A colourful stone scheme could be brought in to replicate floral beds at a popular Tenby seafront garden.

With the chair of Tenby in Bloom Clr. Mrs. Sue Lane recently reiterating the difficulties of maintaining the resort’s high floral standards without spending as much, due to Pembrokeshire County Council’s financial cutbacks which could effect the town’s floral displays, new ideas were welcomed for planning ahead.

Clr. Mrs. Lane told her colleagues at a recent meeting of the town council that one of the garden’s that needed looking at would be the Paragon gardens overlooking the South Beach, with the bottom level down at threat from being closed off altogether unless PCC could come up with a scheme that needed no maintenance.

Speaking at Tuesday night’s meeting of the town council, Clr. Mrs. Lane told members that she and the town clerk had met again on the site of the gardens with representatives from PCC’s gardening team, and had come up with the idea to place colourful stones and boulders on the bottom level to replace flowerbeds.

The town clerk Andrew Davies explained that the idea was to replicate floral displays within the beds with colourful stones.

“PCC seem quite happy with the suggestion - and we’re hoping that the scheme will be colourful, attractive and tidy,” remarked Clr. Mrs. Lane.

“We’ve heard of concerns from a neighbour living by the Paragon that the gardens will be closing, but hopefully this solution will stop that.

“PCC have given assurances that they will continue to cut the hedges of the gardens and litter pick. There will be a small amount of maintenance to cover this scheme,” she continued.

Clr. Mrs. Lane had explained previously that there was also the possibility of a war memorial bench being added as a centre piece focal feature for the garden and also an interpretation board.

She stated that the Gilroy Phillips Gardens located at South Cliff Gardens nearby to Tenby Bowling Green would also be another garden that would be looked at, with the town clerk estimating that changes to just those two gardens could amount to a saving of around £4,000 when costings for flowerbeds and watering were taken into account.

The clerk also told members at Tuesday’s meeting that PCC had indicated that three ‘flower towers’ were available as they were unneeded in Milford Haven at a cost of £400 each.

“It would be nice to take one or two, and put them somewhere in the town where it won’t cost us anymore watering,” added Clr. Mrs. Lane.