DO YOU AGREE WITH BRIGG SPENDING ON THE PLASTIC?

Real or plastic?

When plastic flowers were first put in hanging baskets along the Old River Ancholme towpath, Brigg Blog said we liked them, although we must admit to having no interest at all in flora or gardening. 

Coun Sharon Riggall, one of the  new members of Brigg Town Council, asked about the use of artificial blooms in this location during a recent committee meeting. We got the impression that she takes a contrary view to ours. 

There appear to be several reasons for using plastic flowers in the baskets beside the river, including removing the need to keep visiting them with a water bowser. 

Town Mayor Coun James Truepenny, who was chairing the meeting, stressed that as the plastic blooms fade they can be replaced.

Brigg Town Council and North Lincolnshire Council work in partnership to provide flowers at  various public areas  in the town, including the Monument war memorial. They have what's called a service level agreement, with North Lincs neighbourhood services  undertaking the planting and maintenance of the beds. And a very good job they do, in our humble opinion.

Returning to the topic of plastic flowers in baskets, we suggest it's a bit like being able to tell Stork margarine from butter. 

Coun Sharon Riggall raised the issue of artificial flowers being used in Brigg hanging baskets on  the Old River Ancholme towpath.