Bradley Stoke in Bloom Archives - Page 2 of 7

Photo of 'Debbie the heifer' standing behind a gate on Manor Farm Roundabout.

Thursday 9th May 2019 SH (Editor)

Bradley Stoke in Bloom update for April

An update from Sara Messenger of the Bradley Stoke in Bloom group. I sometimes feel that I haven’t done much – we seem to spend endless hours on paperwork and emails and then many more hours digging, seeding and planting with very little to show for it. But then spring arrives and a few flowers start to lift their heads above the

Photo of BSiB volunteers with collected rubbish.

Sunday 10th March 2019 SH (Editor)

‘In Bloom’ volunteers give town a spring clean

An update from Sara Messenger of the Bradley Stoke in Bloom group. This month once again saw us take part in South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) Spring Clean campaign. Keeping a wary eye on the gathering clouds, we set off from the doctors’ surgery on Brook Way armed with hoops, litter pickers and an alarming assortment of different coloured bags. Once, a task

Photo of Bradley Stoke in Bloom volunteers with an insect hotel at Manor Farm Corner.

Wednesday 13th February 2019 SH (Editor)

Positive start to the year for the Bradley Stoke in Bloom volunteers

An update from Sara Messenger of the Bradley Stoke in Bloom group. First of all, I must say a big welcome to our newbies, Tom, Stevie and Suzanna. I’m just hoping we didn’t put them off on their first day with the huge amount of work we all accomplished, although they were well rewarded in biscuits, and the rain did finally stop!

Saturday 19th January 2019 SH (Editor)

Bradley Stoke in Bloom volunteers frustrated by bureaucracy

An update from Sara Messenger of the Bradley Stoke in Bloom group. As 2018 draws to a close, we look back at what we’ve achieved this year and although we didn’t get done all I had hoped to, we have, for such a small group, achieved quite a bit! High points were winning the Bees Needs’ award (for The Common East), our

Photo of Cllr Paul Hughes with StreetCare staff, volunteers from Bradley Stoke Green Gym & Bradley Stoke in Bloom and children from Wheatfield Primary School.

Wednesday 19th December 2018 SH (Editor)

Common buzzing again thanks to award-winning project

A South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) community project has won a national award for creating a wildlife haven at The Common East in Bradley Stoke. The project picked up a Bees’ Needs Award 2018 during a ceremony at Kew Gardens on 13th November, hosted by Defra and Green Flag Award, in recognition of the work done to transform the site into

Photo of vandalised decoy ducks at The Common East, Bradley Stoke.

Tuesday 13th November 2018 SH (Editor)

Varied few months for the ‘in Bloom’ team

An update from Sara Messenger of the Bradley Stoke in Bloom group. We’ve had a very mixed few months. When the heatwave finally broke, we hoped to get some planting done only to be thwarted by a constant deluge that would have defeated even Noah! Our Beehive Roundabout only thrives because of the neighbours who water it for us. Our Rabbit Roundabout’s