Keith Owen Fund: one million bulbs: community planting: reports

Last Saturday saw a huge turnout:

Mass planting for million bulbs project

Stephen SumnerSunday, October 27, 2013 

The Sid Vale Association’s (SVA) goal is to fulfil the dying wish of Keith Owen, who left the town a £2.3million legacy, and see a valley covered in flowers.

Sports teams, schools and community groups have all been backing the million bulb project, planting more than 100,000 since September.

SVA chairman Handel Bennett said: “We are inviting the community to help by joining with others to plant bulbs together."

Over the last year the small working party has contacted land owners for planting consent and selected more than 50 sites.

They have met with some 20 voluntary groups and ordered 150,000 bulbs from British nurseries, so the project is already well under way.

Handel added: “We are a community engaged in a single purpose – to play its part in creating the Valley of a Million Bulbs. We hope it will fulfil Keith’s hope of an iconic spectacle to be enjoyed by both residents and visitors.”

Mass planting for million bulbs project - News - Sidmouth Herald

BBC Spotlight carried the story this week:
BBC One - Spotlight
BBC News - Banker Keith Owen leaves Sidmouth £2.3m and a 'million flowers'

And today's edition of the Herald carries a full centre-page report with lots of photos: 
Home - Sidmouth Herald

See also: Futures Forum: Keith Owen Fund: one million bulbs: story goes international
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