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our achievements so far
- Formed the Skipton in Bloom community group in January 2005
- Organised a Primary School poster competition for a new SIB logo
design
- Arranged a large number of regular workdays with partner
agencies, businesses and volunteers
- Instigated a rolling programme of bulb planting which to
date has provided many thousands of spring bulbs for Aireville Park, Petyt Grove and The
Bailey
- Purchased and installed over 100 self-watering
hanging baskets
and bespoke hooks for summer displays throughout the town
- In conjunction with Craven College and Stepping Stones,
set up a rolling programme of seasonally planted container displays
around the town
- Organised the annual Skipton Gardening
Competition
- Established a community tree nursery in partnership with Craven College and the International
Tree Foundation
- Produced an ongoing Strategic Plan and an independent website
- Established links with North Yorkshire Rotters through
Craven College
- Planted trees in Albert Street and Holy Trinity Church
with Craven College students
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Installed a hanging basket scheme on the Town Hall car
park public toilet building irrigated with an automated
watering system
- In collaboration with Craven College, Stepping
Stones and the Royal British Legion, re-designed and
re-furbished the Cenotaph garden
- Secured financial grants and contributions, together
with 2009/2010 main sponsorship funding from the Skipton
Business Improvement District
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In collaboration with
Craven College, designed, built and installed
3 self-watering narrowboat planters in the Canal Basin
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- Sponsored the Community Award for a Craven College
Horticultural Student
- Collaborated with Rotary Club of Skipton Craven to launch and support the 2010
Craven Butterfly Garden Project
- Purchased, repaired and painted 40 second-hand barrel
planters for new and replacement floral displays
- Participated in Let It Grow events to raise the
group's profile and promote the annual Skipton Gardening
Competition
- Following repairs and painting by Stepping Stones,
relocated the 2 triple-tiered planters from Aireville Park
and Springs Canal into the Bus Station
- Positioned 25 second-hand barrel planters, the majority
with built-in reservoirs, in groups around the Bus Station
- Installed 15 barrier planters, with a retrofit
modification designed by Craven College, to complement
existing signage, seating and furniture in the Bus Station
- Cleared and repaired the stone raised beds outside the
Westgate store, erected a specially commissioned 'Welcome to
Skipton' sign in local sandstone, and introduced sustainable
planting schemes
- Purchased additional second-hand hanging baskets, made
new hooks and repainted old ones, to provide a hanging
basket for all 181 hooks in the town
- Ran a fund-raising stall at the Skipton Waterways Festival
- Ran a fund-raising stall at the Let It Grow event at
Skipton Auction Mart
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