Monday 2 March 2009
The People's Gardener
I appeared on The Alan Titchmarsh Show in the heats of The People's Gardener, it is available on ITV Player for the next month: http://www.itv.com/ITVPlayer/Video/default.html?ViewType=5&Filter=36850 It was about 17 minutes in to the programme.
Thursday 19 February 2009
Monday 2 February 2009
article
An article about the Community And City Pride award is on the Pudsey Today site.
http://www.pudseytoday.co.uk/news/Pudsey-community-groups-enjoy-City.4936467.jp
http://www.pudseytoday.co.uk/news/Pudsey-community-groups-enjoy-City.4936467.jp
Friday 30 January 2009
Community and City Pride Awards
We received the runner up prize in the Community And City Pride Awards for the seating area on Lowtown. The awards are run by Leeds City Council to recognise projects that make the city cleaner and greener. The ceremony was at Leeds Civic Hall and prizes were handed out by Look North weatherman Paul Hudson.
We were in the Green Space Creation category; first prize went to Bruntcliffe school.
Sunday 30 November 2008
Planting the library beds
The beds by the library were finally filled with soil last week so today we were able to plant them up. We used columnar yew, 2 types of winter-flowering shrub, ferns, grasses, other perennials and daffodils.
It was difficult area to plant because the beds have not much soil, lots of rubble, poor drainage and it is also in shade. But we managed to choose some tough, evergreen plants with foliage in different colours and shapes and flowers at various times of the year. There are some scented plants too. There is a vibrant purple, bronze, orange, yellow and white colour scheme.
Plants used:
trees:
taxus baccata fastigiata (columnar yew)
shrubs:
viburnum tinus
sarcococca confusa
grasses:
carex 'Coppertop'
carex 'Evergold'
luzula nivea
ferns:
polystichum polyblepharum 'Jade'
polystichum munitum
polypodium vulgare
perennials:
dianella 'Tas Red'
geum 'Cooky'
heuchera 'Crimson Curls'
heuchera 'Melting Fire'
heuchera 'Frosted Violet'
digitalis parviflora 'Milk Chocolate'
It was difficult area to plant because the beds have not much soil, lots of rubble, poor drainage and it is also in shade. But we managed to choose some tough, evergreen plants with foliage in different colours and shapes and flowers at various times of the year. There are some scented plants too. There is a vibrant purple, bronze, orange, yellow and white colour scheme.
Plants used:
trees:
taxus baccata fastigiata (columnar yew)
shrubs:
viburnum tinus
sarcococca confusa
grasses:
carex 'Coppertop'
carex 'Evergold'
luzula nivea
ferns:
polystichum polyblepharum 'Jade'
polystichum munitum
polypodium vulgare
perennials:
dianella 'Tas Red'
geum 'Cooky'
heuchera 'Crimson Curls'
heuchera 'Melting Fire'
heuchera 'Frosted Violet'
digitalis parviflora 'Milk Chocolate'
Friday 28 November 2008
Lowtown Beds
We have made the shortlist in the Community And City Pride Awards for the seating area we planted up on Lowtown.
We have also been invited to the presentation for the Community Cash Giveaway.
We have also been invited to the presentation for the Community Cash Giveaway.
Tuesday 25 November 2008
Plants for the beds by the library
We have all the plants now. We've gone for a variety of plants, all of them evergreen, so the area will look interesting all year round. We even got some of the grasses free from Hampson's garden centre, the luzula nivea. We'll also be using the plants from in front of the leisure centre in this area because the beds they are currently in will be removed in winter or spring.
We still need to find a new spot for the sun-loving plants that are currently in the beds around the car park.
We still need to find a new spot for the sun-loving plants that are currently in the beds around the car park.
Wednesday 19 November 2008
Sunday 9 November 2008
Bulb planting
Today the group planted bulbs all around Pudsey. Lots of new volunteers turned up to help. Daffodils were planted in the grass by Church Lane and near the petrol station on Lowtown, as well as in containers.
The 12 barrier troughs at the traffic lights, having been emptied of summer bedding a few weeks ago, were planted with pansies and primulas for winter and spring, as well as some more bulbs such as miniature tulips, narcissus 'Tete a Tete' and crocus.
planting bulbs in the containers near the market
The 12 barrier troughs at the traffic lights, having been emptied of summer bedding a few weeks ago, were planted with pansies and primulas for winter and spring, as well as some more bulbs such as miniature tulips, narcissus 'Tete a Tete' and crocus.
planting bulbs in the containers near the market
Monday 3 November 2008
Pudsey In Bloom added to Pudsey Today community directory
The group and a link to this blog has been added to the Pudsey Today community directory in the environment and wildlife category - http://www.pudseytoday.co.uk/communitydirectory/Environmment-amp-Wildlife.3997726.jp
This should be a great way to let more people know about us and hopefully find new volunteers.
This should be a great way to let more people know about us and hopefully find new volunteers.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)