In the course of 2 days a small team of 6 parents have formed a socially distant garden gang and totally transformed the overgrown nature area which was greatly in need of some tidying up.
On Saturday 13th June the Karen and Steve, Kim and Marc and Kirstyn and John worked all day to remove the vegetation. It resembled more like a rainforest than nature area to start with. Armed with chainsaws and strimmers they got to work. John Connor then had the power of persuasion to get William Halliday from Galloway treecare to head out to Portpatrick and donate his services to chip all the branches that had been cleared. The wood chips generated will be recycled and used for paths inside the nature area . Huge thanks must go to him for being so generous with his time and machinery.
Today, the garden gang were back in action. Putting in another full day they managed to secure the services of a mini digger from Jewsons to clear the site of old roots . The lifeboat crew helped supply some fuel for the digger and the big boys certainly enjoyed playing with the big toys! Again, many thanks must go to Jewsons and the RNLI for their support of the school.
Tomorrow the team will be back, and starting to lay the paths.
What a top team, and what a top community spirit, all working together to benefit the boys and girls of Portpatrick Primary.
Thank you, thank you,
thank you!