'Huge' support and goodwill for summer flowers

The recent KCA street collection for the Kilcullen in Bloom flowers was very well supported, with more than €4,200 donated by individuals and businesses, writes Brian Byrne. The recent July members meeting of KCA heard that it represents a record in donations since the initiative began. 

While the total cost of the summer flowers programme is substantially more, supported by grants and other fundraisers, the street collection represents a 'huge' contribution towards it, meeting chair Noel Clare said. “It is our biggest ongoing project, and it would be very difficult to do it without this support,” he added. He also commented on the level of goodwill shown by those donating during the collection, an experience that was echoed by several of those at the meeting who had carried out collector shifts. A remark by one donor was related to the meeting, who had said, “Twenty years ago, the town was a dump. Now it's gorgeous.”

That remark elicited some amusement, but Noel Clare said that when one looked back at older photographs from then, “they would shock you, sometimes.”

There was a discussion about watering the various planters around the town, the chair noting that there were lots of volunteers who had committed to doing it. In light of the current efforts to conserve water, he suggested that the spout in the Valley is an ideal source and an easy place to fill containers from.

He concluded the item by thanking all concerned with getting the flowers prepared and positioned, especially the CE scheme workers who did the “heavy lifting” with the project.

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