An event to mark the King’s Coronation in May will take place at Tenby’s Community Edible Garden - although no specific plans are being put in place for the seaside town as whole to commemorate the occasion.

Tenby Events Working Party got together recently to discuss whether there should be any plans in place for the seaside town to commemorate the King’s Coronation next month.

The Palace have issued a timetable for the weekend, but His Majesty had stated that there is to be no beacon lighting for the Coronation on May 6.

There will be a big concert from Windsor on the Sunday evening on what is being called the Big Lunch Day. Tenby Town Council’s community engagement officer is planning an event in the Community Edible Garden located at the town’s Sutton Street.

The Events committee asked should it be planning something for the town or supporting those arranging their own street parties, for example supplying bunting as they did for the Jubilee celebrations last year?

With the Monday designated as the Big Help Out day, a chance to volunteer to undertake things in the community.

The Coronation has an Official Proclamation which can be read at an event that you have planned on Coronation Day but there is no specific directive.

It was felt that many will be wishing to focus on watching the Coronation itself on TV on the Saturday so any organised event may be poorly attended. It was also mentioned that bunting was difficult to erect around town and, while the group did supply bunting for ‘parties’ last year it was unclear as to how much was actually used for this purpose.

It was felt that they should not supply bunting this year but some sort of gift for local school children may be appropriate.

The town clerk Andrew Davies said that he was aware that many councils this year were supplying special wildflower seed packs which would fit in with the Town Council’s biodiversity policies and also support His Majesty’s ecology ideas.

All agreed this was a marvellous idea and will be looked into, with the Town Council having a budget to support the Coronation.

Tenby’s Mayor, Cllr Sam Skyrme-Blackhall told her fellow councillors at this month’s meeting of the Town Council that this was a ‘wonderful idea’ and something that she felt sure that local pupils would embrace. She would arrange to go up to the local primary schools to present them with the gifts.

It was also felt that the community engagement officer should be supported in her ideas not only for the Community Edible Garden event but also in looking for volunteering opportunities on the Monday.