Edition 18: December 2009.
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HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
Wishing you all a very peaceful Christmas and a HUGE thank-you to everyone who has helped us during this fantastic year for the Town.
MORE CONGRATULATIONS are due to Jekka McVicar who has been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society’s prestigious Lawrence Award for
THE BEST EXHIBIT at any RHS show in 2009. This was awarded for Jekka’s stand at Chelsea and is the top award for exhibitors. It must be something in the air in these parts of the country!
At our AGM we were very pleased to appoint Joan Tuck as our new Vice Chairman. Thank-you to Robert Gorham who stepped down from the post for all his work in the past.
We were pleased to welcome on board Jack Ashton and Mervyn Toombs, both excellent gardeners-so a great boost for the team.
NEW PROJECTS; We have been busy already with the 2009/2010 campaign and we are really looking forward to seeing 10,000 Snowdrops and 10,000 Bluebells blooming in Streamside Walk in the areas close to Park Road. A huge thanks to Ray Fulker and members of the allotment association and others for their help in this. Ray and Paul Kendrick have also planted mammoth amounts of Mini daffodils by the allotments. We wish Paul all the best and hope he feels much better soon. The Bluebells and Snowdrops were provided by South Gloucestershire so thanks to them for that. The Daffodils were a memorial to Mrs Lorette Thorne who passed away last Christmas Day, thank-you to her family for their contribution. Thornbury In Bloom also planted 1000’s of Snowdrops in Rock Street Gardens.
New substantial trees have been planted at the junction of Morton Way, Gloucester Road and Butt Lane. We have an Oak, a Sweet Chestnut a Beech and a Common Pear. For this we received two grants from South Gloucestershire, one from the Town Council Environment committee and one private donation. Thank-you to all involved.
The old wooden planters from outside the Co-OP have been removed and will be replaced with two new planters to match the ones outside NatWest Bank. The idea is to give the High Street a more “ Up-Market” appearance. These may be in position before Christmas but if not, soon after. We have been given a donation to plant these for Spring so work will soon be in progress. To replace these we received a small grant from South Glos and a very substantial donation from the Community composting site. So a big thank-you to them and we will be ensuring they receive some good publicity in the spring.
We will be in touch with everyone with more ideas for the Spring but in the meantime:
Have a very healthy and happy New Year
With Best Wishes, Sue Aitken and all the current team.
For more information or to offer help, support or ideas or to subscribe to this newsletter please contact Sue Aitken, Thornbury In Bloom. Tel: 01454 419350 or email
If you would like to talk over an idea please talk to any member of our “In Bloom Team” or call into Thornbury Garden Shop to see Sue Aitken or the Town Hall to see Sue Horsfall.
Team Members: Sue Aitken, Robert Gorham, Sue Horsfall, Syd Philp, Val Gregory, Tony Sansum, Joan Tuck, Jean Owen, Fran Sparrow, Sue Trowell, Rose Lock, Jenny Evans, Guy Rawlinson and Sandra Richardson.
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