Making A Beauty Spot

Chronicle (Levin), 29 July 1949, Page 4

Making A Beauty Spot

What previously has not been an altogether creditable "beauty spot" in Levin is now receiving attention from the borough council staff, namely the native tree plantation bordering the right-of-way behind the shops in Oxford Street. The trees and shrubs, which were becoming scraggy and overgrown with grass, have now been fcrimrried and the ground between dug, making for considerable im~ provement. A large area at the Queen Street end has been made into an attractive garden and will be a blaze of colour in the summer months. The council gardener was yesterday planting a discaria border with phlox drummondi plants behind. In the corner nearest the footpath stoeks will be featured, while 20 hydrangea bushes will be planted along the rear fenceline, which, kept trimmed, will make an attractive hedge and background for the flower garden. To protect the front border, bricks from the gasworks have been placed on an agle, giving the whole garden a finished effect. The only marring feature lefb is an old rust-caked and'battered railway iron forming a railing at the Queen Street footpath end. It is to be hoped that the council will remove this and replace it with a more attractive railing. .