Pilot details - Galashiels
The areas and sites across Galashiels detailed below will either receive extra cuts during the season or a reduced cutting regime and include the establishment of more naturalised areas.
Sites to receive an extra cut as and when required:
Cemeteries
- Eastlands cemetery
- Heatheryett cemetery
Play areas
- Ellwyn Terrace
- William Law Gardens
- Kilknowe Place
- Torwoodlee Road
- Pringle Lane
- Woodside Place
- Netherbank
- Roger Quin Gardens
- Waverley Place
- Primrose Bank
- Broom Drive
- Woodstock Avenue
Other greenspace sites
- Easter Langlee Community Centre
- Langlee Primary School - a cut and lift will be done at the start and end of the season, alongside the normal cutting frequency.
Sites which will include naturalised areas and receive a reduced cutting regime:
- Eastlands cemetery - a naturalised area will be created in the centre where there are no headstones, cutting an edge margin to the path. The area behind the waiting room (older section) will have the edges cut and the full area will be cut and lifted at the end of the season. The middle areas will be cut once at the end of the season.
- Heatheryett cemetery - the unused ground in the extension area will be left to naturalise with paths cut through. The area on the left hand side at the entrance will be cut and lifted at the end of the season. The extension area will be cut once at the end of the season.
- Public Park - the area with trees at the back corner is left to naturalise and cut at the end of the season. The remainder of the park is cut every two weeks, as normal.
- Abbotsford Road verges – the roadside banking will have a margin cut alongside the pavement.
- Sykes Acre – paths will be cut through the area and around the picnic benches, with the remaining area left to naturalise. The whole area will be cut and lifted at the end of the season.