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Committees: Beautification Commission 2010 Annual Report The Hingham Beautification Commission, now in its 6th year, continues to carry out its mission. This in spite of the challenges of operating without a budget, severe drought conditions and maintaining our membership and volunteers. For the most part, new gardens have been made possible by the use of donated plant material from our members' gardens. We continue to rely on the Department of Public Works to prepare and mulch the various sites and we are grateful for their assistance with the heavy work. This year, additional plantings were added to Cherry Tree Park at the junction of North and South Streets. That area was further enhanced with the dedication of the new Founders Park across the street, a gift to the Town from the Garden Club of Hingham. Both serve to beautify that whole corner and hopefully create a welcoming stopping point for people strolling downtown. The island at Cushing and Main was planted this fall. Cold Corner, Morton's Cove and all of the train crossings, including French Street, Water Street, Summer Street, Kilby Street and Glastonbury are now well established and bloomed prolifically this past summer. The containers on South Street and at the corner of Lincoln Street and 3A continue to be stocked with seasonal plants and are cared for largely by Rose Durkin and her volunteers. The traffic island plantings at Kimball Beach Road, Scotland Street at Main, Otis Street at Rte 3A and North Street at Tedeschi's are kept beautiful by combinations of neighbors, BCH members and volunteers. Linden Ponds continues to maintain the islands on Leavitt Street at the library. To all, we are thankful for your interest and support. It literally does "take a village" to plan and maintain all that is being done to keep Hingham beautiful. We welcome anyone who wishes to take part, as much or as little as they want, in helping the Beautification Commission go forward with its work. It is both gratifying and fun!
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