Mote Park Maidstone has received ten trees which were planted as part of the over 6,000 Japanese cherry trees – or Sakura in Japanese, which have been given to the UK and planted across the country in parks, gardens and schools to celebrate Japan’s relationship with the UK.
Works on the new look Maidstone Bus Station are well underway to modernise the area and provide somewhere that people feel safe when waiting for the bus.
Continuing its fight against harm to an area of outstanding natural beauty, Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) has taken further action and obtained a Full Injunction in both prohibitory and mandatory terms against a landowner in Boxley.
For the first time ever Maidstone Borough Council is launching a Maidstone Borough in Bloom competition and is inviting anyone who enjoys creating beautiful gardens or pots to enter.
Young people in Maidstone aged 11 to 18 years old are being asked for their views on how safe they feel in the borough.