Project – Page 11 – Otley in Bloom

Spring flowers

Jacquie’s tidied up the flowerbed by the Chippendale statue and there are some hellebores and other spring plants flowering there.

November tasks

On 1st November we had two tasks to do.

Some of us worked at Bremner Street doing some pruning, including cutting back an oversized prickly shrub that was growing out over the pavement.

Others started on a new project, helping to improve the garden at the front of the Fire Station beside Sainsburys. They planted up a tub of Fiery plants (I think the names are fiery, not the actual plants), and removed loads of elder and brambles from the rose garden. More is planned – watch this space.

Recycling plants at the allotment

This week a few volunteers did some work at the Otley in Bloom allotment. Here’s what they said about it:

Had a good morning in the wind at the allotment – much tidier, weed free and things potted up. Nice cup of coffee at waitrose after to reward ourselves.

A few of us tidied up the allotment this morning, weeded, planted up spare barrier plants etc. There are primulas, heuchera, grasses, small trees, shrubs, geraniums and many more, they are there for recycling, using around town when we need replacements. Thanks to Edie, Evelyn, Leonie and Jacquie for helping and sharing a nice social afterwards at Waitrose.

Pruning at Bremner Street

Several Otley in Bloom members recently did some pruning and tidying and a bit of planting at Bremner Street. We had a good turnout for this taskforce including 2 new volunteers. We cut back the overgrown shrubs and took away several very large bags of prunings and litter.

Snowdrops! Thank you everyone who helped

Thank you to all the many people, including a group of Beaver Scouts, children from The Whartons, and many others, who came to help us plant thousands of snowdrops in many places around Otley last weekend, including in the Town Centre, behind the Library, opposite The Junction, in our new garden at Craven Street, at the corner of Bremner Street and many other places too numerous to name. More planting is continuing until the end of the month. We should with any luck see our snowdrops beginning to flower next February – look out for them!

Pupils from The Whartons helping to plant snowdrops

Now we’ve had time to add it up, we think that 100 to 150 people helped us plant snowdrops – a Big Thank You to everyone who helped.