Dear Civic Pride, All systems go for a busy week ahead, so gather up your gloves, litter-pickers and garden tools. Litter from newly re-opened takeaways and pavements covered with weeds are just two of the problems being successfully tackled by our volunteers throughout Rossendale. The Summer bedding plants ordered from RBC pre-Covid 19 have arrived […]
Read MoreDear Civic Pride, Welcome to what promises to be another week of frenzied weeding and litter picking furor in Rossendale. Fortunately we’ve been joined by a good number of new volunteers who have been collecting litter, bashing balsam and pulling up weeds like seasoned CPR professionals. Thank you everyone, and please keep posting your activities […]
Read MoreDear Civic Pride, The beginning of June, and it’s been a busy week for gardeners and litter pickers alike. Thank you to everyone for your time and effort, please continue to post your activities on our QT site and click on the ‘get email’ button to receive notifications….. contact us via the website if you’re […]
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Dear Civic Pride, I do hope you are all in good health. This week I am posing a question or two…. The Covid-19 lockdown remains firmly in place for the foreseeable future and Civic Pride’s gardens are still looking thankfully glorious. Fingers crossed they will carry on blooming, raising our collective spirits, and we shall […]
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Dear Civic Pride, Think back to Autumn 2019, and all those bulbs we planted….(I know there were at least 2000 bulbs on the Embankment alone, and yes, strictly speaking that was my fault)…. Little did we realise just how important those humble flowers would be in lifting our collective spirits come Spring 2020. The gardens […]
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