After a two year break, on Thursday 21st July we welcomed In Bloom judges; Tracey and Julie to St Anne’s – in what was a brilliant but tiring day! Fiona Boismason (Chair) and Ian Roberts (Deputy Chair) led the judges around town from 9.30am to 4.30pm, introducing them to many impressive local people, who do … More In Bloom judging: 21st July 2022
St Anne’s District Club has been a fixture on Clifton. Drive since it was founded in 1887. How many of us drive or walk past regularly and barely notice it is there? Behind the building however is the hidden gem of a beautiful bowling green. The gardens surrounding the bowling green are cared for by … More A Hidden Gem
This innovative private garden in the heart of St Annes certainly has plenty going on. Stephanie has used her imagination and made a garden from recycled items. The raised beds are a mix of wooden ones (made by a friend), old filing cabinets and a variety of household items. Most of the items have either … More A sustainable edible garden…….
St Anne’s in Bloom volunteers have been busy trying to get our plants ready for summer to bring some colour to town. Fortunately we have been able to grow on lots of our own plants either from seed or cuttings at our allotment. Deliveries of bedding plants has been delayed by logistics problems so we … More Spring/Summer 2022
The new RHS criteria for judging the In Bloom Competition has now come through and it looks as if the RHS are definitely moving away from bedding displays with the focus more on sustainability. At St Annes in Bloom we are moving away from “buying in” lots of bedding plants and working more on raising our … More April update
Britain in Bloom judging criteria have changed for 2022 to reflect more sustainable gardening. St Anne’s in Bloom have been busy trying to work more sustainably over the last few years and we will continue to make changes going forward. On our allotment we are able to grow many of our own plants from seed … More New Judging criteria 2022
It’s that time of year again! We are coming out of hibernation and have lots of great plans for the coming year. We have quite a lot of catching up to do after the restrictive last couple of years and will be entering the National In Bloom competition this year Preparation work has already started … More Spring is just around the corner
Well no-one was quite expecting the last year or so to be what it has been! St Annes in Bloom may not have been as visible over that time but we have certainly been busy “behind the scenes” with lots of preparations for the future. We have been fortunate to receive continued support from St … More Update September 2021
In this past year of changes and cancellations we are getting used to things not going to plan. Unfortunately this year’s annual Christmas tree planting event is no different. In the interest of safety it has been decided that the event will not go ahead with volunteers in any capacity due to the risk of … More Fylde Sand Dunes Project update
We have been understandably quiet during 2020 as our volunteers have been unable to work whilst government restrictions limit how we can work together. We have been busy behind the scenes planning for 2021 and hope to be back bigger and brighter than ever soon. We have been busy on our allotment organising the plot … More Winter 2020
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