ProjectsWith the decision to change all the beds in town from the traditional carpet bedding style to that of sustainable planting, a massive programme was under taken by the ’In Bloom’ team. Below are all the beds and projects we have completed from our beginnings in 2005. Click on the captions to read more about them and see the ‘before and after’ photos. For us, it's not just about plants, nor is it just about entering a competition; we enjoy making a positive difference to where we live - for the benefit of everyone. 2005 The first 2 beds to receive a Tetbury in Bloom makeover was The Knapp and Braybrooke Close
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2006 In 2006 the Hospital bed received its makeover in April followed by The Princess Diana Memorial Flowerbed in May and the London Road beds in June.
Click here for more on the Hospital Bed Click here for more on the Princess Diana Memorial Flowerbed
Click here for more on the London Road Beds
The largest project in 2006 was the planting in late June of the SIAC Roundabout on the London Road towards Cirencester . This was followed in July by the Fire Station bed which was funded by a generous donation from the Fire Brigade themselves and the planting of the trees in Old Brewery Lane car park.
Click here for more on the Fire Brigade bed Click here for more on the SIAC Roundabout
Click here for more on the trees in Old Brewery Lane Car Park
2007 In 2007, the Civic Society funded the rejuvenation of The Anniversary Garden and a new bed was created at the entrance to the Priory Industrial Estate in London Road. The beds outside the West Street toilets were also given a makeover and made into a cottage style garden. This transformation resulted in us winning the British Toilet Association Award for ‘Best Dressed Public Toilet’ in both 2007 & 2008.
Click here for more on The Anniversary Garden Click here for more on the Priory Industrial Site Bed
Click here for more on The West Street toilets
2008
In the autumn of 2007 we planted over 9000 Spring bulbs throughout the town and these produced the most wonderful Spring display Tetbury had ever seen. We also completed our project to the frontage of Old Coombe House, New Church Street and created a new bed at the library in Close Gardens.
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Click here for more on The Library
2009 For 2009 our main project was to create a wildflower haven in St Mary’s Churchyard and on the grass bank at the rear of the West Street car park. Over the winter we have also done a lot of work in the existing beds, moving over grown shrubs to better locations and splitting perennials and transplanting them to other beds. More to come as work progresses. This year, we also decided to do something to improve the appearance of a vacant industrial site near the edge of the town on the road to Cirencester. With the agreement of the site owners (Builders Ede) we decided to cheer up the site with a mural and ran a competition at St Mary’s Primary School to find a colourful and uplifting design. The image below shows the finished mural in place, painted by pupils from Leomi Potter’s winning design. When Tetbury in Bloom do “painting by numbers”, we do it big and bright and make sure we all have fun doing it!
Click here for more on the Churchyard project 2010 - 2011 Dolphins’ Hall Project. Built in 1959, The Dolphins’ Hall is Tetbury’s community hall. The grounds in which it is located are mainly laid to lawn and the building itself is flanked by narrow flower beds on 3 sides. Over the years these had been filled with various shrubs and perennials which had gradually out grown their position. Although Tetbury in Bloom had never taken on the responsibility for the gardens, we had always given cursory attention to the two front beds that can be seen from the road way. These were filled with large fuchsias and roses. Either side of the front doors were 2 large euonymus bushes that had well outgrown their position and having been drastically chopped back several times over the years it was decided that they had outlived their time there. So, in 2010, Tetbury in Bloom took on the challenge of digging them out and replacing them with 2 four foot box cones. For the summer the remaining space in the brick planters was filled with bedding geraniums. The result was such an improvement we decided that we should really tackle the side bed. Many people walk or drive past this bed on their way to the car park or to the Recreation ground both of which are situated at the rear of the Dolphins’ Hall. The council groundsmen who have historically cared for the gardens, cleared the side bed of all the old shrubs and in 2011 we have plans to fill the bed with colourful foliage shrubs and perennials. Using the box tree theme that we used at the front we have already planted 5 large box shapes along the side. Other perennials such as heuchera, fuchsias and euonymus will be added to the design later in the spring.
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