First – the good news. The Council’s Parks Department and Bath BID have come together to help brighten up our streets this summer – for locals and tourists alike. Caught a couple of floral displays […]
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Goodbye old friend.
It’s always sad to see an old friend go and non more so than realising the lovely old weeping ash that’s been a feature of Bath’s Parade Gardens for so many years – has been […]
Putting Sydney Gardens out to grass.
Let me start by saying that l know the guys from the city’s parks department do a great job – with ever-decreasing funds – but it’s a fact of life that more time and effort […]
Blooming success!
Bath has been awarded a prestigious silver gilt award for its South West in Bloom entry in the Business Improvement District (BID) category for 2016. Judges praised the re-invigorated Parade Gardens, with its children’s paintings […]
Parade Gardens needs a paint job!
Bath’s Parade Gardens have never looked better as the growing year gets underway but all that hard Parks Department labour is making the two ‘blots on the landscape’ stand out even more. The ugly and ‘temporary’ […]
Farewell to the tennis court trees
There’s a lot to be said about the ‘shock of the new’ and l suppose – as an old codger – the panic that sets in when something regarded as being so permanent – disappears. […]
Bad news from the tree ‘doctors’
Just in case – like me – you wondered what had happened to this tree just inside the Sydney Road entrance to Sydney Gardens – opposite the Bath Spa McDonald Hotel – l understand a […]
Blooming marvellous say Weston residents.
A bit of budget trimming by B&NES back in 2012 has led to the blossoming of a local community project – thanks to the input of a former Mayor of Bath. Seems the Council’s Parks […]
