticks are provided.
Some of the hanging baskets in the West Port area are attracting crows and magpies who dig up the plants with their sharp beaks. We are experimenting by planting our autumn baskets earlier with ivy and periwinkle so that they form a stronger root ball. Hopefully this will foil the birds attempts to dig them up!
Our Inviting Gardens over the weekend was a huge success. Some sixteen private gardens, a range of sponsored beds, Linlithgow’s community gardeners, as well as Burgh Beautiful beds all took part.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the annual event.
This impressive metal ‘thistles’ planter and sculpture was installed in The Vennel.
The work was financed by Pubwatch under the watchful eye of Ian Gibson. It was designed and made by Kevin Hope of Bo’ness steel fabricators, Granfab Ltd.
The planting around the bottom of the sculpture, made up of various ‘thistle-like’ plants, and carried out by Quentin Allardice of Turf Irrigation Services (Scotland) Ltd who provided the drainage gravel and soil, reflects the design above.
Congratulations to all concerned! A worthy addition to the Linlithgow scene.
