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Catterall in Bloom
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CATTERALL IN BLOOM
A big thank you to the residents who helped pick up litter, sweep up driveways, tidy their gardens and generally made the village look gorgeous for our special visit by the RHS North West in Bloom judges in August. It made all the difference. The judges, Bernard Pendleton, chair of North West in Bloom, and Stephen Lowe from BBC Radio Lancashire spoke to residents during their visit and even finished the morning with a chat on Sharon Hartley’s Radio show. The Bloom team had worked their socks off, supported by Paul, our Parish lengthsman, who watered the plants in the park very early each morning - so no wonder everywhere looked so good! Tim and his trusted Mr Wobbly, the water bowser, toured the containers around the village most evenings and did a great job of keeping the plants watered during the drought. Have you noticed the flowerbeds in the park? It has been a challenge to get them looking so amazing and they were at their best and full of bees when the judges toured, especially the wildflower bed on the top bank. It was a happy and proud day for the Bloom team and worth all the hard work to hear praise and encouragement for a good job. In the judge’s words ‘Catterall looks beautiful’ so we can only hope for a great result at the award ceremony in October. We are now into bulb planting season and the Bloomers will be planting snowdrops, bluebells, fritillaries and sowing wildflower seeds very soon. If you can spare an hour to help us plant the bulbs, then please get in touch or just turn up on Tuesdays at 10:00am at the park. We have new Catterall in Bloom hi-viz jackets thanks to Baxi Boilers, so it’s easy to find us! We are lucky to have such brilliant and dedicated volunteers, so why not join Catterall’s dream team - Catterall in Bloom!
