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The group is regularly supported with signage and resources from the municipality, and also partially maintains claret ash trees\u00a0near the town’s Midland Highway entrance.<\/p>\n
Initially starting with about eight people, the group’s numbers have halved in the near decade since.<\/p>\n
“The problem is everyone’s getting a bit older and some of us have left so we’re down to about three or four of us” Ms Kershaw said.<\/p>\n
“It’s quite a big main street to maintain forever, so we’d really like some more volunteers<\/p>\n
“Anyone who’s interested can come say hello on a Friday morning. We’re usually in bright hi vis vests so people can’t miss us.<\/p>\n
“It’s very rewarding to see the difference we make. The area looks so different now and I don’t think many remember what it used to look like.”<\/p>\n
The group operates down High Street from around 10am to 11am on Fridays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
EVERY Friday down Bannockburn’s High Street, a group of women tend to the garden beds lining the town’s main thoroughfare. This has been a common sight for locals and visitors since 2016, and comprises the weekly undertaking of the Beautify Bannockburn volunteer group. Based in the region since the mid-1980s, founding member Beth Kershaw said […]<\/p>\n