Category: Project

Craven Street garden

It was a very successful taskforce at Craven Street a couple of weeks ago with a good turnout, especially thanks to the local residents who had responded to Katie and Mike’s note. There were around 15 of us altogether, and it was enjoyable working together and sharing ideas. Some of the local residents took a great interest in the proposed garden, not only did they work hard, but also advised about how to lay a lawn, and took lots of stuff to the tip. With their extra help we were able to dig over the site, clear out weeds and stones, plant some bulbs and scatter grass seed. It was good that it rained that afternoon! Hopefully the grass will germinate soon, if it hasn’t already.

Katie did a great job in providing notices, barriers and coffee and cake. 

We have a bench for the space, and perhaps we can all get together and finish off in the Spring with some wildflower seed along the fence.

Yellow bikes everywhere

We’ve installed yellow bikes with yellow boxes of yellow flowers all over Otley to welcome and celebrate the Tour de France Grand Depart on 5th July. You’ll have seen the finished results so we thought you’d like to see some photos of us setting them up. On 25th May we put them on the roundabouts, before the Summer bedding was planted by the Parks Dept.

And the finished result:

And here’s the one outside HSBC being set up by Ian and Ernie, before Jacquie and Charlotte fixed on the flower basket.

Yellow bikes are beginning to appear in town

We’ve put a few of our Tour de France yellow bikes with flower baskets up in the town centre recently.  The latest one is outside the church, near Beks. (Thank you Beks for giving us lots of yellow paint for the bikes.)

The first one was in place outside the Methodist Church for the Yorkshire in Bloom judges to see when they came on 10th April.  It has now moved to the bike stand near the Conservative club.

We will be putting more in place very soon, see how many you can spot. 

Spring flowers at Bremner Street

Today three Otley in Bloom members made the little garden at the corner of Bremner Street even better by planting a selection of spring flowering plants, mostly spares from our own gardens.  We cleared quite a bit of litter too (again).  It’s even more eye-catching now.  You might spot the flowers on the corner opposite Asda’s car park if you go along Pool Road.