Community Garden amongst projects receiving grant funding

A number of local projects in Louth have received funding through the Local Agenda 21 Environmental Partnership Fund.

The fund is designed to support local environmental initiatives by communities, individuals and not-for-profit groups.

The Local Agenda 21 Environmental Partnership Fund supports local environmental initiatives by communities, individuals and not-for-profit groups. Under this Scheme Minister Denis Naughten approved total nationwide funding of €460,000 for this year’s scheme which was an increase of 15% on funding in 2016. Local Authorities have now drawn down almost all of the allocation which they will match, bringing the total LA21 project funding this year to €908,000.

The proposed new Augustinian Garden of Rememberance in the Backlanes has been awarded €1,000 through the fund, with €500 given from the fund and matched by the council.

The Augustinian Garden will create a rememberance garden for the community to us.

IT will hold names of those to be remembered, particularly those affected by road tragedy and suicide. Drogheda Community Allotments Association also received a grant of €1,000. The money will go towards the creation of 15 new allotments and the continued development of the Drogheda Community Allotments site. It will involve levelled the site, new top soil and the creation of new allotments. Drogheda Tidy Towns were allocated €1,000 for Biodiversity signs at the Boyneside Trail to educate the lcoal community and visitors to the area. Dunleer Tidy Towns were also awarded €1,000 from the fund. This will be used to develop 120 square metres of wild flower gardens at the road’s edge from Main Street to the Railway Station.

Praxis Care has been awarded €770 for The Hub allotment space. This will be used to create space for a group of young adults with disabilities to learn to grow and produce fruits and veg. A sensory garden will also be created within the plot.

The Red Door Project has received a grant of €1,000 to create a biodiversity garden which will helpp to create more awareness and information on biodiversity.

€1,000 has been allocated to St John of God North East Services for a Grow-Sustain-Ability project to show how to grow food in a sustainable and environmentally friendly manner. Water conservation and waste management will also be shown. St Joseph’s Secondary School has been allocated €712 for ‘ The Green Evolution’ to equip a new glass house with shelving, pots, trays to make it possible for students to grow flowers and vegetables. St Marys Diocesan School has been allocated €600 for an environmental Science/Agricultural Science School initiative to purchase tools, composter and a water butt for a recently started school garden. €1,000 has been earmarked for the Tallanstown Tidy Towns Committee for rainwater harvesting. The project involves placing a rainwater harvesting system in the old school to collect rainwater off the building to use in watering and planting throughout the village.