Our Beautiful Villages

Every year plants and flowers spring up in all sorts of places beautifying our surroundings. Some of these are the result of gardeners taking pride in their properties, but some appear in public places. How?

Remember The Festival of Trees and money you spent on tickets hoping to take home a tree or other Christmas object? There’s a connection. The same folk who bring you that festival are the folks who contribute to the blossoming of our villages. Along with a number of other volunteers, they see that flowers are purchased, planted or hung, watered and weeded; that the beds, boxes and barrels are kept in repair; public benches are spread throughout the villages; and new trees are planted.

Parham, Tichborne, Crow Lake, Sharbot Lake, Clarendon, Mountain Grove and Arden each share the money raised and has a slate of volunteers who do the work. This group of volunteers continue watering and weeding throughout the summer. So next time you admire the flowers and plantings in the public places of the villages, thank the many volunteers of “Villages Beautiful”.