Strokestown Tidy Town Group would like to thank the wonderful ladies involved with Green Hub Gardening Club and Earthcare Permaculture Design for today's community Fruit Tree Planting Demonstration. Their expertise, knowledge and skills will help the estates of Strokestown become bright, vibrant pollinator friendly areas. Huge word of note for the residents of The Maples for hosting the event and especially the tea and bikkies afterwards. Thank you to Byron for enabling us to mark this occasion by taking some superb pictures for us. Some of you will be seeing Byron very soon (more pictures to follow). We’d again like to acknowledge Caseys Londis Roscommon (and especially Jim McCausland) for his support and sponsorship of the demonstration. Providing fruit trees enabled our community to collaborate on bringing this plan forward. If you live on one of Strokestown’s estates and would like to take part in a similar event please contact us via our Facebook page and we will absolutely help you bring a new element to your door.
Have a look at the transformation in these images. The residents in Tower View have been busy over the last number of weeks taking an area of the estate that had become overgrown and looked neglected, and turning it into a simply beautiful feature piece. Massive well done and thank you to Shane Breheny and Gemma Morrison. This is exactly what we are hoping to see, people taking the initiative and getting things done, because, after all ... Strokestown is ... #ourtown #yourtown #mytown #tidytowns #community #strongertogether
This post focuses on the Vesnoy area of Strokestown, and the efforts of the team up there. Tommy Carolan and the residents have put in some fantastic work over the last number of years. This year includes a new pollinator garden with nectar rich flowers in one area and an area allowed to rewild. This was a labour intensive project but with some great people, great things happen. Take the time to stroll through the Biodiversity Trail in Strokestown. Tommy has been maintaining the mown areas of Strokestown for many years now and is a vital part of the Strokestown Tidy Town Group. Ever wondered: "What is in a biodiversity area?" ... "What makes up a native traditional meadow?" Well, here is a chance to see exactly what we are trying to achieve. THURSDAY 14/07/22 - 7pm - PCC building, Caslin Way Bring the kids and let them "discover" the flowers and insects. Thanks to Hannah (https://earthcare.ie/) and the Green Hub Gardening Club for leading this part of our project. The flower you can see below? Actually found in that very meadow! As part of Strokestown Tidy Town Group "Biodiversity Availability" projects, we are delighted to announce a HUGE collaboration with the HSE at our Primary Care Centre on Caslin Way. Taking over the maintenance of the grounds, we have been able to provide a native traditional meadow in a central location in Strokestown. Hannah Mole, our amazing biodiversity expert (https://earthcare.ie) is completing a survey to see exactly what flora we have. This is a unique opportunity for us as a Tidy Town Group to reintroduce a native meadow in the middle of a town. Thank you to all who assisted us with this fantastic opportunity. We are inviting the playschools and crèches to use this as an opportunity to promote the need for such projects through education. Bring the kids down and try and identify the various flowers, grasses and "weeds" that make up the meadow.
This week Strokestown Tidy Town Group has been on a whirlwind tour of the area. Thanks to Cloontuskert Tidy Towns and Easy Treesie making a generous donation of native trees we were able to improve the availability and range of biodiversity in our primary schools. Coming out from the last 2 years of madness, the 6th classes were able to plant a tree to mark their growth and development. As they prepare to move to Scoil Mhuire Strokestown in September, this is a significant part of their growing up and they will now always have roots in their primary school. Thank you to Clooncagh NS, Kiltrustan National School and St Patrick's Boys School for participating in this initiative, we are looking forward to seeing you all in June for the "Club and Community Clean Up Day"
A team of Strokestown Tidy Towns Group volunteers has managed to shred the last of the large scrub removed from the Cloonslanor Burial Ground (Bully's Acre) and heaped up the remaining twigs and smaller items for shredding. Huge thanks to Keith Brennan for supplying the equipment needed to finish the project to this point. With the fine dry weather this weekend why not take the walk out to the Burial Ground? This is only phase 1 of the project and the most labour intensive of the Strokestown Tidy Town Group projects to date. |