Tewkesbury in Bloom

The planters and tubs in the Town are looking especially good this year with a beautiful display of geraniums and petunias.
Thanks to Brian from Yard House Plants for the amazing plants.

This year we have applied to enter parts of the Town into the In Your Neighbourhood awards. This is still run by the RHS but enables us to concentrate on smaller areas.

We were pleased to be awarded another Gold in the Heart of England in Bloom Awards.

We have been lucky to secure some further funding via a COVID grant from Tewkesbury Borough Council.  The funds totaling £1k have enabled us to purchase a selection of Spring bulbs and winter flowering plants for every single town centre planter!  More importantly, we have been able to involve the public by inviting them to join us in planting sessions.  We received lots of help from all age groups and it was wonderful to see everyone enjoying themselves in the fresh air, after such a challenging year. 

We hope the planters bring some colourful cheer during the colder and drab days of winter. Keep your eye open and see which bulbs pop up first! 

We are pleased to announce we have been awarded a Gold Medal in the 2021 virtual Heart of England (regional) competition.   

Instead of a personal visit from HoE judges, we submitted a portfolio of our work throughout the year with images. 

Judges were particularly impressed with our use of thyme to act as a weed suppressor and to help with water retention in the 1471 flower bed.  Thyme is a perennial herb and its small flowers attract pollinators. 

In 2021 the Britain in Bloom competition will be a virtual one. Locally Tewkesbury enters the Heart of England in Bloom regional competition and we are busily preparing a portfolio of our work to email to the judges. 

This is to ensure we comply with current COVID advice. 

Tewkesbury Borough Council awarded us a COVID grant and we purchased spring plants and bulbs to bring some cheer into the town centre during challenging times.  Families with young children, and individual of all ages joined us in November to do a mammoth planting session 

We have made a big investment in new planters for the town centre in 2020. 

Some of our wooden barrels had seen better days.  These planters are self watering and have a reservoir system so that watering frequency can be reduced.  Over a number of years we have built up a small reserve from our sponsorship scheme which has enabled us to invest in providing the town with 12 planters to improve the quality of our displays. 

The slightly raised height (compared the older wooden barrels) means more volunteers (especially those with back or mobility issues) will be able help plant up. 

Its with great sadness that we announce the passing of Margaret White formerly of Home Abbey House, Tewkesbury.  When she closed her business in Tewkesbury she decided to help the town in her retirement and we are very grateful to Margaret for her fundraising efforts over many years supporting both Tewkesbury in Bloom and Tewkesbury Christmas lights project.