Community Planting Event Takes Place After Two Year Wait

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Air Quality Brentford have managed to green Market Square

Picture: Air Quality Brentford

After a long wait the community planting event final took place in Brentford Market Square this weekend (Saturday 8 August).

Air Quality Brentford had applied for the funding two years ago and it was only now that they were able to bring their plan to fruition after a number of factors including the Covid-19 outbreak delayed things.

Volunteers armed with gardening gloves, trowels, sun cream and protective face masks were on hand to help out with the significant amount of work that needed to be done. One team of people filled cars and vans with 120 bags of soil sourced from a resident’s garden, plus over 100 plants, and another team unloaded everything at the Market Square end.

At the same time, the containers (4 x CorTen steel and 1 x bright yellow) arrived from IOTA in Somerset where they’d been made. They were delivered by Jimmy and offloaded by Dan from Goddards who used his expertise with the forklift truck in offloading and positioning the heavy planters in their agreed locations.

Some of the plants have been donated by Syon House others were discounted from Syon Garden Centre when it closed last year, and they bought others more recently.

Picture: Air Quality Brentford

The organisers said, “Thank you to Verdict for opening the barriers and allowing access for delivery, to PIP Printing for outputting posters to publicise the event, and to all the local businesses who have given moral support to this project in the run-up to it happening.

“Special thanks to Xavi who have installed a tap for water to keep the plants alive, an invaluable resource especially in these very hot summer months and to local residents and businesses who will be watering the plants. Thanks also to Hounslow Highways for working with us to agree the locations of the containers and for finding a solution for the tap.”

This project is part of Air Quality Brentford’s campaign to #MakeBrentfordGreener and is in association with London National Park City. They are grateful to Hounslow Council for funding the cost of the containers and for their continued co-operation and support.

They hope everyone will enjoy a greener Market Square and make the most of this valued communal space.

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This project is part of the campaign to #MakeBrentfordGreener, it’s been funded by Hounslow Council and is in association with our London National Park City.

Air Quality Brentford (AQB) is a voluntary group of local Brentford residents helping to improve air quality and can be found on Facebook, @agreenerlondon or via email airqualitybrentford@hotmail.com

August 11, 2020