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March 5th 2009 |
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Matthew Wilson, RHS Head of Gardens Creative Development, will be giving a talk in the Memorial Hall. |
December |
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Memorial Tree & Christmas Hamper Draw |
November 26th |
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Pudding Evening at The Swan |
October 17th |
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AGM, Memorial Hall 7.30pm. Including 'Local in Bloom' awards. All welcome! |
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October 16th |
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Heart of England in Bloom Seminar in the Memorial Hall, courtesy of Upton Town Council, catering by the White Lion Hotel |
October 13th |
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2008 Results Review. Deadheaded bridge & roundabout tubs, Marina boat, bridge troughs on down river side. |
October 12th |
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Working party weeded the pavement outside the Old Churchyard, Dunns Lane, around the Kings Head and the disabled area. |
October 11th |
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Started weeding the disabled area |
October 10th |
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Planted pansies in the tubs on the Old Churchyard. Dead headed barrier troughs by the Swan, and Hanley Road boats. Finished weeding steps. |
October 9th |
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The riverside tubs were moved back into place this morning. They were put behind the flood barriers last Friday, by the Environment Agency. Thanks to Brian Lawrence, & James from the EA for helping us. Dead heading the tubs and continuing weeding the steps. |
October 8th |
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Dead heading on the riverfront. Weeding steps opposite the Plough |
October 7th |
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Finished removing nettles on the 'Pepperpot' grounds |
October 6th |
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Our 2008 Awards were on display at Earls Croome Garden Centre. Boats & troughs at Old Street & Tunnel Hill were tidied. More nettles removed from the 'Pepperpot' Grounds. |
October 5th |
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This week we've been deadheading boats, tubs & troughs; removing grass weeds by riverfront tubs and clearing weeds on the 'Pepperpot' grounds. |
October 3rd |
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October 2nd |
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The Race Night at the Kings Head went very well and thanks to Grahame & Claire for making the night such as success. Thanks also to Angus McLeod Associates, Albion Lodge & The Newman Family for sponsoring races, horse owners & those who participated on the night. We raised over £230! |
October 2nd |
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Removing nettles from the Cotoneaster shrubs at the top of the bank, Brambles from the wall by Ben's Seat, and Elderberry shoots from the ivy covered wall remains. Deadheading boat, bed & tubs. |
October 1st |
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Weeding near the roundabout & cutting brambles out of the shrubs. Pruning the Lavenders in the Sensory Garden. |
September 29th |
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'Spade and Sponge' afternoon. The Old Churchyard bed around the 'Severn Trow' was dug over in preparation for Winter Pansies, and seats, railings & litter bins were cleaned on the riverfront. |
September 29th |
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September 27th & 28th |
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Following our outstanding achievement in the Heart of England in Bloom, we were very kindly offered a stand at the Malvern Autumn Show |
September 24th |
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The RHS Britain in Bloom Judges Comments RHS Britain in Bloom Awards We were awarded a Silver Gilt Award! |
September 22nd |
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Angus McLeod Associates have generously offered to sponsor a race at our Race Night at the Kings Head. Howard Pugh, of H J Pugh & Co will be auctioning a race on the night. We are looking for more race sponsors! |
September 19th |
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September 12th |
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Upton in Bloom in the Malvern Gazette |
September 11th |
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Heart of England in Bloom Awards We gained a Gold Award in the Large Village Category, and selected as Overall Winner! |
September 7th |
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The barrier baskets, much admired by residents and visitors during the Summer, are being gradually submerged by the rising waters of the Severn. Four were moved from the Old Bridge Abutment on the evening of 5th September with help from the Environment Agency. The rest, on the disabled area and along Waterside couldn't be moved. The EA also kindly moved the riverside tubs. Pictures from 6th & 7th September |
September 3rd |
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'Local in Bloom' results. Thanks to Jenny Redfern, Heart of England in Bloom Co-ordinator for judging the entries. |
August 30th |
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August 15th |
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August 8th |
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August 4th |
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July 23rd |
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July 12th |
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Floral Walk around the town featuring entrants in the Local in Bloom competition |
July 5th |
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Jenny Redfern,Heart of England in Bloom Co-ordinator, judged the entries in our Local in Bloom competition. |
June 28th |
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We held a Summer Hamper draw. |
June 25th |
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Following a meeting with Highways Department last year when they suggested that we paint a mural on one of the bridge supports which was covered with ugly graffiti, the mural was painted today. Art Students from Hanley Castle School did a great job. Thanks to Ann Harker for co-ordinating the mural with Kate Callighan from HC School. |
June 17th |
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The trough liners, planted by Earls Croome Garden Centre, were put in place today. |
June 15th |
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We planted up the trough on top of the public conveniences in Lower High Street. |
June 12th |
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An enquiry to Jackie by Judith Taylor regarding a Sweet Pea breeder, via the Upton website, was forwarded to Simon Wilkinson. Extensive research by Simon & Judith culminated in an article in the National Sweet Pea Society Annual 2008. Roger Parsons of the National Sweet Pea Society has been sent some seeds of a variety named 'Prince of Orange' which is believed to be bred by Miss Hemus in 1910. If this is correct, we hope to have some plants in 2010 - 100 years since they were bred! |
June 9th |
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Troughs paid for by the Advantage West Midlands Flood Recovery Fund were placed on the Old Bridge Abutment and on the railings by the Swan this morning. |
June 7th |
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We've been really busy over the last week or so. We've planted most of the boats and troughs around the town. There are still several troughs to be placed, hopefully in the next few days. The bed on the Old Churchyard will be planted on Monday. Friend of Upton in Bloom, John Hinton, has done sterling work maintaining the hanging basket watering systems. |
June 6th |
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Hanley Castle High School pupils were again litter picking. Another two bags of litter were collected in just 15 minutes on Hanley Road. |
May 31st |
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Unexpected encouragement from Trevor Harrison, who plays Eddie Grundy in BBC Radio 4's The Archers while we were planting boats at Hanley Road car park |
May 29th |
We started planting displays today. Meadowsweet & Cambrian Ensemble held a concert in aid of our funds. |
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May 28th |
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Meeting at the Swan Hotel, 7pm |
May 27th |
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Most of the hanging baskets were put up early this morning. They were brought by van by Brian Williams of Earls Croome Garden Centre |
May 22nd |
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Prize Bingo in the Memorial Hall. 7.30 Recycling plants from displays School children at Hanley Swan St Gabriel's with St Mary's CofE Primary School have an allotment in which they are growing a range of vegetables and flowers. |
May 21st |
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With the help of some Friends of Upton in Bloom, we moved a couple of boats around. Whilst planting some plants on the riverfront, a duck came over to investigate what we were doing! |
May 19th |
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Meeting with Friends and volunteers. Clearing displays is taking place between 20th & 30th May. Most of the Summer planting will be finished by 1st June. |
May 9th |
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Pupils from Hanley Castle High School had another litter picking session today. |
May 8th |
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Peter & Peter started installing an automatic watering system for the trough at the top of the public conveniences in Lower High Street. |
May 6th |
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Peter presented Mrs Lavender Beard, owner of the Tudor House Museum with copies of our portfolios dating from 2003. |
May 4th |
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Duck Race at Folk Festival |
May 3rd |
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Last night we moved the riverside tubs into the marquee at the Kings Head to make room for the Folk Festival |
May 1st |
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Peter Ainsworth, Shadow Minister of the Environment and Chairman of the Elgar Foundation visited Upton on 28th April. |
April 28th |
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Funded by the flood recovery fund, new display tubs were sited at the entrance to New Street car park, the front of Collinghurst House, and the end of Backfields, opposite the Church Room. |
April 25th |
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Pupils from Hanley Castle High School litter picked during their lunch break. |
April 18th |
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Our Sponsorship leaflet |
April 18th & 19th |
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We had a display at the Upton Showcase in the Memorial Hall. Yesterday we took delivery of top mounted barrier baskets, side mounted window boxes and lamp post baskets from Plantscape. The first two are part of the Flood Recovery Fund, and the latter have been donated by Plantscape. All the containers were collected by Brian from Earls Croome Garden Centre to be planted. They will be returned later in the year when we plant our Summer displays. |
April 15th |
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Sylvia & Jackie attended the Heart of England in Bloom Spring Seminar at Pershore College. Some very interesting talks by other 'Bloom' entrants, followed by lunch then Bob Harris entertained the attendees with his 'Munchies & Bunchies' demonstration. At the Annual Town Meeting, Peter presented his report to the Town Council and members of the public. |
April 10th |
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Floral boats and tubs are providing lots of colour around the town |
April 2nd |
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Paul Tolly is opening a Steak Bar in the restaurant at the Talbot where we have been meeting for a few months. The Swan Hotel have kindly offered us the use of a room for future meetings. Our thanks to Paul Tolley. |
April 1st |
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Sharon Moore donated some Foxgloves & Crocosmias, which we planted today. |
March 31st |
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We went for a tour of Severn Waste Services Materials Reclamation Facility at Lower Moor. |
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Rosemary & Jackie gave a talk on our Plastic Bag Free campaign to the Worcestershire Federation of Womens Institutes, held in Salwarpe Village Hall. The BBC Natural History Unit's film 'Message in the Waves' which inspired Rebecca Hoskins to start the campaign in Modbury, was shown and it certainly brought home to the audience the horrors of plastic waste in the environment. Earlier in the month Diane spoke to pupils at Hanley Castle High School about plastic bags and waste. |
March 22nd |
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Giant Easter Egg Draw Thanks to Val Holloway who sold 170 tickets! Also Anemone/Cromwells for donating the egg. |
March 20th |
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We produced our Spring Review. |
March 19th |
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Meeting at the Talbot Hotel restaurant, 7pm |
March 15th |
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A successful litter pick with volunteers and pupils from Hanley Castle High School taking part. The collection by the pupils included a tent! Mercia Rescue provided a boat and Peter & Diane litter picked on the river banks. They found an almost new tarpaulin, a ladder and some large planks of wood. Every piece of 5 black bin bags was plastic waste of some kind, all retrieved from the waterside trees and bushes. It reinforces our 'Plastic Bag Free' message, use alternatives, the single use bags are just a blot on our lovely landscape! |
March 8th |
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Earls Croome Garden Centre kindly donated two bird boxes. Peter fixed them in trees today. Plans for nest boxes |
March 7th |
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We are taking pictures of businesses supporting the Plastic Bag Free initiative and making them into posters for display in windows. The link will be updated as we add new pictures. |
March 2nd |
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Our experiment using non-peat compost in one of our boats proved very successful. A report on this. |
February 28th |
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Diane & Jackie attended the Britain in Bloom Finalists Seminar in Scarborough, hosted by Scarborough in Bloom. There were workshops with the judges and a very interesting one with Matthew Wilson, Curator RHS Garden Harlow Carr on 'How to garden in a changing climate'. |
February 23rd |
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The paving under the notice board was finished today. We reorganised some of the tubs on the riverfront. The four large, shallower tubs were moved to either end of the display area. This is because the middle of the area gets flooded sooner, and the shallower tubs were being submerged. |
February 21st |
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Thank you to Brian, from Earls Croome Garden Centre for his continuing support. |
February 20th |
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We made plans for a litter pick; collecting inkjet cartridges for the Woodland Trust, Bingo and other fundraising events. Recycle your old inkjet cartridges and help plant a tree! Upton in Bloom are collecting them on behalf of the Woodland Trust. £1 per recyclable cartridge is donated to the Woodland Trust. Epson cartridges can't be recycled. You can drop them through the letterbox at 20 Backfields, or order bags from the Woodland Trust website. |
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Heart of England in Bloom Children's Art Competition. More information and entry form. |
February 17th |
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Upton in Bloom encourage local communities to enter the RHS Neighbourhood Awards. In past years, Berrow Court, Tiltridge Farm, The Anchor Inn at Welland, Lilac Close have all entered and we want to encourage others to do so. |
February 16th |
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Some paving added below the Community Notice Board, and a Blackbird and a Robin went looking for some treats! |
February 13th |
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Diane gave a talk to the British Legion about plastic bags |
February 12th |
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Some bees found the heathers we planted last year irresistable! |
February 9th |
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February 2nd |
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Fundraising Jumble Sale held in the Memorial Hall |
January 30th |
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Winter colour page added to and moved to February 9th |
January 28th |
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Upton upon Severn was chosen to represent our region in the 2008 UK Finals. There were 1,076 communities that participated in the Campaign in 2007 and 69 of those have been nominated to this year's UK Finals. |
January 27th |
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The Environment Agency didn't move the riverside tubs when they put up the flood barriers. The water almost submerged one of the tubs and all of them were standing in it. When the barriers came down the Greengrow compost in the tubs was forked over to help with drying. The mini daffodils & crocus bulbs are all growing well and hopefully won't be affected. |
January 11th & 12th |
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Exhibition of alternatives to plastic |
December 30th |
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Some new links added to the Plastic Bag Free page |
December 28th |
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Upton in Bloom in a Malvern Gazette article about plastic bag free |
December 28th |
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We announced proposals that Upton upon Severn should work towards becoming plastic bag free with a target date of May 1st 2008, but realising that existing stocks of bags should be used up, however long that takes. |
December 22nd |
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Names remembered on the Memorial Tree which has been lit in the Old Churchyard. Lights are sponsored in memory of loved ones. Peter putting up the lights |
December 22nd |
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'All you need for Christmas including the Turkey' Christmas Draw drawn by Santa Claus. The draw |
December |
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RHS Britain in Bloom 2008 judging to take place between 4th & 15th August |
December |
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A donation of £100 received from Mr & Mrs Goodby and their daughter. Many thanks to them |
December 12th |
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We went to the White Lion Hotel for our Christmas Dinner! |
December 6th |
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Peter Booth presented Peter Bellamy with a cheque for £250 from sales of the 'Summer of 2007' DVD at a Christmas Party held in the Council Chamber people involved in the July floods. Richard Hannah presented a cheque to Mayor Tim Perry's Flood Relief Fund, also from money received for the DVD. Malvern Rotary Club were presented with a momento of the floods to acknowledge their help in the clear up. |
December 5th |
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The roads and pavements in the town and along the riverside have been cleaned as part of the repair & recovery programme. New litterbins, including some that are for both general rubbish and recycling have been installed. |
November 30th |
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The concrete ramp leading to the Old Bridge Abutment has been removed, and paviers laid. |
November 27th |
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Peggy Ward donated about 15 heather plants. |
November 21st |
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Our third Pudding Evening. This year in the Tudor House Museum. A FeelGood Festival presentation to be made to the Museum. |
November 10th |
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Planting English bluebells. Meeting at 10.30am in Hanley Road car park. |
November 3rd |
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Planting daffodils & bluebells in public places. Meeting at 10.30am in Hanley Road car park. The bluebell planting has been moved to next weekend. |
November 2nd |
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The DVD of the presentation shown at the FeelGood Festival is now available from Tourist Information and PS Presents. |
October |
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Severn Waste Services repaired & protected the fence at the front of the Recycling Centre in Hanley Road car park. |
October 27th |
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Planting displays. All volunteers welcome. Meeting at 2pm at the Old Road opposite the Fire Station. Boat planting Display in the Library |
October 24th |
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October 20th |
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We managed about half the displays. The rest will be done during the next week. Geraniums, Begonias and Fuchsias have all been saved for storage over winter and we hope most of them will survive so we can use them next year. Clearing displays in readiness for winter planting, and planting bulbs - mini daffs, crocus & bluebells. All volunteers welcome. Meeting at 2pm in Hanley Road car park. |
October 11th 2007 |
AGM. This was very well attended. The Committee was re-elected. The awards for the 2007 Local in Bloom competition were awarded by Jenny Redfern, Heart of England in Bloom Co-ordinator. Chairman, Peter Bellamy, gave his report on activities in 2007, including our entry in Britain in Bloom. The 'Friends of Upton in Bloom' was launched. Volunteers who would like to help out with major jobs, like planting up the displays, litter picks, and anything else for which we could do with some help, are invited to give us their contact details so we can let them know what we are planning. Peter Booth brought his presentation that he produced for the FeelGood Festival. He is now converting it to a form suitable for DVD, and updating it with the results of our Britain in Bloom entry. It will be on sale next month. Barbara Hartley gave us £85 which was collected in her 'Mr & Mrs' garden in Dunns Lane during the Summer, and Lavender Beard donated £35 from the takings at the Tudor House Museum where Peter Booth's presentation was shown during the FeelGood Festival. |
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July / August 2007 |
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