Planting a smile around the beach in Grays
VOLUNTEERS have been working hard to brighten up the area around the Lightship Cafe at Grays Beach Park.
Led by local resident, Tricia Nicholls, new ornamental planters have been filled with plants and flowers and work has started on maintaining other planted areas.
Chair of the Lightship Cafe COmmunity Interest Company Tina Macklin, said: "The Lightship Cafe relies on our dedicated volunteers to keep going. Tricia has recently joined us and has done a fantastic job brightening up the area outside the cafe.
"Owing to Covid, we haven't been able to do as much as we would have liked and have started late in the year - with Tricia's help I am sure we will have a stunning floral display right through next summer."
Chair of the Riverside Community Big Local, which supports the Lightship Cafe, Andy Blakey, added: "We had a generous grant from Thurrock Council's Community Environmental Development Fund to buy new, self watering, ornamental planters for the park. They are looking really good and the feedback from park users has been really positive."
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