As Lyme Regis moves into the summer season, the town council’s external works team are continuing their work across the gardens, green spaces and public areas, ensuring everything is looking its best for residents and visitors alike.
Following a busy spring, the team is now focused on ongoing maintenance and seasonal jobs, with regular grass cutting, weeding and strimming continuing throughout the town.
Where possible, beds and borders are being mulched using recycled compost, made from mushroom and horse manure, helping to retain moisture and improve soil health during the warmer months.
New planting from earlier in the year, including shrubs and trees such as silver birch, are being carefully monitored and watered to ensure strong establishment through the summer.
Seasonal highlights, including hibiscus planting, which are beginning to bring colour into the gardens as temperatures rise.
Across Lyme Regis, the maintenance team is carrying out a wide range of practical works to keep public spaces safe. This includes; repairing and repainting step edges across the gardens and council-owned spaces, keeping paths, walkways and steps clear for public use, ongoing beach maintenance, and refreshing the dog stencils using longer-lasting paint.
The restoration of the gardens paths is now complete, and the paths have been reopened fully for public access. The facilities at the table tennis in the amenities area is now fully operational again after previously being used as a site compound during the garden paths project.
As part of the council’s ongoing environmental commitments, the team will be starting the spraying programme of works using a non-glyphosate spray. This alternative method uses plant-based hormones to manage growth, supporting a more environmentally conscious approach to grounds maintenance.
Alongside gardening work, the maintenance team are also responsible for the upkeep of key town assets. Recent works have included the repointing of the wall at Lepers Well, helping to preserve this historic structure.
The team also turned their attention to hole 11 at the mini golf as part of routine maintenance checks and the arched wall has now been reconstructed.
In addition, annual inspections of all town council lampposts will begin in June. Around 38 lampposts will be checked, with hinged mechanisms lowered for inspection and their overall condition assessed to ensure safety and reliability.
As always, much of this work takes place behind the scenes, but plays a vital role in maintaining the functionality of Lyme Regis.
From gardens and pathways to public facilities and infrastructure, the care and attention from our external works team helps to keep the town running smoothly and looking its best.