| One of the remarkable aspects of Souris is the way people work together in an informal manner. Therefore the Communities in Bloom team has a very informal structure. Volunteer JoAnne Dunphy is the master planner when it comes to selecting the flowers and contacting nurseries and neighbours who donated perennials for the town gardens. Residents plant donated bulbs in their own gardens and go to great lengths to showcase their own longtime gardens and create new gardens. The carpenters at the Harbourview Training Centre build benches for the town's adopt-a-bench program. Residents have adopted benches which can be seen around town in parks and along Main Street. The Harbourview gardeners are on hand to edge, weed, mulch and otherwise attend to town flower beds. While the town has a forested area at the eastern end, efforts continue to plant more trees in the inhabited parts of the town. On Canada Day, the town provides 400 small trees to residents to be planted in their own yards. | |
Residents and Consolidated School students descend on Souris Beach on to clean debris washer in from the sea. Local businesses provide water for the participants, a truck to haul the garbage away, and the Island Waste Management Corporation permitted free disposal of the garbage. During the summer, the town is kept clean by the efforts of two women who patrol the streets five days a week picking up every stray trace of garbage. In the spring, a government team sweeps down the Main Street to remove the remains of sand and winter garbage left behind, after the snow melts. Local residents are diligent about keeping the town clean. | |
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