Kington’s planters to be repaired, repainted and refilled for the summer season
Kington’s planters will be repaired, repainted and refilled for the summer season after the town council agreed on a contract
Members at a recent town council meeting were told that some of the planters are now starting to look a bit sad and need some work for this year’s Kington in Bloom project.
Town clerk Liz Kelso said there are 21 planters around the town, they all need the old plants to be removed, compost put in and then to be re-planted. She said the quote they had received to do the work was for £2,706.
Any repairs or replacements as a result of vandalism or theft is not included in the price, the council was told.
Ms Kelso said to maintain the planters from May until the end of the season in October would cost £600 per month. She said the total budget agreed for Kington in Bloom in this year’s budget was £7,200.
Councillor Richard Banks said; “If you are looking at the planters now they look terrible, but we got lovely flowers in the spring, summer and autumn. So I think it would be prudent to make part of the last maintenance of the season to be pruning some of the plants back so they look better over the winter.”
Councillor Esther Rolls added: “I have enjoyed the plants this year and all the flowers, and I have watched the company looking after them and they are excellent. If we are keeping them they are very lovely.” But she proposed a clean-up at the end of the season.
Members agreed to go ahead with the work and awarded the contract to local company J & P Turner, Arrow Mills Garden Centre, Kington.
But they will ask them to re-arrange the programme so the plants are tidied up in late autumn to make them look better through the winter period and to ask if there would be an extra cost to that.
The planters were created a couple of years ago after the council received a £10,000 grant from the Great Places to Visit Fund.
