Ashton Estate did a fantastic job on their wildflower garden in full bloom recently, and with the Irish Bee Conservation Project’s native wild bee boxes nearby, there is plenty of food for our pollinators. Ashton have great plans to expand their wildflower garden going forward. Big thanks to Mr Mooney from Ashton for his hard work to seed and plant this big area. Mr Mooney recently added a second wildflower meadow in Ashton, we are looking forward to seeing Ashton awash with colour soon again.
Ashton estate have also added a Bug Hotel, and recently this Summer some native honey bees have moved into the Hotel. Maybe they will have honey for the residents too… They also have several leaf composting baskets in the estate, with the recent addition of several benches too. In my travels I also noticed plaques on the benches celebrating their wins in Wicklow County Councils Tidy Estates competition, thanking all the residents. Over the years they bagged several 1st prize wins. Well done Ashton!! Blessington Tidy Towns are delighted to be involved with your award winning estate.
Recently the Ashton estate have planted thousands of flower bulbs, installed various bird boxes, added several benches as mentioned. And also been part of the Dispersed Urban Forest Blessington Tidy Towns project, details in the link below.
Dispersed Urban Forest
Ashton have also been very active with a leaf composting project and hope to have top quality compost in a few years, this project came from a Blessington Tidy Towns, composting course run in conjunction with Wicklow County Council and to top it all off, Ashton have had various residents assist Blessington Tidy Towns over the years, and currently have too, great community spirit.
The recent addition of a few bat boxes in Ashton is most welcome. Thanks to Ashton Committee for securing these and its great to see the help given to our native bats. More great work indeed.
In true community spirt and neighbourly friendship, Ashton residents meet on the communal green in the estate at Christmas for mulled wine and selection boxes for the children to reminisce over the past years and absent friends too.
