WINNERS - CHRISTMAS WINDOW DISPLAY COMPETITION 2013

Certificates were presented to the Winner, Capitol Hardware (for the second year in a row!), First Runner-Up, the Blackberry Cafe and Second Runner Up, Reddy's Gift Shop. A big THANK YOU to everyone who participated and made Thomastown so festive.

ANNUAL CHRISTMAS WINDOW COMPETITION

Thomastown Tidy Towns Committee invites all businesses, organisations and residents to spruce up Thomastown for Christmas by decorating windows, doors and facades. This Christmas, we'd like to encourage all residents and visitors to Thomastown to shop local and buy local. Our junior judges will be making inspections and selections from Monday 16th December. Prizes for the best 3 windows! 

BE OUR GUEST

There are now two benches at the Dangan Junction (Graig Road & Inistioge Road) for you to have a rest and watch the world go by. We'd like to extend our thanks to John Joe Roche & Ned Nevin for their help with this project.

A WHALE OF A TALE

Look at the lovely 12 pound, 3 foot long salmon caught off the Quay in Thomastown a few days back! The fisherman's name is withheld so you don't all show up on his doorstep at dinner time!

Wild Pyramid Orchids in Thomastown

Has anyone spotted any wild orchids in Thomastown - please let us know so that we can record them as part of our Biodiversity/landscape programme. Thanks!

Pyramid Orchids, Thomastown

Thomastown - Veg Out!

Have you noticed the vegetables sneaking into the planted areas of Thomastown this year? This is to celebrate Thomastown's win as 'The Town of Foods' 2013. The idea was also inspired by the Yorkshire town of  Todmorden where they have implemented 'Incredible Edible' concept which involves the planting of food crops at forty locations throughout the village.  

Broccoli, brusselsprouts, kohlrabi and an assortment of herbs line the beds next to the

 Truffle Fairy, Chapel St

Broccoli heads starting to appear ....

The same corner 2008 before Tidytowns was re-formulated

Wildflower Meadow

Thomastown Tidy Towns Wildflower Meadow

Have you noticed an area of developing wilderness down by the quay in Thomastown, are you curious to know what’s happening?

As part of Tidy Towns commitment to enhancing the biodiversity of the town, we have designated this area as a wildflower meadow. A management plan has been established that will allow for the broadest range of wildflowers to grow, this will in turn provide food and habitat to a greater diversity of bees, butterflies and other insects. These are vital for pollination of both flowers and food crops. This insect life also provides a food source for birds and other wildlife.

In May of this year we carried out a spring flower survey and idenitfied over 20 flowering plants. We plan to follow this up with another survey in early July to idenitfy the summer flowering plants. If you have knowledge of our native wildflowers and could lend us your expertise we would be very grateful, just contact any member of the Tidy Towns committee or email us at thomastowntidytowns@gmail.com


Perhaps next time your walking or driving along the Quay have a look at our developing wildflower meadow. If you have a question or spot an interesting flower send a photo to our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Thomastown-Tidy-Towns-Committee/208962152462670

If your interested in to learn more about Irish wildflowers in your own garden the following links might be of help.
www.wildflowersofireland.net
www.irishwildflowers.ie

HAPPY VALLEY FESTIVAL 2013

The annual Happy Valley Festival will take place this June bank holiday weekend. Tidytowns will have a stall in the Sessions House Arts Centre (the Old Courthouse on Logan Street) with numerous activities including "Thrifty Workshops" on Saturday, 1st of June 2013 (11:00 - 4:00).

Please see the link below for further details:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En-aCjGbpx8&feature=youtu.be

SPRING CLEAN 2013!

Free Electrical Recycling Day in Thomastown

WEEE Ireland 
Free Electrical Recycling Day in Thomastown, Quay Car Park
9 March 2013 (10-4)

Thomastown Tidy Towns AGM - 2013

The Thomastown Tidy Towns Committee will be holding their Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, February 20th at 7:30pm in the Concert Hall.     We are delighted to announce that our guest speaker will be Mr. Billy Flynn, Ecologist and National Tidy Towns adjudicator. Since we are a community group, be would be extremely grateful if members of the community (and surrounding areas) would come on the night, have a look and see what we are up to and make suggestions. Your input is invaluable to us. We hope to see you there!

WINNERS - CHRISTMAS WINDOW DISPLAY COMPETITION 2012

Certificates were presented to the Winner, Capitol Hardware, Runners-Up (3) Credit Union, Karen Morgan and Salmon Pool plus 9 Highly Commended entries.