VOLUNTEERS have completed a makeover of the memorial area in Ilkley Riverside Gardens. There are now flowerbeds in the area, the overlooking platform and the Bridge Street entrance. They contain a wide variety of shrubs, perennials and ornamental grasses. “It’s been really hard work but we got there in the end,” said Ed Duguid, chairman of the Friends of Ilkley Riverside Parks (FOIRP). “It was a real team effort and an example of different groups and organisations working together for the benefit of the community as a whole.” FOIRP has been supported by a group of local landscape gardeners led by Helen Taylor, who have all donated their time and expertise for free. They are: Ian Campbell, Patrick Campbell, Linda Taylor, Rachel Forbes, Joanne Hartley, Anne Eldred, Isabel Almond and James Cooper.