Topic: anyone involved in 'In bloom'

[manicscousers]

we were visited by two councillors yesterday, they would like to bring the 'wigan in bloom' judges to our site on 21st july..what's it all about?
do we get any recognition or is it something for the council?
any help gratefully appreciated  ;D

[saddad]

If you enter your site and win (best 2nd or 3rd) you get a certificate, and in derby some vouchers to spend at one of the local GC's... looks like they are trying to drum up entries/increase the field...
 :)

[banshee]

We got a card pushed through the letterbox saing that the member of the leisure and culture trust had noticed 'how nice our garden was' and would we consider entering the competion that you mention Manic's. On their website the winners of each catergory will get a certificate, trophy and b and q vouchers. So far there are 108 entries from wigan and leigh - I chose not to make it 109  ;D ;D

[shirlton]

I think our site has entered. They were talking about something like that. (I was only half listening again) ;D

[Moonbeam65]

we have the same thing the council asking certain allotments to take part and okay there are vouchers available but the main reason is that they want to give the judges the impression that they working along with there allotment holders and helping them to achieve there aims because the council want to win the main title of the big competition and getting the support of the allotments earns them more points.

[manicscousers]

I wondered about that, Moonbeam..but we aren't council owned, bit puzzling  :)

[tonybloke]

our local 'in bloom' person has been on to me for info about the allotments in the borough (I'm the general secretary), the association own all of the allotments in the borough (council gave them to us yrs ago).
 ;)