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Wildflowers for the streamside
With the support for the Bowland Meadows project, we have been able to plant out wildflowers into the stream side habitat at St Mary's Community Garden. Volunteers carefully cleared the ground and put in the small flowering plants. The aim is to increase the diversity of species in this part of the garden, and help local grassland species to grow and thrive.
March Coffee morning
On a sunny Saturday in March, we held our first Coffee Morning of the year at Chipping Village Hall. Around 75 people joined us for drinks and cake, to buy Mother's Day floral arrangements and from our well-stocked plant stall, and to take part in our ever-popular raffle. We are always stunned by the warmth and generosity of the people of Chipping. The money raised will go towards the cost of floral displays, new planting containers for the village, new water butts, and shrubs to fill in gaps around our bus stop beds on the Village Green. A huge thank you to everyone who came along!
This year we also welcomed a local knife sharpener, who was able to repair, sharpen and spruce up garden tools for local people (and for Chipping in Bloom).
Winter tasks at St Mary's Community Wildlife Garden
It may be January, but Chipping in Bloom volunteers have been hard at work sprucing up the Wildlife Garden. The bug hotel needed a bit of renovation, and now has new clay pipes and hollow canes for the mini beasts to shelter in. We also took the opportunity of our trees being dormant to carry out some pruning to remove dead and diseased wood and to bring light into canopies where the branches were dense.
