Cove in Bloom

A commitment to improve and enhance the area.

We aim to make Cove & Altens an attractive and enjoyable place to live as well as celebrating the history of the area.

About us

A passion for creating spaces

We work to improve and enhance the area of Cove & Altens with the aim to make this an attractive and enjoyable place to live as well as celebrating the history of the area.

The three historical industries are farming, largely in the Altens area; fishing, based in the old fishing village beside Cove Harbour; and quarrying, on the hillside above the harbour. 

In addition to the floral enhancements, we’ve added various displays to commemorate these industries, horse drawn ploughs and other implements for farming, standing heritage stones for quarrying, and a sculpture based around Isie Caie, who was the last fishwife in Cove, for the fishing industry.

Further, we have a reminder of our more recent heritage by way of the oil industry ornaments at the community garden on Cove Road.  

An array of resources

We look after numerous beds, planters and other areas:

Beds

  • 3 at community garden on Cove Road – corner of Earnsheugh Rd
  • 1 diamond bed on Earnsheugh Road RHS travelling from Langdykes Rd towards Cove Rd
  • 1 Sally bed – corner of Earnsheugh Road & Langdykes Rd
  • 1 wildflower bed behind Sally bed
  • 3 triangular beds on Langdykes Road – LHS travelling from Wellington Rd towards Coast Rd
  • 1 along footpath top of Hasman Terrace
  • 1 ‘dogs’ breakfast’ on footpath from Bunstane Terrace in Old Cove
  • 1 rockery in the Green, Old Cove (Isie Caie garden)
  • 1 at bottom entrance to Orchard field (Louise Birnie’s bed)
  • 3 in Loirston Green behind Health Centre (Kath’s beds) – Kath looks after 2 of these on her own.

Pots & Planters

  • 1 near Cove Rd end of South Loirston Rd
  • 1 Whitehills Rise
  • 1 Earnsheugh Rd – Ruth’s planter (roughly across from Diamond bed)
  • 2 Entrance to Charleston Drive 
  • 1 Charleston school
  • 1 Corner of Coast Road
  • 5 Beside Loirston Manor on Loirston Rd
  • 2 Beside Loirston Manor end of Loirston school road
  • 1 Burnbanks village
  • 2 by post office
  • 4+ The Green, Old Cove (Isie Caie garden)
  • 1 along Colsea Rd by seat
  • 1 Whitehills Way/Orchard field (Lorraine’s planter) 

Other Areas

  • Sensory garden on woodland walk.
  • Harvey Strachan garden on woodland walk.
  • Cove Rd grass
  • Standing stones & seats – on Coast Rd
  • Orchard – beside South Loirston Rd – includes Orchard seats & picnic bench, Orchard bug hotel & hedge.
  • Japanese cherry trees in Orchard field
  • Hedge at community garden
  • Oil ornaments at community garden
  • Ploughs, farm implements & etc. by wildflowers behind Sally bed
  • Various wild flower areas
  • Numerous crocus and daffodil areas including other spring bulbs

Volunteers

If you could spend an hour or two on a fairly regular basis and would enjoy working outdoors, please get in touch.  It’s exercise, therapeutic, and good company.  No experience needed; you’ll learn as we work. 

You can take responsibility for one planter or bed and work when it suits you, or you can join our regular gardening outings on Thursdays and/or Saturdays, when we usually finish at a local café for coffee etc.  

We can be pretty flexible.  However you want to work we will support you.

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