Amberol’s managing director Patience Atkinson-Gregory offers her view on how Britain in Bloom groups can have a more successful 2022. As 2021 draws to a close, it’s time to look to the future. Everyone reading this newsletter will have had challenges to face during the last 18 months – both individually and within their community. …
Once again our Vice President, Alan Heath, has sent in some magnificent pictures which he has taken in and around his front garden in 2021.
Once again Penrith in Bloom has produced a video that you can view below.
Press release 15th July 2021 Newton Rigg Ltd launch ‘NR Training’ to rebuild land-based education in Cumbria with first new courses announced for September start Community organisation Newton Rigg Ltd, who vowed to rebuild land-based education in Cumbria following the controversial closure of Newton Rigg College, have today launched ‘NR Training’ – a new land-based …
Horticultural and Agricultural Training Saved in Cumbria Read More »
During July 2021, if you have entered for a Cumbria in Bloom Award, you will be contacted by the CiB Judge assigned to you (many of you will already have been contacted, but those that haven’t you will get a call soon). You will also have received the June Newsletter which announces our new and …
The temptation for many of us in lockdown Britain is to get on with jobs in the garden – including getting that lawn into the classic British stripe. But results released today by Plantlife demonstrate the spectacular benefits both we and our garden wildlife receive from not mowing throughout May. Like the nation’s haircuts, can …
No Mow May: how to get ten times more bees on your lockdown lawn Read More »
The campaign group “For Peat’s Sake” is trying to encourage people and industry in the UK to stop peat extraction. Peat has been used by gardeners for centuries. It is excellent at retaining water and has good compaction. But it comes from boggy areas and when extracted leads to :- a loss of habitat for …
Lupins are classic cottage-garden plants with bold, colourful flower spikes. These easy-to-grow sun-lovers also work well in formal borders, gravel gardens, containers and more, so do give them a try. About lupins Lupins are extremely versatile and suit all kinds of garden styles. They come in a wide range of colours and attract pollinating insects. …
You may have heard of Sawdays. It is a business which, over 25 years, has specialised in finding very pleasant and high quality places to stay. They have recently approached Cumbria in Bloom, though our President, to tell us that they are part of a group offering large numbers of oak saplings which they can …
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Britain in Bloom is the largest horticultural campaign in the UK. First held in 1963 and initiated by the then British Tourist Board it followed a French model started in 1959.
