Pumpkin Perches Added to the Garden

Residents young and old wishing to help make the square a little spookier this Haloween can add a pumpkin to dedicated perches around the Garden.

In what will hopefully become an annual tradition, the Committee have set out some logs and and cross-sections (from the felled catalpa) by each of the Garden Gates.

4 pumpkins have already been added by some of our younger local residents to the log-perch opposite the South Gate. We hope other residents may be tempted to add their own designs and help us celebrate this holiday.

Please find a few notings on where to locate the perches and how to light the pumpkins below.

Locating the Perches (we can provide the lights)

The Catalpa Logs and cross sections have been added to the flowerbeds opposite both the North and South Gates.

Committee volunteers will keep an eye out for new pumpkins and add battery candles and
 We will also will spray any new-pumpkins with a non-toxic bitter apple spray to deter foxes from interfering with the pumpkins, though can’t guarantee the survival of any pumpkins.
 
Please do not relocate other resident pumpkins. If a perch on your preferred side is full please place your pumpkin besides your preferred perch, and use the contact form on this website to ask us to add an additional log / cross section in that area.

Note on Lighting and Preserving Pumpkins

Residents wishing to light their own pumpkins are asked to use battery timed lights rather than candles.

To protect the plants and wildlife, residents are asked not-to use preservation techniques (such as bleach water / dettole spray) on the pumpkins they intend to place in the Garden.

The Committee will be happy to dispose of the pumpkins after Haloween…. if we survive.

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