Radstock in Bloom updates

It was a busy end of the year for the Radstock in Bloom team, with giving out certificates to the In Your Neighbourhood entries and being awarded Gold from RHS Britain in Bloom.

Other tasks keeping us busy at the end of 2021 included helping Radstock Town Council with the Christmas Light Switch-On event. The overwhelmingly positive response to the Christmas decorations in the town has really spurred us on to do more in 2022.

This year, we will be celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee with hanging baskets of Red, White and Blue. We hope to bring bunting to the streets, along with a few more surprises. More will be revealed in due course.

In 2021, the Church Street flower bed was taken over by Radstock in Bloom and has since been given a dramtic clean and weed by In Bloom's newest member, Jean Hopegood.

We hope that going forward, this will become an interactive and educational space for children walking to and from school at St Nicholas' and will provide some lovely views for the elderly residents of Manor Farm.

This year, we are committed to becoming more sustainable, not only with what we are planting, but also with costs, climates and as an organisation. We will be networking with other local groups such as the Radstock Brigade, Radstock Knitters and Roots Connections. By doing this, it will allow us to work in greater numbers and achieve much more for our town. Of course, we always welcome new volunteers, so if you are interested, please let us know.

We hope you enjoy the spring bulbs planted with the help of Roots Connections back in November 2021.