Article about judging

There is an article on the Pudsey Times website about the summer judging and a slideshow of photographs.

http://www.pudseytoday.co.uk/news/Pudsey-in-Bloom-Judges-visit.4333969.jp

Judging

Our summer judging was today and we think it went well! They seemed impressed by Lowtown Primary School and the Crimbles allotments again, and the seating area we planted on Lowtown. They liked our alpines in the barrier troughs too and said we should suggest the idea to the council to save them money.

We will find out how we've done and if we've got a medal in late summer.

After our tour of Pudsey we went back to the library to present the competition winners with their prizes. They loved the cactus gardens.

Ready for judging

The town is looking good and we have planted up the cactus gardens ready to present to the competition winners.

Posters

Today members of the group delivered posters to houses and shops all around Pudsey ready for the judges' visit. The posters were designed by Lowtown Primary School pupils.

The art competition was also judged today. 3 winners have been chosen and they will be presented with their prizes on tuesday.

Seating area on Lowtown

This area is looking really good now; nearly everything is in flower. There were lots of bees buzzing around too.

geum 'Lady Stratheden' and potentilla 'Miss Wilmott'

penstemon 'Rondo' and knautia 'Melton pastels'

penstemon 'Husker red' and mixed plants, including knautia and heuchera flowers.

Barrels

We have placed some barrels by the car park next to St Lawrence's Church.

The area, and several other parts of Pudsey, have also been weeded.

Meeting

Today we discussed preparations for judging.

Hanging baskets

The hanging baskets we ordered from the council have finally been put up on the Town Hall and the leisure centre. The ones on the Town Hall are mostly white and purple; the others are a bit more garish.

Greenside Primary School

Members of the group were invited to Greenside Primary School for the unveiling of their new mural of Pudsey Park the pupils have painted.

Mulching

Members of the group have mulched the beds in front of the leisure centre with bark chippings. We got the bark chippings for free.

An article appeared on the Pudsey Times website about our art competition for children today too. http://www.pudseytoday.co.uk/news/Pudsey-in-Bloom-unleashes-its.4183301.jp