What's happening in Thomastown

SUSLIVING

Gardening & Horticulture Workshops at

 Thomastown Town of Food Initiative

November 10, 2014

The Thomastown Town of Food Gardening & Horticulture workshops are led by Susliving’s resident horticulturalist Elmer Dool and cover a wide range of useful and practical topics including Garden Design & Planning, Rainwater Harvesting, Composting and Garden Fruit.

Running in the Food Campus in Thomastown, these workshops are part of a series of ten in total and have been a great success. Despite some unfavourable weather conditions, the Gardening & Horticulture workshops have been a great source of learning and have also produced an initial set of constructed raised beds and compost bays which will be used in the Town of Food garden.

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'Apple Delights' - a fundraiser in support of Kilkenny Town of Foods 'Night of 1000 Feasts'

Thank you to all of you who supported our fundraising event for Kilkenny Town of Foods. We raised €200 and contributed €100 to the funds.

Thank You Thomastown!

Thomastown Tidy Towns would like to thank you all for the generous support at last Sunday's Church Gate Collection and the Car Wash the previous week. €465 was raised at the Church Gate and €1,383 at the Car Wash. You can be assured the money will be put to good use on various projects in the town.

Car Wash -Our next fundraising event

Many Buildings Getting a 'Make-over' this Year!

The Old Fire Station, Thomastown

One of our 'Built Environment and Streetscape' Projects

It's Competition Time!

The National TidyTowns Competition
June - July 2014

Grennan Castle

We have submitted our Competition Entry Form

and now it's time to nurture all the plants we have planted and to encourage everyone to keep 

Thomastown looking good!

Green Dog Walkers Campaign at SuperValu Thomastown

GREEN DOG WALKERS

A friendly Way to tackle dog fouling issues...

Well done to all those who volunteered their time for the campaign and to all those who took the pledge..

 

Thomastown's 'Green Dog'

Green Dog Walkers Campaign Thomastown

a friendly way to tackle dog fouling issues...

 This is a Kilkenny Council initiative - ... assisted by Thomastown TidyTowns

Watch out for The Green Dog at SuperValu, Thomastown this Sat 3rd May from 9.30 - 2.30.

Take The Green Dog Walkers' Pledge by signing up and receiving a green arm band and free doggie bags.. 

Daffodils in Thomastown

Have you seen the newly planted daffodils in Thomastown? Planted by Thomastown Tidy Towns Committee and FAS workers and Seamus Quigley from the Thomastown Community Centre.

Making Thomastown the Place 2 B!

It's Spring Clean time for Thomastown!

National Tree Week 2-8th March

National Tree Week 2014
2-8 March 2014

Seachtain Náisiúnta na gCrann 2014

Thomastown will be participating in this event with the planting of new trees around the town

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National Tree Week

TIDY TOWNS AGM - 2014

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    Tuesday
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    7:30pm

• Concert Hall, Marsh's Street, Thomastown

• The Thomastown Tidy Towns Committee will be holding its Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, February 18th at 7:30pm in the Concert Hall, Marsh’s Street, Thomastown. We are delighted to announce that our guest speaker will be Mr Liam Mannix, Project Manager of the Irish Walled Towns Network. We are a community group doing work on behalf of and for Thomastown and we would like to know more about what you think we could do. We would be pleased if residents of Thomastown and the surrounding areas would join us on the night to learn more about our activities, take a look at what we have done recently and to make suggestions. Your input is invaluable to us and Thomastown. This year we will be able to tell you more about the Upper Paddock Project and it’s benefit for the Town. We hope to see you there!

A Little Loveliness of Ladybirds

Collective nouns for wildlife are often charming, a Flock of Sheep, a Clutch of Chickens or a Stand of Flamingos or there can be a sinister feeling to the sight of a Murder of Crows or a Swarm of Bees. But is there anything more wonderful than discovering a Loveliness of Ladybirds tucked away on a winters day.

At the edge of the Quay Car Park in a Teasel head (Dipsacus fullonum) sheltering from the cold and wind such a discovery was made.

 

 

 

Don't worry we didn.t pick the Teasel Head, but as it was almost 6 foot high I needed to gentle bend it down to allow the children a closer look.

Some wildlife need to find secure, warm and dry hideouts to see out the winter months. Teasels head provide shelter for Ladybirds. This year it was widely reported that Ladybirds were discovered in Christmas Trees and became active when the trees were brought into warm houses.  Have you encountered any Loveliness of Ladybirds this winter? Have you any photos to share?