2,000 spring bulbs planted across Westhoughton

Councillors David Wilkinson, Alison Jackson and Gillian Wroe doing bulb planting in Westhoughton Central Park last week

Some 2,000 spring bulbs have been planted across Westhoughton with the help of schoolchildren.

The Westhoughton Town Council funded initiative has involved planting snowdrops and English bluebells around the town. It follows on from the planting of 4,000 daffodils last year.

Councillors David Wilkinson, Alison Jackson, Gillian Wroe and Linda Maher all teamed up last week to do planting in Central Park.

All 9 of Westhoughton’s schools are also taking part, with children planting them on school grounds.

Councillors David Wilkinson and Linda Maher bulb planting

Westhoughton town councillor Alison Jackson said: “It’s really exciting for us to be able to bring back the Big Plant initiative after we planted 4,000 daffodils last year. Westhoughton is going to be blooming very soon.

“We are also going to be looking at creating a wildflower area in Hall Lee Bank Park this year.”

Previously community groups including the Friends of Westhoughton Station and local residents have got involved in planting schemes in Central Park and at Diddy Bottle Park, off Church Street.