Gorse Flower with moonIf you are a mem­ber of the Region­al Coun­cil’s Be the Dif­fer­ence pro­gram then you’ll be aware of their new pro­mo­tion.

If not, then of course you should join (hint: it’s free).

Be the Dif­fer­ence are offer­ing a prize draw of a gar­den makeover worth $3,000 for mem­bers who send them pho­tos of the dodgy pest plants they’ve pulled out. Entry clos­es on 30 Sep­tem­ber.

Obvi­ous­ly this com­pe­ti­tion does­n’t make much sense for all you hip apart­ment dwellers out there, unless you’ve got some Old Man’s Beard in your [flower] bed — in which case it’s high time you got rid of him any­way.

So join up, enter the com­peition, and with luck you’ll obtain fund­ing for that all-paved-gar­den look you’ve been han­ker­ing for.