Highland Council has been awarded funding from the Inverness Common Good Fund to spend on flowers and trees to mark the Queen’s platinum jubilee
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The City Flowering Projects and Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) received £21,200 from the fund.
The flowering project, proposed by High Life Highland, will see plants and flowers placed at the Raigmore Interchange and the Inverness Castle banking sites. The plants will only be on display from June until their removal in October. The project has been quoted at £38,400 plus VAT in total.
The QGC is a tree planting initiative created to mark this year’s platinum jubilee across the UK.
A High Life Highland spokesman said: “We are pleased to be supporting our colleagues at Highland Council with its planting project in honour of the Queen’s platinum jubilee.
“We will be assisting in the planting of four trees at the Raigmore Interchange, hydro scheme, Inshes Park and at the University of the Highlands and Islands ground.
“We will also be digging in a mix of perennials, bulbs, grasses and shrubs to create a purple halo around each of the Queen’s Green Canopy trees.
“The colour is a nod to the royal colours and the different planting has been chosen to maximise the colour throughout the year as part of the celebrations.”
Four trees have been quoted at more than £6000.
Merkinch Primary School in Inverness has already planted a field maple tree for the occasion.
The 70th anniversary of the Queen’s accession is this Sunday.
