Plans laid earlier this year to beautify the town will shortly be coming to fruition. In early June, voluntary groups from across the parish will be collecting bedding plants, supplied by Bradford Council and paid for by Bingley Town Council, to enhance their floral displays in Cottingley, Crossflatts, Gilstead, Micklethwaite and Myrtle Park. Plants include begonias, geraniums, dahlias and marigolds. In addition, Bingley Bloomers, a group of gardening enthusiasts from Bingley Five-Rise Frocks WI, are taking over responsibility for the five planters in the market square from Bradford Council.
To add to this, Bingley Town Council has contracted Carlton Nurseries of Cottingley to provide floral displays in Bingley town centre. In the week of 12th June, baskets will be appearing on various lamp-posts and barriers on Main Street and some adjoining roads, and there will also be some new tubs and planting in the area by the Arts Centre. A tiered planter is planned for Queen’s Court. The picture shows Bingley’s plants growing at Carlton Nurseries on 26th May.
A Green and Clean Forum will be taking place from 1000 to 1200 on Saturday 10th June at Cardigan House, Ferncliffe Road, Bingley. The event will build on all the useful ideas, information and actions that came out of the Plants and Green Spaces Roadshow held in January. It will also provide an update on floral matters, railway station adoptions, and various litter clearance and dog fouling initiatives, and will discuss a way forward for future meetings.
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