News
Hallbankgate School - Molly's story
Using John Light’s ‘The Flower’ as a writing stimulus, the children at Hallbankgate Village School have been thinking carefully about how plants make people feel and what life might be like without the flora and fauna that surrounds us. All of the stories – that were written by the children in Years 1, 2 and 3 – were filled with wonderful imagery and showed just how much of a difference plants can make to how you feel”
Join us for our AGM, Thursday 13th November 2025
Join us for our annual general meeting which is being held at Threlkeld Village Hall on Thursday 13th November 2025.
Hear about the progress we have achieved this year, and have your say in shaping our future.
Start time is from 13.30hrs for refreshments, start 14.00hrs, close 16.00hrs
Where are all the bumblebees?
Are bumblebees in crisis? See this link to an article just received from the Bumblebee Trust. Another consequence of the wet weather this year. Science
Dane Ghyll Primary and Nursery School Open Restructured Wildlife Area
Dane Ghyll Primary and Nursery School held their grand opening of their newly restructured Wildlife Area on 20th May with the Deputy Mayor of Barrow
Dane Ghyll Primary and Nursery School receive RHS Awards
Louise Postlethwaite is thrilled to announce that Dane Ghyll school gardens have now received the Royal Horticultural Society awards up to their highest and final
Makaton symbols used on station information boards
Signs have been installed at stations in Cumbria Pamela Tickell BBC News, North East and Cumbria 22 April 2024 Information panels with Makaton symbols about
Very Successful Assessors Training Day at Gosling Sike
Thirty Cumbria in Bloom Assessors/Judges spent the day at the Cumbria Wildlife Trust centre at Gosling Sike, Houghton, Carlisle. Grateful thanks are due to our
NR Training Returns to Newton Rigg
2024 is shaping up to be another exciting year for NR Training. As part of a consortium of local colleges and training providers, Newton Rigg
Winter Active Bumblebees
What is a winter-active bumblebee? Since the 1990s, naturalists have noticed that, rather than hibernating, some bumblebees have been active all winter. Queens and workers
Ways to create environmentally friendly floral displays
We understand the growing need for our customers to address environmental issues and implement plant friendly gardening practices in towns and cities and is why
Rebuild Site helps Danny at Tatton
Rebuild Site was pleased to supply Danny Poland with materials for his garden at RHS Tatton Park Show 2023. Rebuild takes surplus materials from building
UK State of Nature Report 2023 Wildlife Continues to Decline
The most recent State of Nature report tells us that UK wildlife has declined by 19% since 1970, when records began. The reason for this
Seatoller House, Borrowdale
On 17th July 2023, our Assessors Jean Airey and Liz Auld visited Seatoller House in Borrowdale as part of the Royal Horticultural Society It’s Your
Bright Stars Project St Michael’s School, Dalston
In June 2023 our Year 4 pupils have been working with Nestle on a social enterprise project called Bright Stars. The children decided they would
Vice President Alan Heath Visits CiB Plot at Tatton Park Flower Show
Our Vice President, Alan Heath, visited the Cumbria in Bloom plot at Tatton Park Flower Show 2023. He inspected the plot designed by Danny Poland
Peat Free Compost Seminar by Prof Alistair Griffiths RHS
This was a very interesting zoom seminar. I will add more to this later, but for now here are the slides. https://cumbria-in-bloom.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/13.06.2023_Peat-Free.pdf
King Charles III Coronation Feature Award 2023
We have received a number of entries to our 2023 King Charles III Coronation Award Feature. Click this link to read all about the entries.
Cumbria in Bloom Assessors in Kendal for Training Day
On Thursday 20th April 2023 nearly the whole team of CiB Judges/Assessors met in the Shakespeare Centre, Kendal for a day touring the town, learning
RHS Launches New Grant Opportunity
The RHS has launched a new grant – the RHS Connected Communities – Network Development Grant which is open to Britain in Bloom and It’s Your Neighbourhood groups.
Tree-mendous boost for Barrow as planting works complete
Works to plant 71 trees along prominent roadside verges in Barrow have now been completed. Tree planting sites include Abbey Road, Portland Crescent, Brathay Crescent,
Hensingham Adds to the Cumbria Coastal Forest
Back in 2021 DEFRA announced that they had given the green light to the development of a coastal forest in Cumbria. This was great news
