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St. BERNARD’S CRESCENT ASSOCIATION

THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE St. BERNARD’S CRESCENT ASSOCIATION WILL BE HELD LATER IN THE YEAR – DATE TO BE CONFIRMED

Subscriptions

Subscriptions will  remain this year at £50 per annum. Subscriptions are utilised  in improving the gardens and protecting our magnificent trees, together with covering charges levied by Edinburgh Council for the uplift of garden waste. We have also begun a refurbishment of the railings surrounding the garden.

An online payment system is now available. Existing PAYPAL users will require to amend their annual payment to reflect the new subscription amount. Alternatively, payment should be made by bank transfer or by cheque to the Secretary, Lorne Blyth.

Access to the gardens is by key, available to anyone who has paid their subscription – apply to the Secretary, Lorne Blyth – stbernardscrescent@gmail.com

We request members’ email addresses, for use solely to circulate members with local information from the Association.

Garden Maintenance

We thank our gardener, Sam Eden, for his regular upkeep of the garden. Our plans for the garden this year include building on the work over the last few years and continuing to make improvements and maintaining the garden for everyone’s enjoyment. We plan to plant some more flowering shrubs to extend colour throughout the year, keep on top of regular maintenance of the beds and lawn, and to carry out the painting of the garden sheds. Our enthusiastic band of garden volunteers / Gnomes has now grown to six local residents who all give a few hours every month ( usually a Thursday morning ) . If anyone is interested in becoming a volunteer – no gardening experience necessary – please contact Dorothy Fenwick on 07793144763. Many thanks to everyone who gives support and help to making the garden such a wonderful local asset throughout the year.

We are keen to uphold and improve the gardens for the benefit of all residents, so any comments and suggestions will be welcome.

Accounts

We would like to thank Frank Hoskins for maintaining our accounts.

Garden Party

Our garden party  was held on Saturday 3rd June 2023. This was a very successful event and everyone who helped is thanked and, the addition to the Association funds generated from the day,  is most welcome. Next years party date will be confirmed in due course.

Committee

Chairman: Caroline McFarlane
Sec. Treas.: Lorne Blyth
stbernardscrescent@gmail.com