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We've Only Gone and Repeated Our Green Flag Awards!!

Beautiful Perth is celebrating prestigious awards for two of the gardens maintained by our wonderful volunteers.

The Green Flag Community Award is the UK benchmark for first-class parks and green spaces managed by volunteers.

The accolades have been ...

Sponsors & Supporters Event

We were delighted to welcome our sponsors and supporters to an event at Riverside Park, where we also officially opened the new Butterfly & Moth Garden in the Rodney Gardens. Helping us mark the occasion was Geoff Ballinger from the East of Scotland branch of Butterfly Conservation, joined by Verity, our friendly Flutterby.

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what a difference a week makes!!

As we move from March to April, and hopefully from Winter into Spring, the week has seen Beautiful Perth making some significant changes.

At the Riverside Park you may notice new welcoming signs at the entrance to the car park and on the path leading down to the heathers. Hopefully soon we will have our Green Flags displayed again the brighten up the entrance.

At Rodney ...

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Grass cutting made easy

With thanks to a very generous grant from the Place Based Investment Fund we have been able to purchase a ride on mower. This will allow us to better supplement the work undertaken by the Council's Operations Team who can be stretched during the busy summer months. Working together we can maintain the lawn areas to a standard that meets the beautiful flower beds.

Please come and ...

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Rodney Gardens Update

If you are heading over to the Rodney Gardens or walking along the Riverside Path, be aware that work has started on the removal and subsequent replacement of the pergolas which are in poor condition. This work is being undertaken by contractors on behalf of Perth & Kinross Council. There may be some disruption to access around the lower Rodney Garden paths whilst this is ...

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Heather Garden Project

Plotting and Cataloguing the Heather Collection

Have you spotted the numbered plant labels appearing throughout the Heather Garden at Riverside Park?

Thanks to the generous support of local businessman Athole McDonald and his staff at KILMAC Ltd who ...

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