Pupils and teachers form Wallace High School join Alderman James Tinsley, Chairman of the Council’s Leisure & Community Development Committee to sow wildflowers in Wallace Park as part of the Council’s Sir Richard Wallace Bicentenery calendar of events. To view other activities log on to www.lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk/wallace

Pupils from Wallace High School recently joined the Chairman of the Council’s Leisure & Community Development Committee, Alderman James Tinsley to sow wildflowers in Wallace Park.

The creation of this flowerbed is to mark the Sir Richard Wallace Bicentenary that is being celebrated this year.   Sir Richard Wallace was a philanthropist and gave generously to the people of Lisburn.  By sowing flowers that will bloom annually the Council and the school of his namesake will ensure he is remembered each time they bloom.

Alderman Tinsley explains:  “The wildflower bed in Wallace Park is part of the Council’s biodiversity programme to enhance the opportunities available for pollinators.  The fact that Lady Wallace loved flowers makes it is very fitting that pupils from Wallace High School have sown a variety of wildflowers on the bicentenary of her husband’s birth.”

The wildflower bed is located along the back of Wallace Park.  This park was donated to the people of Lisburn and was called The People’s Park before it was renamed Wallace Park in his honour.