That time of year again.

On Sunday we started the annual replanting of all the planters for autumn through to spring displays. Planters were emptied, compost topped up and bone meal added. Some of the small shrubs had died off so they were replaced with mini skimmia, heather, ivies and hebes. Then they were all planted up with bellis, pansies and violas, along with the colourful bulbs that are still in the planters we are looking forward once again to some colourful displays. The project at the leisure centre is still on hold for the moment, but hopefully we will get the go ahead to do some planting before colder weather sets in.

Progress to date....

We have been busy working on our new project to develop a planting area behind the leisure centre in the car park....here is the story so far in pictures...

Quite a project to tackle!



Time to consult the plans!




 

Paving slabs expertly laid.

 



Thanks to Farmac for supplying materials at a reasonable cost and delivering.



New raised beds...will soon be ready to plant up.





 

A Splash of late Summer colour....

In the Rotary bed - car park on Robin Lane, and it`s looking good.

It`s a SILVER GILT!!

Fantastic news, this year Pudsey has been awarded Silver Gilt in the Yorkshire In Bloom competition, and that`s despite having to forfeit the spring judging when the town centre looked spectacular this year.
Follow this link to read more and see how others faired.
http://www.yorkshireinbloom.co.uk

France In Bloom.

On a recent visit to Northern France, I took these photos of flower displays in some of their small towns, very pretty!



French version of Maureen`s coffins!

French version of Pudsey Town Hall!

Judge for yourself!

I took these pictures last weekend as the flower troughs on the railings in the town centre have been quite spectacular this summer, but what a shame we have had to remove a number of these due to highways insistence that they are a hazard to pedestrians, they have been relocated to other areas of the town centre, but leaves this area looking very bare and unattractive don`t you think?

 

I am sure Pudsey folk would prefer to see this!

We have made a start!

We are happy to report that we have been successful with our application for Green Leeds Funding,this has allowed us to start work on developing a small garden in the Leisure centre car park:

Many thanks to Jean and Maureen for taking the time to submit the application, and to Lynda who has prepared a design for the garden, and to all others who have helped to get the project underway.

Already the area we are working on is showing signs of improvement, it may not look much at the moment but lots of hard work has gone into starting to clear the area. I will keep the blog updated with photos and dates just in case anyone out there is able to lend a hand :-)