Heywood in Bloom

Heywood in Bloom have looked after the BT garden site for 10 years and this year we had plans to develop it further. Prior to starting we did the right thing and contacted BT who own the site to ensure they were happy with our plans. Sadly this has had completely the opposite result and their response to us is below ‘Unfortunately, due to the size of its operational estate (with c.5,500 exchanges) BT is unable to consider requests by third parties to carry out activities such

It’s been a busy few weeks on the community allotment for our volunteers and the Link-Ability green team. They have started vegetable and flower seeds in the greenhouse and have taken some seeds home to tend and grow on their windowsills. Work has also started on clearing the beds for planting later and cutting back the wild areas ready for fresh growth. It’s heartwarming to see so many people actively involved in the allotment. Everyone really enjoys these sessions and Link

We had our first committee meeting of 2026 last night. It was good to welcome our new 3 committee members, they will be valuable assets to us. We have lots of good things to look forward to and have all sorts of plans for the year ahead and will be keeping you all updated as these plans develop Hopefully the weather will start being a bit kinder and you will soon be seeing us out and about doing our bit to keep Heywood Blooming. We have been successful with several financial

The judging may be over, the awards have been made but your HIB team are still working hard to ensure we will have some beautiful flowers to enjoy around the town early next year. Over the last week we have planted 1500 mixed bulbs. Some have gone into the saddle back planters at the library and the church along with some winter bedding plants. Also bulbs and winter bedding have gone into the planters outside the charity shop. Today there was a big push at BT gardens with lot

A busy and fun filled day at the allotment today when 3 Linkability service users, Caroline, Cath and Hannah with Rebecca their support worker and John their horticulture ambassador spent the day building new compost pens, generally tidying up, emptying the saddle back planter inserts and replanting them with some winter bedding. You can tell from all the smiling faces how much they enjoyed themselves. The pallets for the compost pens were donated by our friends at Corcoran C

Day 2 at the North West in Bloom awards, today was the In Bloom awards. These are generally collaborative efforts between In Bloom groups, Friends of groups and local councils. Heywoods awards are Friends of Queens Park - Large Park Category - Gold Hopwood Park - Small Park Category -Silver Gilt Heywood Town Centre - Town Centre Category - Gold Heywood Town - Large Town Category - Gold Our partners at Heywood Distribution Park also received a Gold Award in the Large Industri

Day 1 at the North West in Bloom awards, today was all about the It’s Your Neighbourhood entries. Heywood in Bloom had 2 entries and the awards are: BT gardens - Level 3 Advancing Heywood Community Allotment - Level 4 Thriving Two of our partners also had entries and their awards are: Cherwell Wellbeing Hub - Level 5 Outstanding - they were unable to attend so we accepted the award on their behalf Heywood Secret Garden - Level 4 Thriving - this is their first year entering s

Today 4 of us spent an hour in the sunshine at the picture frame tidying up the bed around the frame and planting some more perennial plants ready for next year.

We had a good AGM on Tuesday 21st October with three more people happy to be voted on to our committee, we are very pleased to have them on board.

Picking our bumper crop of apples is definitely easier thanks to the donation of a long handled fruit picker from Kevin at Mayflower...

This year the trees on our community allotment have had substantial crops of fruit on them. The poor pear tree was toppling from the...

Our team had a fantastic day at the Charities Fete running our tombola, selling some produce from the community allotment, and making new...

Our friends at the Culture Co-op have done a fantastic job setting up a photographic display at the picture frame. Massive thanks to...

Our team were out again today sprucing up the BT Gardens. We will be continuing to care for all our sites over the summer months, and if...

This year our team enjoyed 1940's day as members of the public, but we were so pleased to see all our hard work preparing the planters...

The weather was fantastic again today for our second day of judging, and we visited our In your Neighbourhood Projects at the BT...

Today was the first day of Judging for Heywood in Bloom, and Iain Donaldson, Isla Witherington and Myra Moncaster were joined by...

Our fabulous new banner featuring pages from our Heywood in Bloom Portfolio, and QR Codes linking to our Email Address, Webpage, and...

2025 is the 14th year that Heywood in Bloom have entered North West in Bloom, run by the RHS. Along with our partners we engage in a lot...

Today we were joined by the Wincanton Volunteers to spruce up the allotment, fix the entrance to the site, and ensure we are ready for...