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Government to Launch National Planting Programme for Beautification
Prime Minister Gaston Browne has announced plans to roll out a national beautification initiative aimed at transforming the country’s public and private spaces through the widespread planting of ornamental and fruit trees.
Speaking on Pointe FM over the weekend, Browne said the initiative is designed to support environmental sustainability while encouraging civic pride.
Under the programme, government agencies will propagate trees which will then be made available to the public at a reduced cost.
“We’re going to institute a programme in which we propagate the plants and sell them to the public,” he said.
“We want to promote more vegetation—more ornamental and fruit trees—right across Antigua and Barbuda.”
The Prime Minister said the scheme will complement the government’s efforts to improve the overall appearance of communities, particularly in urban areas where overgrown lots, derelict buildings and indiscriminate vending have been the focus of recent clean-up campaigns.
The announcement comes amid wider efforts by Cabinet to modernise the capital and prepare the country for increased investment and tourism.
According to Browne, these physical upgrades are essential to the country’s long-term development and economic image.
“We’re trying to modernise the country,” he said. “We’re attracting investments, and we don’t have to have a dirty-looking, backwater-looking country.”
Browne urged citizens to take personal responsibility for beautifying their surroundings, noting that national development is a shared duty between government and the people.
He also signalled that further legislation may soon be introduced to compel the clean-up of abandoned properties and promote orderly landscaping.
Details on the plant distribution programme, including the types of vegetation to be offered and how members of the public can participate, are expected to be released shortly by the relevant ministries.
“We want everyone to play a part,” the Prime Minister said, “because this country belongs to all of us, and its beauty is our collective responsibility.”
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Hope it’s nothing like those bullshit trees on Friars Road, waste of frigging well needed resources that could have been better spent, reminds me of those blue corners Wilmoth gave us during his tenure
That photo looks like the entrance to the late Hon. Asot Michael’s home. May his soul rest in eternal peace.
Planting trees is only the beginning. Then here comes the MAINTENANCE, and this is where the real problem(s) begins.
Maintenance of designed and established green spaces requires lots of FUNDING. Let’s see where these projects are in the not too distant future.
Jumbee_Picknee aka Ras Smood
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Vere C. Edwards
Sounds like a lovely idea. Hope it’s followed through properly.
Why not include fruit trees where possible? Beautify and feed at the same time.
Nice… This could help create jobs for landscapers and young people.
This is indeed good news. As an Antiguan living in the UK, I felt Antigua could be presented better. I was there in December and even though I saw slight improvements I am happy to hear the Government is seriously cleaning up Antigua. We are a beautiful Island and need to represent this in our appearance.
@ANR – Editors:
Express yourself! However, the truth of reality cannot be contained but for so long.
Again, planting trees is the first step; and, while proper planning is most definitely essential, the MAINTENANCE of any designed and established GREEN SPACE requires not just constant MAINTENANCE which is surely lacking when it comes to the proper upkeep of initiatives like these but they require a lot of FUNDING.
Talk is cheap for WORDS without WORKS is useless like pouring water on the Lotus 🪷Leaf.
Kum een Broddah Bob, “hypocrites and parasites! Hypocrites and parasites will come out to take a bite…but, if night should turn to day a lot of People will runaway!”
The truth is not an offence, ignorance is; but, hey….
Jumbee_Picknee aka Ras Smood
De’ole Dutty Peg🦶🏾Garrat_Bastard
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