Small Tower, Lake Road
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Keswick in Bloom volunteers are responsible for the planting and maintenance of various tubs, towers, mangers and beds
around the town. We organise work parties throughout the year as required to ensure there is a good display in Spring and
again through the Summer months. We wonder if any of these could be funded by any residents, businesses or visitors for
whom Keswick has a special significance or possibly in memory of someone who has loved the Town. The names of donors
would be prominently displayed in our Bank Street window.
Work party in the rain,
Market Square Towers
Large Tower and Tubs,
Station Street
Towers
We have three large towers and two small
towers. Two of the large towers are
located at the Bank Street entrance to the
Market Square, and the third is on Station
Street near to the entrance to Packhorse
Court.
The two small towers are on the corner of
Penrith Road and Station Street opposite
the War Memorial (County Corner), and
on Lake Road near to the Lakeland
clothes shop.
Raised Bed and the Town Hall Bed
The Raised Bed (above) is at the
Derwent Close entrance to the Market
Square and is a popular resting place
for visitors enjoying a snack.
The Town Hall bed (below), as the
name suggests, is tucked alongside the
Town Hall on Main Street.
Home
Tithebarn Corner
Tithebarn Corner has been completely refurbished in 2009. Keswick in Bloom received
an award from the Lottery Awards for All programme to assist in funding the changes.
Keswick Rotary, who often help us with the heavy
duty work parties, joined forces in the project by
supplying a new wishing well. The pictures above
show the site before work started, and the partially
completed wishing well, and alongside with KIB
volunteers.
Mangers
We look after 31 mangers on the edge of the
Bell Close car park, pictured left, and four
groups of 2 mangers on the widow ledges of
the iconic Moot Hall in the centre of the
Market Square, below.
Tubs
Tubs can be found outside the Town
Hall, outside the the Library, on
Heads Road and Station Street and
at the junction of High Hills and
Crosthwaite Road.
Crosthwaite Road junction in Spring
Keswick Bed
The Keswick Bed greets visitors to
the town as they enter from the East
onto Chestnut Hill. The letters are
formed with Box plants, and we
plant annuals between them each
summer.
Planting the Keswick Bed
Town Hall Tubs
The Kiosk Bed
The Kiosk bed is a new project in 2009 /
2010, and it is situated between the
underpass at Lower Lake Road and the
entrance to Hope Park, in front of the Ice
cream kiosk. The bed was very overgrown
with cotoneaster, which were grubbed out
and replaced with species rhododendrons in
Spring 2009. After further fund raising,
including grants from the Neighbourhood
Forum and fro Allerdale Borough Council,
we have just
planted
daffodils, and
are adding
azaleas.
First azaleas planted, February 2010
Grubbing out
Rhododendron planting, Spring 2009
Made with Xara Web Designer
Keswick in Bloom volunteers are responsible for the planting and maintenance of various tubs, towers, mangers and beds
around the town. We organise work parties throughout the year as required to ensure there is a good display in Spring and
again through the Summer months. We wonder if any of these could be funded by any residents, businesses or visitors for
whom Keswick has a special significance or possibly in memory of someone who has loved the Town. The names of donors
would be prominently displayed in our Bank Street window.
Work party in the rain,
Market Square Towers
Large Tower and Tubs,
Station Street
Towers
We have three large towers and two small
towers. Two of the large towers are
located at the Bank Street entrance to the
Market Square, and the third is on Station
Street near to the entrance to Packhorse
Court.
The two small towers are on the corner of
Penrith Road and Station Street opposite
the War Memorial (County Corner), and
on Lake Road near to the Lakeland
clothes shop.
Raised Bed and the Town Hall Bed
The Raised Bed (above) is at the
Derwent Close entrance to the Market
Square and is a popular resting place
for visitors enjoying a snack.
The Town Hall bed (below), as the
name suggests, is tucked alongside the
Town Hall on Main Street.
Home
Tithebarn Corner
Tithebarn Corner has been completely refurbished in 2009. Keswick in Bloom received
an award from the Lottery Awards for All programme to assist in funding the changes.
Keswick Rotary, who often help us with the heavy
duty work parties, joined forces in the project by
supplying a new wishing well. The pictures above
show the site before work started, and the partially
completed wishing well, and alongside with KIB
volunteers.
Mangers
We look after 31 mangers on the edge of the
Bell Close car park, pictured left, and four
groups of 2 mangers on the widow ledges of
the iconic Moot Hall in the centre of the
Market Square, below.
Tubs
Tubs can be found outside the Town
Hall, outside the the Library, on
Heads Road and Station Street and
at the junction of High Hills and
Crosthwaite Road.
Crosthwaite Road junction in Spring
Keswick Bed
The Keswick Bed greets visitors to
the town as they enter from the East
onto Chestnut Hill. The letters are
formed with Box plants, and we
plant annuals between them each
summer.
Planting the Keswick Bed
Town Hall Tubs
The Kiosk Bed
The Kiosk bed is a new project in 2009 /
2010, and it is situated between the
underpass at Lower Lake Road and the
entrance to Hope Park, in front of the Ice
cream kiosk. The bed was very overgrown
with cotoneaster, which were grubbed out
and replaced with species rhododendrons in
Spring 2009. After further fund raising,
including grants from the Neighbourhood
Forum and fro Allerdale Borough Council,
we have just
planted
daffodils, and
are adding
azaleas.
First azaleas planted, February 2010
Grubbing out
Rhododendron planting, Spring 2009