Great day at the Carnival!

What a lovely sunny day for the carnival, and a great success for the group too. There was lots of interest in our plant stall and we managed to raise just over £170. We will also get our share of the money collected in the parade once it has been counted.
It`s great that we now also have our display boards as they allow us to share our news about our projects with everyone. We also managed to recruit a new member!

Lynda also made some fantastic flower displays for the stage and a beautiful bouquet and posies for the carnival queen and attendants, which sadly were not given out until after the parade, so any photos you see of the parade will show the girls with rather tired artificial posies...what a shame !

 

 

 

Here are a few pictures from the day:

 

Joining in with the fun of `tour de France`

We are planning a `tour de France` themed flower bed, using one of the library beds. We are in the process of revamping both of these beds but thought we would have a bit of fun with a seasonal project. We have put a request out on face book for an unwanted bicycle, any condition, preferably not working, this will form the main focus of the project. Keep checking for updates, but here`s what we are starting with:

NEWS UPDATES.

I have added a section to the left of the blog entitled NEWS UPDATES. Please will all group members check this weekly as I will keep it updated with the latest news on what will happen on Tidy Tuesdays and any other planned meetings.



Lovely Spring photos

Sparrow Park is looking great at the moment, with plenty of colour provided by the tulips:

 

 

 

Update on Gerty`s seat.

Our project is now complete with the addition of a smart plaque on the seat, the group have named this `Gerty`s seat` in recognition of all the hard work this lady gives to Pudsey House, people are already enjoying sitting here in the sunshine.

Yorkshire In Bloom-Spring Judging

Spent a couple of hours this afternoon showing Yorkshire In Bloom assessors around Pudsey and letting them see our projects and displays. Thanks to everyone who helped along the way. Not the best weather we have had especially with the very heavy downpour, but all in all an interesting afternoon. Let`s hope we have impressed!!

Display boards to show off our work.

The group have now purchased some fold away display boards that we can use at various events to show case our work and let the wider community see what we get up to. We used these for the first time on Saturday 29th March at the Pudsey Allotment spring flower show and had a lot of interest and encouraging entries in our comments book. The boards fold away and are relatively easy to transport, we will be using them again to display our work to the Yorkshire in Bloom judges when they visit on the 7th April and then again when we have our plant sale on the 17th May at the Pudsey Carnival: