Flower power to give city new colour

NEW split-level planter boxes are adding splashes of flowery colour to central Geelong.
Workers began installing the boxes in bench seats along Malop, Moorabool and Little Malop streets this week.
The work will continue with the installation of single-level boxes along Ryrie Street’s media strip.
Colourful species including bougainvillea, papaya popsicle and purple purple statice will decorate the planters.
Mayor Darryn Lyons was “thrilled to see some colour in our city centre”.
“There’s way to much concrete in central Geelong. I want Geelong to be a city in a park,” he declared.
“My goal is to create an inviting, vibrant and leafy environment where people want to spend time. I’m hoping we can achieve this with the planter boxes together with flowers and colourful pole planters, which are coming soon.
“It’s all part of the plant to revitalise our city’s heart.”
Cr Lyons said the boxes were designed “in-house” at City Hall.
“The planter boxes were custom-made by local company JC Brown. Another local business, BC Garden Construction, is installing the plants.”