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Eyemouth Enhancement Group
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Volunteers since 2011

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Flowers, painted planters and tidy streets, all down to the volunteers, schools and local businesses who turn up and lend a hand.

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An old fishing boat planted up with flowers, resting on yellow buoys and netsRed tulips in a planterA yellow painted planter of pink flowers with a sponsor plaque

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A pink painted planter with a sponsor plaque August 2026

High Street planters

Built, stained and painted by volunteers, and sponsored by local businesses. The newest ones are heading for Kirk Square.

About the planters
Young cherry trees in blossom, waiting to be planted April 2025

Cherry blossom avenue

A piper led the planting on the brae to Gunsgreen House. Dedicate a tree to a birth, a wedding, an anniversary or a memory.

About the avenue
Freshly washed red benches in the town centre, with a volunteer in hi-vis in the distance September 2026

Toon Tidies and litter picks

Tidy-ups, litter picks and beach cleans, with something for all abilities. We bring the litter pickers.

About the tidy-ups
A young tree planted in long grass and wildflowers Ongoing

Daffodils, wildflowers and wildlife

Daffodils on the road verges with the high school, wildflowers on the messy corners, a bug hotel and young trees.

About the planting
“It might say Eyemouth Enhancement Group on the certificate but it really is the town and all of us.”
From our Facebook post after winning Gold, October 2022
  • Gold Beautiful Scotland 2022, Coastal Town category. Plus the RHS Scotland Award for Overcoming Adversity, after Storm Arwen.
  • Gold and Town Category winner Greener Gateway Community Awards 2023, Scottish Borders Council
  • Tidiest town in the Borders Joint first prize, Floral Gateway awards 2016
  • Silver Gilt Beautiful Scotland 2019

£20 keeps a wee planter blooming for a year.

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Sponsor a wee planter £20 a year £30 in the first year, with a new sign. Sponsor a big planter £40 a year £50 in the first year, with your name on a new plaque. Top up the bulb fund Any amount Pays for next season's daffodils on the road verges. Dedicate a cherry tree Ask us A tree and a plaque on the blossom avenue.

Local businesses keep the planters in bloom. Thank you, every one of you.

Lough's Home Bakery The Tavern Bar and Restaurant Bliss Beauty and Massage Canine Design Beachcomber Amusement Centre Looks Ahead Wm. L. Collin, electrical engineer Eyemouth General Store Eyemouth High School Hogarth Motors Richard Amos Architecture & Surveying Kocero's Ready Let's Go China Pearl Gifted Curiosity Cabin Wendy's Your name here?
Become a sponsor From £20 a year, with your name on a planter.

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New timber planters, built and ready for the High Street

New timber planters for the High Street

Built, collected, stained and placed, with extra seating. Next stop is Kirk Square, and a second bird-feeding station is up. Thanks to the local firm who lent us a forklift.

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