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displays but more about sustainability and community involvement.” Horticultural excellence is still a priority but each year they’re arranging more and more activities to fit their new name: “The brownies help us plant the hanging baskets every year and we get the naval cadets down from the college to help with the heavier tasks.” Kathy says there are lots of sustainability initiatives too, “We use recycled plastic and we have rain water reservoirs in our planters and baskets.” This is the perfect hobby for stevie who used to run a nursery, comes from a long line of family gardeners and used to teach environmental science. She travels around the south West as a judge for the royal Horticultural society - useful for picking up tips and bringing them back to home soil. but despite being described by the rHs as ‘a force of nature’ she’s very modest about her talents. Kathy, who was an environmental journalist, has


always been interested in gardening and spends most of her time with secateurs in hand! she really enjoys people coming up to her when she is busy at work; “so many passers-by stop to take photos, ask questions, or tell you about what happens in their town. The minute the subject of horticulture comes up you’re speaking the same language! The best bit is when people compliment your work! We sometimes think everyone takes it all for granted, so it’s lovely when you realise people are actually noticing. It makes up for all those hours stood in the rain and cold!” Dartmouth Green partnerships works with many


groups in Dartmouth who are keen to preserve and enhance the town’s green spaces. They keep costs down by growing plants in the greenhouse and creating sustainable displays of perennials, such as the english Cottage Garden. They also campaign for the protection of trees in the town and constantly contact the various local authorities to cut grass and clean up.


stevie says: “I think they probably think of us as terriers nipping at their heels! but if you don’t have people like us fighting for the town, things will get overlooked - and that’s a slippery slope.” As we approach the autumn the group will be putting a lot of energy into their next big project, which the whole team is very excited about - DGp’s new pyramid greenhouse! It’s planned for the space on the front near the public toilets (the old council depo site). It will be 30 feet high and will cost about a hundred thousand pounds. “We hope it will be a big draw for tourists especially those interested in horticulture,” says Kathy, and the aim is to use it to raise plants for displays and for it to be a community hub with gardening courses, events for the brownies and school children and for older people. DGp is fund raising in earnest for this project, which is supported by south Hams District Council and Dartmouth Town Council.


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