Blair in Bloom Action Plan
Here is are our longer term aspirations as listed in our Action Plan. See our current and past projects here.
High Priority:
Ardblair Herbaceous Bed
Priority: High
Current status:
- Autumn tidy done
Progress:
- Weeded & tidied a few times in 2021
- Pampas grass removed
To do:
- Slabs to be laid
- More planting/pruning/removal
- Edging
Bridge stone corner bed
Priority: High
Current status:
- Sustainable planting put in, sponsored by Rotary Club.
Progress:
- Weeded & tidied
To do:
- Bulbs for spring 2022 to be planted
Coronation Corner
Priority: High
Current status:
- Hard landscaping finished
- Planting completed
- Bulbs for spring to go in
Progress:
- Weeded & tidied
To do:
- Issue of surface to be followed up by TAPiP with Drypave rep.
- Mural/s for wall – meeting 4/11 with Andrew Barrie & Martin Mcguiness
Thistle Bed, Golf Course Road corner
Priority: High
Current status:
- Autumn tidy done
Progress:
- Weeded and tidied
To do:
- Edging
Medium Priority:
Ardblair Shrub bed
Priority: Medium
Current status:
- Tidied up late summer 2021
Progress:
- Weeded and tidied a couple of times in 2021
To do:
- Pruning
- Edging
Balmoral Road corner
Priority: Medium
Current status:
- Two refurbished containers to be emptied
Progress:
- Wooden containers removed and skipped
To do:
- Some winter planting and/or bulbs to go in
Bus Stances bed & barrier baskets
Priority: Medium
Current status:
- New planting put in and planting for edging on order
Progress:
- Waiting for new edging plants to arrive
To do:
- Bulbs to be planted and new edging when it arrives
Rattray Church & Old Cross container
Priority: Medium
Current status:
- New planting completed
- Bulbs planted in Church bed
Progress:
- Weeded and tidied
To do:
- Edging to be done
- Winter planting to go in container
Reform Street stone beds
Priority: Medium
Current status:
- Sustainable planting put in but more needed
Progress:
- More planting needed
To do:
- Spring bulbs to go in
The Meeting Place, Croft Lane
Priority: Medium
Current status:
- Wall repointed by Jean Laburn
- Community Payback painting woodwork
- Weeded and tidied
Progress:
- Damaged sleepers to be replaced
- Bob Smith asked to quote for replacing gravel surface
To do:
- Funding to be sourced to replace gravel with solid surface
- Meeting with Gordon Croll to discuss new surface
Low Priority:
Elm Drive roundabout
Priority: Low
Current status:
- Strimmed and weed killed early Spring 2021
Progress:
- On hold
To do:
- Contact builder to see if they would sponsor area
Parkhead corner
Priority: Low
Current status:
- Containers removed
Progress:
- Containers at Mount Ericht for painting and repair
- Winter planting complete
To do:
- No action needed till spring
Riverside Terraces
Priority: Low
Current status:
- Remains a mess, despite a few working parties over the summer to tidy it up.
Progress:
- No further progress
To do:
- On hold
Street containers
Priority: Low
Current status:
- Small containers refurbished and placed at Mitchells corner and Balmoral Rd corner
Progress:
- Large container at toilets to be refurbished as bottom falling out
To do:
- Summer planting to be removed
- Winter planting & bulbs now complete
Wellmeadow
Priority: Low
Current status:
- Two sides of Wellmeadow cleared by PKC contractors in March
Progress:
- No further progress
To do:
- On hold until spring
Westfields
Priority: Low
Current status:
- Bike to be emptied and removed when time
Progress:
- Ongoing discussions with PKC as to ownership of this piece of land.
- PKC Housing dealing with broken down wall.
To do:
- Dependent on who owns the land
- Possible site for Open Spaces