Why/What

Why In Bloom and What we have done so far.

In the Autumn of 2005 the Village Park Residents Association made a decision to try and brighten up our Village area.

With the help of an award of a Community Chest grant from Thornaby Town Council and a donation of 5000 daffodils from Stockton Borough Council Care for Your Area we began planting bulbs around the Village Green and also donated a large quantity to the Village Primary School for pupils to plant in the school grounds.

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In the Spring of 2006 we decided to do a bit more and with the help of SBC Horticultural Services we managed to dig out a new bed and get it planted up in time for the NIB judges tour of Thornaby in July.

Once again in the Autumn of 2006 we managed to get another Community Chest grant fromThornaby Town Council and a massive donation of 10000 spring bulbs from Stockton Borough Council.This was also supplemented with 250 Primula plants from Horticultural Services.

See our picture archives from 2005/6, Spring 2007 ,Summer 2007

In 2007 we once again planted bulbs around the area, another 10,000 crocus and daffodils planted and summer bedding was also planted around the area.

In 2008 we once again planted another 10000 spring bulbs and increased the summer bedding. This paid off and won us an award from Northumbria in Bloom

In 2009 we once again planted another 10000 spring bulbs and increased the summer bedding once more.

Watch out for our Green Thumb awards for the best gardeners in the Village area.


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