Litter Pick Broughty Ferry Beach Saturday 23 April 2016

A litter pick is being held by the Broughty Ferry in Bloom group at Broughty Ferry beach on Saturday 23rd April beginning at 10am.  The group will be tackling the litter at the eastern end of the beach.  Meet at the Bridge Street car park on the Esplanade, Broughty Ferry.

This event is being held as part of the Dundee 'Take Pride in Your City' campaign.

Congratulations to Broughty Ferry in Bloom Awarded a Siver Gilt Medal 2015

Congratulations to Broughty Ferry in Bloom whose efforts gained external recognition at the Beautiful Scotland award ceremony yesterday. 

These annual awards reward those community organisations whose efforts improve the quality of their local environment with horticulture and the participation of their communities.

Our local group's efforts beautifying Broughty Ferry with flowers in hanging baskets and planters was recognised as very high quality earning a Silver Gilt Medal in the Coastal Towns category of the award ceremony in Perth. 

This is at least the third year in a row that the group have achieved a Silver Gilt award. Next year, I am sure the group will once again be striving for Gold!

The Broughty Ferry in Bloom Group meets on the second Tuesday of the month in Broughty Ferry library at 7.00pm.

Link to Broughty Ferry in Bloom Facebook Page

Broughty Ferry in Bloom Awarded Their Silver Gilt Certificate 2013 from Beautiful Scotland

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Congratulations to Broughty Ferry in Bloom for another successful year. Their efforts to work with community groups and businesses to beautify The Ferry have gained further recognition at the Beautiful Scotland Awards earlier this month. 

In the picture are officer bearers Stan Nutt (left) and Mary Saunders receiving the Silver Gilt award in the Coastal Towns 2013 category.

Link to Broughty Ferry in Bloom Facebook Page

Follow the Secret Garden Trail in The Ferry this Sunday

Map Card front view
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On Sunday afternoon, 7 July 2013, you can follow the Secret Garden Trail around Broughty Ferry. This is has been arranged by the Broughty Ferry in Bloom group as part of the Gala week programme. 

Between 1pm and 4pm on Sunday you can wander round and see these 'secret' gardens with some more secret than others. Some are private gardens open for the afternoon while others are public but well hidden behind gates or a wall but all are worth a visit.

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Map cards are available from the issue desk at Broughty Ferry Community Library in Queen Street.

Further information from:
Broughty Ferry in Bloom
telephone 01382 436882

Successful Litter Pick Organised by Broughty Ferry in Bloom

From left Stan Nutt, Laurie Bidwell,
Mary Holligan and Peter Sandwell

On Saturday afternoon I joined nine other volunteers undertaking the litter pick organised by Broughty Ferry in Bloom. This was their contribution to the one week Festival of Volunteering in Dundee running between Saturday 1st and Friday 7th June 2013.

The organisers supplied protective gloves, waste sacks, litter picks and fluorescent safety vests which made the job easier and less messy. 

Walking along the tide line we collected waste that had been discarded on the beach or washed up with the tide. The largest items we found included a section of interlocking site fencing and a car battery. As you can see in the picture our haul filled more than a few sacks.

Dundee Festival of Volunteering 1-7 June 2013 - Including Events in Broughty Ferry

Saturday 1st June is officially the start of summer. It is also the beginning of the one week Festival of Volunteering in Dundee - 1-7 June 2013. 

This is a celebration of the sterling work undertaken by our citizens week in, week out, on behalf of our community.

In Broughty Ferry there are two specific events to join in which are identified in the programme:

On Saturday 1st June beginning at 1:30 pm, Broughty Ferry in Bloom has organised a beach litter pick up. Litter picks, gloves and waste bags will be provided. Please wear sturdy shoes. The event will last approximately 2 hours. Please meet in the car park at the bottom of Bridge Street/end of The Esplanade.

On Tuesday 4 June, there are opportunities to go on Volunteer Insight Tour at the Brae Riding Centre for the Disabled one in the morning and one in the afternoon. If you want insight into the work of Brae and are interested in volunteering with them contact Emma Bollan, their Volunteer Co-ordinator, to book a place. NB You need to pre-book participation in this event - you can't just turn up on the day.
Emma Bollan Volunteer Co-ordinator The Brae Riding for Disabled
email volunteercoordinator@brae.org.uk
telephone 01382 776880 | 07885851881

Read/download the full Festival of Volunteering Programme of Events

Broughty Beach Litter Pick Sat 1st June 2013 1:30-3:30pm

Beach Litter Pick Up
Saturday, June 01, 2013
1:30pm - 3:30pm
Broughty Ferry Beach, Esplanade

As part of Dundee's festival of Volunteering, Broughty Ferry in Bloom has organised a beach litter pick up.

Litter picks, gloves and waste bags will be provided. Please wear sturdy shoes. The event will last approximately 2 hours. Please meet in the car park at the bottom of Bridge Street.

SNOWDROP-IN Saturday 23 February 2013 1-3 pm Barnhill Community Centre Campfield Square

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On Saturday afternoon 23rd February 2013, 1-3pm, Broughty Ferry in Bloom are holding their SNOWDROP-IN at Barnhill Community Centre in Campfield Square. 

They challenge us to bring along a snowdrop from our gardens and have a cup of tea or coffee for £1:50. This will help establish how many different types of Snowdrops are growing in The Ferry.

Also Cake and Candy and a Plant Stall

Gold Medal Hopes for Broughty Ferry in Bloom in Beautiful Scotland 'Olympics'

Judging took place earlier today of Broughty Ferry competing in the 'Coastal Towns' category of the Beautiful Scotland awards.

In this Olympic year I think Broughty Ferry in Bloom will be hoping that all their hard work throughout the year will will be rewarded with a gold 'medal' rather than the silver award they achieved in 2011.


Each entrant community is judged by on 3 main themes namely: 

• Horticultural Achievement, 
• Environmental Responsibility and 
• Community Participation. 

The cleanliness of the area, the level of graffiti and the sustainability issues, such as recycling, are all taken into account and contribute to the entrant community achieving either a Bronze, Silver, Silver Gilt or Gold medal.

Despite the rain showers, the two visiting judges were apparently impressed with what they saw, when I met them at the Rock Gardens with members of the Broughty Ferry in Bloom Committee. The judges left to conduct their visits to St Andrews and later in the week to Rothesay, so there is stiff competition for top place in the coastal town category.

Litter Pickers Needed on Broughty Ferry Beach this Saturday Morning

Broughty Ferry in Bloom group have appealed for volunteers to join them for a litter pick on Broughty Ferry beach/esplanade this Saturday - 28 April - starting at 10.00am.  
Anyone interested in volunteering please meet at the car park opposite the toilets at Barnhill Rock Garden.

Four Weddings and a Funeral Not - Three AGMs and a Development Quality Meeting

Like weddings, there is a season for AGMs and for many of our local organisations in our community, September is when such a meeting is scheduled. During the last ten days, I have attended three Annual General Meetings as well as a meeting last night of the Development Management Committee of the Council. 


First the AGMs. These important meetings usually include not only elections/re-elections of committee members and adoption of annual accounts but also report on the progress of the organisation and provide some pointers about where the organisation wants to go during the next year. 


On Saturday morning 10th September, I attended the second AGM of the Broughty Ferry Development Trust held in Castle Green Leisure Centre. This relatively new organisation is making good progress with a number of admirable projects to enhance Broughty Ferry such as restoring the distinctive street lights on Beach Crescent. It's not a talking shop, it is making things happen and folk are clearly rolling their sleeves up. After the formalities, Roddy Isles from the V&A Making It Happen Project Team overviewed the progress of the project and then talked to the thirty odd members present about the potential opportunities and benefits for Broughty Ferry from the V&A. This stimulated a number of interesting suggestions such as boat trips from the V&A at its waterfront site doon the river to the Ferry. I proposed a vote of thanks to the Committee for their hard work throughout the year.


On the evening of Tuesday 13 September, I attended the AGM of the Parent Council at Grove Academy. The meeting re-elected Allen Thurston as Chairperson of Grove Academy Parent Council. With his background as a parent with children at the school, as a former Teacher in Dundee and as a Researcher working on school improvement, Allen is a a very well qualified person to carry out this role. I think Grove Academy Parent Council is a very effective organisation which has shown its support for and engagement with the school in a number of key ways over the last year.  For example, two parents on the Parent Council were members of the selection board for the appointment of a new Head Teacher for Grove. It was reported that a preferred candidate has been chosen and when the contractual formalities have been concluded by the Education Department, a formal announcement will be made. 


On a wet and windy Friday evening 16 September Broughty Ferry in Bloom held their AGM at Castle Green Leisure Centre. Stan Nutt the Chairperson reported on the award of a Silver Medal in the Beautiful Scotland awards which had been held in Rothesay on Monday 12 September (Silver Medal awarded to be an above-average entry that meets most of the judging criteria and objectives of Beautiful Scotland) . Broughty Ferry in Bloom  hope they that will strike Gold or Silver Gilt next year if we all collaborate by sprucing up our gardens and open spaces. A video of the hidden and beautiful gardens in the Ferry was also shown to the members and supporters who turned up.


Interestingly, if you are wondering about my title, yes there some parallels between Four Weddings and a Funeral and the annual meetings I have been attending. All the AGMs have featured a core of key folk who have undertaken a considerable amount of unpaid work and some of these active citizens appeared in more than one of these key meetings in our community. 


Finally, last night I attended a meeting of the Development Quality Committee of the Council. Of particular note was the detailed planning permission granted for the new Asda supermarket on the NCR site beside Kingsway West.

Broughty Ferry in Bloom AGM Friday 16 September 7pm at Castle Green Leisure Centre

Broughty Ferry in Bloom Annual General Meeting

Friday 16 September 2011 at 7PM Castle Green Leisure Centre

AGENDA

1. General Business

·        Welcome/Apologies      

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·        Chairman’s report (including update on 2011 campaign)

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·        Treasurer’s report

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·        Election of Office Bearers

     

2. Guest Speaker - Mr Colin Ainsworth, Beautiful Scotland Judge

3. Garden Competition - Presentation of Certificates and Prizes

4. “Hidden Gems of Broughty Ferry – 2010” and “Broughty Ferry in Bloom 2010-2011” - Short  films by Daphne Barbieri

5. Refreshments.