Buncrana Tidy Towns are back with their popular annual garden competition with sponsors Kavanagh’s SuperValu, Buncrana.
The event was launched this week with a number of exciting changes. Committees Garden Competition Co-ordinator Anne Doherty said:
“We are really grateful to SuperValu Buncrana for their continued support of our work. I would like to extend a special thank you to store manager Kieran Doherty for sponsoring the garden competition and assisting in the promotion of it.
“We have revamped this year’s competition. If you’re a novice gardener, a budding Dermot O’Neill, got a garden full of pollinators or a vegetable patch you are super proud of we’ve got a category to suit you. We’ve also included a residential area category as we know of a number of residents associations who have worked hard to maintain and develop their common areas.
“We have retained the best kept business award in recognition of local retailers, bars and restaurants tremendous flower displays in the summer months. Secret judging will take place throughout August and the awards ceremony will be held in September. Entry forms are available in SuperValu or by contacting us on Facebook and by email at buncranatidytowns@gmail.com.”
Buncrana Tidy Towns Spokesperson Sinéad Ní Bhroin added, “We have also formally launched our annual competition season. With the support of George McDermott, Donegal County Council, Wild Inishowen, the Cli-mates, Buncrana Chamber of Commerce and many others Buncrana has been a Tidy Towns gold medal winner for the last four years. A big thank you to local photographer Adam Porter for providing us with a beautiful photo of Buncrana Pier for competition brochure.
“We have also entered the Pollinator Plan Award, having won the regional Local Authority Pollinator Award for the North West & West Region in the Large Town Category over the last two years.
“We are so close to winning the national competition and to do so would be an incredible boost for the town. Our work plan has significantly developed over the last year. In addition to our Pollinator Plan, environmental work, painting projects, annual tree-planting and beach clean-ups we have completed the first phase of the development of Buncrana’s Historical Quarter at the Stone Jug and Castle Bridge and are close to completing the second phase of our public seating project. In partnership with Denise Dowds and her wonderful Cli-mates we will also be launching Buncrana’s Toolkit to Create a Plastic Free Community.
“With an extra push and the continued support of the community we believe this year will be our best yet.”