Photo by Richard Grange / UNP (United National Photographers).
Preston residents are asked to vote for their preferred community gardening project in order to receive support from Dobbies, the UK’s leading garden center retailer.
advertising
Three well-deserved community projects in Preston have been selected by Preston Dobbies Store team members to be shortlisted for Helping Your Community Grow, Dobbies’ pioneering community support initiative.
Launched last month, the program aims to work with existing groups to create 69 new or remodeled green spaces across the UK, one for each of its main businesses.
Continue reading: Preston Vue Cinema shows Oasis Knebworth 1996 in September of that year
The three Preston projects were shortlisted because they best represent an opportunity to create improved green space that will benefit the area around the Dobbies website.
The three local projects competing for votes in Preston are the Freckleton Lodge Care Home, the Galloway Society for Blind and Kirkland, and the Catterall Primary School.
Kirkland and Catterall Primary School is home to an after-school gardening club, Catterall in Bloom, that the local kids simply love. The club needs some tools to empty the three raised beds, which are currently filled with heavy soil and weeds, and to plant some vegetables and flower seeds.
Continue reading: Preston City Council will continue to operate the Pavilion Cafe in Avenham Park
The raised beds are perfect for children in Key Stage One and also for those who have a disability and may be in a wheelchair to prepare a delicious soup this fall semester.
The Galloway Society for Blind hopes to visit and enjoy a scented area on their premises for all visually impaired people. To make this possible, the association is hoping for a donation of beautifully fragrant plants to bring this fragrant garden to life.
Freckleton Lodge Care Home looks after residents with mobility impairments, many of whom spend their days overlooking the gardens. The Freckleton Lodge team aims to provide residents and staff with beautiful views from every room. To do this, they need bright and colorful plants that attract wildlife. In addition to the plants, the nursing home wants to attract birds to the gardens with bird feeding stations.
For the latest news near you, see below
Graeme Jenkins, CEO of Dobbies, said, “By helping your community grow, Dobbies is excited to support so many gardening projects around our stores. It’s a landmark initiative for us and we’re very proud to help so many community projects across the country create a green space that benefits their surroundings.
“The team at our Preston Dobbies Store understands the needs of their neighborhood and has selected three hugely rewarding projects for the Preston community. We are very much looking forward to the results of the public vote and look forward to helping the winning project achieve its goals in the coming months. ”
Continue reading: In pictures: First day of Rockprest 2021 in Moor Park
The winning Preston project is supported by Dobbies, including products, equipment and even team support from the Preston Dobbies store staff to help them create a green space that the local community can be proud of. The project with the most votes from across the UK will be the National Winner and will receive additional support from Dobbies.
The public voting is now live and ends on August 29th. The winners will be announced in September.
Votes can be cast here.
Continue reading: Check out the latest Preston news and headlines
