7 Residential Streets & Housing Areas
Johnstown has a significant amount of housing and every house, open space, and street matters.
Our Goals
2019 to 2022/23
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Competition Guide Notes:
Residential streets that include Town Houses are integral parts of towns and villages and should be treated in a similar fashion to public and private housing developments. Consideration is given to proper presentation and maintenance of all properties with due cognisance given to maintenance of frontages, boundary and gable end walls. Gardens, where applicable, should be presented to a good standard. In housing developments green areas should be cut regularly. Children’s play areas to be considered with equipment maintained to best standards. Where possible individual estates should have suitable name signs - stones, plaques, sign posts, etc. preferably bilingual.
- Estate Lawn Management
2023
Support estates who are hosting summer meadows.
2022
Encourage estates to participate in Pollinator Project:
Stop weed killer use, ✔️
Participate in verge edge cutting project, ✔️
Mulching around trees, ✔️
Host summer meadows / six-week cutting of certain areas, ✔️
Delayed Spring cut, ✔️
No Mow May initiative ✔️
Don't Mow Yet initiative✔️
Planting for pollinators. ✔️
2021
Promote No Mow May ✔️
Engage a high visibility area to Pilot growing pockets of long grass ✔️
Identify estates using weed killer and promote the benefits of stopping. ✔️
2020
Encourage estates to delay first cut of the year ✔️
Engage Pilot project to grow pockets of long grass ✔️
2019
Establish amount of estate lawns and potential annual cutting costs ✔️
2. Estate signs
2022/23
Assist the 5 estates on north Metges Road to create planting around their entrance marker stones: Bailis Downs, Johnstown Wood: Chestnut, Elm, Birch, and Maple.
2021
Survey to identify bi lingual signage requirements ✔️
2020
Promote presenting entry marker stones as planting display areas ✔️
3. Resident Groups Engagement
2022 & 23
Not all estates have formal residents groups, with some looking after their road, or even cluster of houses. We have endeavoured to reach out to them of formal/informal contact. ✔️
2021
Promote joining and recording actions on the National Pollinator Plan ✔️
Engage a street to pilot a themed planting display ✔️
2020
Promote joining Meath PPN and to engage with best practice and networking ✔️
2019
Identify all formal groups and engage litter picks on a rotational basis. ✔️
4. Encourage and promote the Grow it Yourself (GIY) initiative
2022
Sunflower plants will be distributed in June 2022 for residents to grow in front gardens to enhance the Johnstown Sunflower Trail.
2021
Promote Meath County Council sustainable gardening course✔️
Meath County Library Grow It Forward initiaitive✔️
2020
Encourage GYI through information articles in Community Magazine ✔️
2019
Encourage GYI through information articles in Community Magazine ✔️
5. Promote water conservation and encourage rainwater harvesting.
2022
Survey to establish usage and group discount purchase to be made.
Research and apply for funding for a portable 300ltr water tank that can be transported by car.
2020
Survey to establish usage
2019
Rainwater Buggy created for watering public planting.
6. Promote 'Bee Friendly' Gardens
2022 & 23
Promote Sunflowers and our Trail 2022 ✔️
2021
Encourage residents to pledge their gardens in the pollinators.ie National Biodiversity Survey. ✔️
Promote Pollinator Friendly plants ✔️
Promote Native Irish Wildflower Seeds ✔️
2020
Wildflower Articles ✔️
2019
Christmas Stall at St Stephens NS offering wildflower seeds ✔️
7. Raise the profile of Johnstown Tidy Towns and the supports it offers to Residential Streets and Housing Areas not currently aware of our work
2022 & 23
Gain sponsorship through businesses advertising their support on signage. ✔️
Utilise the website to promote our endeavours, aims, and call for volunteers.
Utilise high visibility projects to raise awareness of our group:
Sunflower Trail 2022
Biodiversity Sites: Summer Meadows, Tree Planting, Wildflowers, Bridge Baskets
2021
Engage better via social media ✔️
Utilise street posters for highly visual projects. ✔️
2019
Engage with Litter picks ✔️