Otley’s participation in Yorkshire in Bloom
For many years we have taken part in the Town category of the Yorkshire in Bloom competition, and won a Silver Gilt award in the most recent one (2019). Otley’s growth has made this harder to achieve so in 2019 we decided to focus our support on the commercial centre of town for the “in Bloom” aspects, while continuing to develop the larger Otley area as before. The arrival of Covid put this plan on hold and we now focus of planting rather than form filling.
The town’s involvement in the competition began when Otley Town Council worked with Otley Chamber of Trade to install hanging baskets on some of the lamp posts in the town centre. Otley in Bloom was formed soon after. While we have, for many years, managed the paperwork side of that exercise, in 2020 we handed that responsibility over to the BID for the Yorkshire in Bloom competition.
The town benefits from improved services such as street cleaning, graffiti removal and high quality floral displays that make the environment more attractive for residents, businesses, tourists and other visitors.
For more information about Yorkshire in Bloom, visit their website.
Otley in Bloom 