Fitting Time to close this blog :-)

GOLD has finally been achieved for Pudsey, and I feel that this is now the right time for me to stop posting to this blog. Having been involved with Pudsey In Bloom since it first started back in 2003, and seen its development and the continued commitment of its members and wonderful supporters, now, I feel is the time to concentrate on posting news to our website and Face book page.
So, Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to follow our news via this blog, in future please go to:

Web : www.pudseyinbloom.co.uk www.facebook.com/pudseyinbloom

You can also email us at : pudseyinbloom@gmail.com

The group will continue to keep everyone updated , but I will no longer post here to the blog.
Goodbye and Thank you!

It`s a GOLD!!

I have been involved with Pudsey in Bloom for almost 20 years and I am so pleased to say that this year we have finally been awarded the coveted GOLD award in the annual Yorkshire In Bloom competition. I know I share the thoughts of the rest of the group along with many Pudsey folk in saying this is well deserved and a true recognition of all the hard work our members contribute in making Pudsey interesting and attractive. Many thanks to all our sponsors, friends and supporters!

Update

A few pictures taken on our rounds this evening using the bowser. Pudsey was looking bright and colourful, the troughs are coming along nicely with their summer plants, the wild flower area in the park entrance looks and smells great, and the new planters along lidget hill and next to the display boards have transformed this area !

 

Pudsey Carnival

Looking forward to seeing lots of people at our annual Pudsey Carnival this weekend. The carnival goes back many years and we need to keep this tradition going!!
Look out for some of the Pudsey In Bloomers joining the parade!

And Thanks to that fantastic support, we raised over......

£284!!

Thanks again to Jill and Maureen who did a fantastic job organising the morning!
Everyone helped to raise a fantastic amount of money, and it was so great to see so many people in Pudsey House! It was a real team effort!

 



Thanks for the Fantastic Support!

What a great morning we had today raising funds with our coffee, cake , tombola, reiki, bric-a-brac and other activities, everyone gave their all and the event was expertly planned by Jill and Maureen. It was so lovely to have such a fantastic turn out for the event.

By Way of a catch up!

Happy New Year to all our readers, better late than never! I have fallen behind a bit with updating our blog, but am pleased to announce that now we also have a fantastic new website, so there are two places where you can follow us and catch up on our news. I have to say that the website will be more up to date, thanks to the magnificent efforts of our chair lady Margaret supported by Barbara our vice chair.
Can`t believe it`s February already! Our tidy Tuesdays will be starting up in earnest from March, although they have been `ticking over` quite nicely over the last few months even though some have been social gatherings to keep everyone in touch.
Our `Friends` are growing and it`s lovely that we have so much support in the local community, please download our Friends form if you would like to give your support.
Our monthly meetings started in January, and will be the last Thursday of the month through to October at the leisure centre.
Our next fund raising event will be on Saturday 25th February when we are holding a coffee morning at Pudsey House, please come and support us if you can.

In the meantime, Happy Gardening to you all, more news to follow, and please check out our brand new website for lots of lovely photos, updates and news. http://www.pudseyinbloom.co.uk

Bye for Now!

What possesses people.......!!

To destroy something that people have worked so hard to provide. Our lovely Christmas tree has apparently had the lights cut over the weekend.
This sort of thing makes me so angry as it does many of the Pudsey folk judging by face book reaction, I only hope someone knows who did it , they will be named and shamed.

Become a `Friend of Pudsey In Bloom`

Thanks to word being spread through our face book page and talking with people at the Christmas Fair on Friday, we have lots of interested people who would like to become one of our friends. For just £5 a year you can become a friend and support our work.

Here is a link to the form we ask people to  fill in, so please spread the word and support us if you can:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/10cJZVVgLlTs82hp432fNiCMMI2lpxFDzLfjFyp_wIyE/edit?usp=sharing

And if you are a business and would like to sponsor us whilst at the same time getting yourself some advertising, then here is a link to our sponsorship form:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NzHgf2g70UDdWIBTrfgzRbNwn0EiVosSHbtjih1LGEA/edit?usp=sharing

Many Thanks!

Lights Twinkling!

Here`s the tree with lights twinkling ready for a great Pudsey Christmas :-) Thanks again to Farmac.

Farmac to the rescue!

It looked like Pudsey would be without a Christmas tree this year, so we would like to express a BIG thank you to Farmac who not only provided us with a tree but with lights too!

Still lots of colour.

Photos taken of the Lowtown beds on November 1st are showing a lovely display of colour, and with all the mild weather we still have fuschias in flower there too.

New Sponsor on board plus new look planting in the tubs

Thank you to Jayne at Patisserie Fresto and her dad for their support, money donated towards our projects and sponsorship of a trough, much appreciated!

We also have some new look Autumn planting going on in our flower tubs, they are looking lovely and seasonal. Thanks Lynda!

Community Talks

We had a lovely time a couple of weeks ago giving a talk to Pudsey Parish Church Mother`s Union about our group. We met some lovely ladies and made quite a few new `friends`. Everyone was very supportive and it was a lovely afternoon. We have now given two talks to local groups and have received requests to do more. It`s such a good way to meet local people and tell them about our work.

We have some new sponsors on board.

Many thanks to the following new sponsors for supporting the group, we hope you benefit from the advertising as much as we will from your contribution.

Prepare for summer colour!

There has been lots of group activity over the past couple of weeks preparing for lots of summer colour. It`s that time of the year again- out with the old and in with the new, old plants being recycled to make way for summer bedding. The troughs are being replanted with a mixture of Begonia, petunia, lobelia, tagetes, marguerite and asters.

 

 

The newly acquired bowser will also be put into full use over the summer months, who needs the gym with this work-out. Group members will be on a rota so everyone gets a turn!

 



Beautiful Spring Colour

Before spring beauty leaves us for another year, let`s remember the colourful display the tulips give everyone at Sparrow Park:

Wildflower beds.

In conjunction with LCC Parks Dept. we have sown a wildflower area in the park. The ground was prepared and children from Southroyd school helped to sow the seed. Fingers crossed we will have a lovely swathe of colour in a couple of months.

Yorkshire In Bloom Judging

Our Spring Judging for the YIB competition took place on Tuesday 5th April, here are a few pictures from before the date, all hands on deck, although a decent job seemed to have been done by `Locality` of LCC, and also thank to The Pudsey Litter Pick Party.
 All seemed to go well, and we will be visited again in July for summer judging. The final results will not be known until  September, we will keep you posted. Thank you to everyone who helped us along the way.

Read about us in the Squeaker

We have a lovely article printed about us in this months Squeaker, find it in Squeaker 40 on page 33:
http://www.flipsnack.com/edition/squeaker-40.html‏