Dover Esplanade to be given a colourful makeover
RED poppies, rock samphire and sea beet are just some of the florae which will planted on the Dover Esplanade this month.
Residents are being invited to help create a blaze of colour in the seafront shingle gardens with Paul Holt of the White Cliffs Countryside Partnership.
Mr Holt will head up the planting and guide a walk introducing native plants which have adapted to a harsh shingle environment.
Architects Anna Liu and Mike Tonkin will describe the redesign of the Esplanade and its technical innovations, The planting in the shingle gardens will be the final stage of their project on the Esplanade. The event is part of the RIBA's Love Architecture festival.
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Ms Liu said: "The shingle planting is the missing piece of the design. Native plants like poppy and sea kale will hopefully flourish – in a couple of years they will look as if they have always been there."
Clare Smith and Joanna Jones of DAD say what happens after the planting is also important as the young plants will need continued care.
Ms Jones said: "We hope that some members of the public will want to adopt a plant and help take care of it until it is established."
The event, funded by Dover Town Council and backed by Dover Harbour Board and the British Wild Flower Plants organisation, takes place on Father's Day, Sunday June 17, from 11am to 2pm.
The planting runs from 11.30am to 12.30pm.
Plants will be supplied, along with some equipment, but residents are invited to bring their own trowel and gloves and a picnic.
Comments
by RogerIvanHart
Saturday, June 09 2012, 1:39PM
“Whoa, whoa, whoa. District Council (DDC) is paying for the event? It will be backed by Dover Harbour Board (DHB) but paid for by DDC? Hasn't DDC enough to spend its money on in a rundown and dilapidated town where a dog was put down after being seriously injured in the Bunkers Hill area without spending money on a seafront that is vastly more welcoming than the town as it is? Who is going to manage the 'garden' when it is completed? DDC? DHB? Or will the plants be ripped out after the event? Why is DHB not paying for the work? Is DHB saving money to make itself look even more profitable now that it isattempting to sell itself to the highest bidder. Any money DDC has available should be spent on improving the town and not paying for a project that seems likely to improve the earnings of DHB members. Maybe this is a 'fun and educational' project for Father's Day but it does seems highly suspicious, especially as DHB seems so fanatically against the Peoples' Port proposal which could improve the town no end.”