The Rotary Club of North Berwick alongside volunteers from Gullane, planted 8,000 purple crocus bulbs in the village last Friday.
The bulbs, supplied by North Berwick’s Rotary Club, were planted with the help of community members Pat, Bruce, Alan, Miss Ruby, and staff from East Lothian Council’s amenity team.
North Berwick has seen many of these vibrant flowers bloom in recent years, and with much of the town now planted, this year’s efforts focused on extending the project to Gullane.
Bruce Wilson, 77, said: “We had a great amount of help in Gullane this weekend from residents and a number of volunteers.
“We have done many of the streets in North Berwick in past years so let’s think about somewhere else in the county, and a lot of our members are originally from Gullane so it seemed the best place.”
Whilst the UK was declared polio-free in 2003, as of 2022 it remained active in Pakistan and Afghanistan, according to the WHO.
The purple crocus has become a symbol of the cause, its colour representing the purple dye used to mark the finger of a child who has been vaccinated.
The striking purple flowers are expected to bloom in early spring next year, serving as a colourful reminder of the progress being made towards a polio-free world.
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