Here is a small sample of what has been done already to tidy-up and improve our village:
- Regular meetings held & lots interest shown by village residents willing to help
- A litter picking day was held in the village & 16 sacks of litter were collected
- The Baxter Johnson embankment has been weeded by horticultural students at The Borders College under the guidance of lecturer and Newtown In Bloom member Nigel Gibb. The embankment was sprayed off to prevent further weeds appearing and then covered in wood chip.
- Work on clearing the front of Langland's Mill from weeds & rubbish has been started.
- Faux windows have been painted to put on the frontage of Langland's Mill to improve the appearance of the Mill.
- Paths & pavements in the village swept by SBC.
- Ten volunteers have cleaned up the Baillie Hall frontage.
- Bank of Scotland high level shrubs thinned out & tidied up.
- Two new bench seats have been ordered.
- New trees to be purchased & planted on Sprouston Road.
- Co-Op requested to clear litter up & tidy-up the back of the shop.
- Meetings have been held with Co-Op management to discuss improving the area immediately in front of the shop.
- SBC to clear path edging strips covered with grass & soil.
- Stone planters at Newtown St. Boswells exit & entrance have been weeded & planted up.
- Area around the bench at the Church & pavement edging leading past the Electricity Station have been cleared, weeded & tidied up.
- Milestone Garden Centre in the village have donated wooden barrels & planted with bedding plants.
- Wooden planter on the corner of Sprouston Road has been painted & newly planted.
- Hanging baskets have been purchased & hung on the pink wall in the centre of the village as well as at the toilet block. This work was carried out by horticultural students at Borders College.
- Shops in the village have sponsored a hanging basket for outside their own shops.
