1 May 2013

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THE town’s hanging baskets should go up at the beginning of June.

Poor spring weather has delayed growth this year, but Kent contracters Amethyst Horticulture are hoping the 215 baskets of brightly-coloured summer bedding plants they have prepared will be ready for the Town Council’s outdoor staff to hang during the first week of next month.

Planters by the Fire Station have been replaced by new self-watering containers this year as part of a rolling programme which will eventually see all the town’s large planters replaced with more eco-friendly ones requiring less water.