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Gardener Trevor Brockway joined Maidstone Borough Council’s parks’ team in 1975 and he has been tending Brenchley Gardens since 1978. Trevor, who is married and lives in Fant, is now working four days a week in the lead up to his retirement in January. Borough Update interviewed him to find out why his job is special.


Workingfor you Trevor’s job includes


- Clearing litter – lots of it in the summer!


- Tending and weeding the flower beds every day.


- Mowing the grass every week.


- Edging the borders every three weeks.


- Planting flower beds every year. - Shrub pruning in the winter. - Turfing and reinstating lawns.


What attracted you to the job?


“I worked for ten years in offices before taking a year out to travel around the World. I did lots of different jobs and I realised that I wanted to be outdoors and to do something hands-on.”


What do you like about your job?


“I like everything about my work, in particular working with plants and seeing them grow to make Brenchley Gardens look beautiful.


“I meet lots of people and I feel I am doing something to please them and for the good of the community.”


What does good customer service mean to you?


“My job is about giving people a great environment to meet up, somewhere to get away from it all during lunch.”


Borough Update


This is your council newsletter, produced up to four times a year in the Downs Mail newspaper. It is written, edited and designed by the council's communications team, Maidstone House, King Street, Maidstone, Kent ME15 6JQ. Email: pr@maidstone.gov.uk. Your comments and suggestions are


always welcome. It is typeset by AW design and printed by Newbury News. If you are visually impaired and would like the newsletter text in large print, please call us on 01622 602807, and we will be happy to send you a copy.


Some facts about Maidstone’s Parks and Open spaces


- Maidstone Borough has 30 major Parks and open spaces, as well as many play areas, conservation areas and churchyards.


- At 450 acres, Mote Park is the biggest. - 1 million people visited Mote Park last year. - Two of our parks have Green flags: • Clare Park; and • Whatman Park, Maidstone


- We provide: • 24 football pitches • 2 rugby pitches • 700 allotment plots; and a • golf course.


- More than 3,500 bedding plants were planted in Brenchley Gardens this summer for the Jubilee.


- 52 hanging baskets have been planted in red white and blue to celebrate the Jubilee and Olympics.


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