Colourful entry on the way

•   An artist’s impression of the entryway in bloom.

By Tony Scott,
July 28, 2021

The new front entrance to the Northbourne Park Retirement Village is take shape off George Street in Scottsdale.

An avenue of magnolia trees and a central feature of crab apples have been planted along Peggy Parade to provide a growing entrance to the expanded village.

The project was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Scottsdale and managed by the club’s community service director, Glenn Moore, who said buyers of the 32 mature trees would place plaques near their trees, some to commemorate family members.

The entry also features a five and a half tonne slab of granite, which will be lit up and have Northbourne’s name attached.

The rock was discovered near the rail trail by volunteer maintenance worker Mal Lohrey, who suggested its use, and its removal to its new address was approved by Sunstainable Timber Tasmania’s forest co-ordinator Jean-Paul Morice.

The chairman of the Northbourne Park Association Board, Robin Thomson, thanked the Rotary Club for its support  and gave a special thank you to people who bought a tree.

“This has been a huge venture between Northbourne and The Rotary Club of Scottsdale, and Rotary have always given a lot of time to the whole of the Dorset community,” he said.