Grimsby In Bloom 2010 campaign starts
GET your rakes ready and your garden hoes handy – Grimsby In Bloom is back!
The 2010 campaign is already hotting up and its green-fingered organisers are hoping to make this one bigger and better than the last.
Following on from the town's gold success in last year's East Midlands In Bloom contest, the judging route and details of this year's competitions will be revealed at an invitation-only campaign launch at the Grimsby Town Hall, on January 26.
Chairman of the committee Ernie Brown said: "All of the people who have given us money in the past are invited to enjoy the spectacle and hopefully when they see what we have planned for 2010 some of them may feel they would like to give us some money again.
"If anyone took part last year we want to hear from them, or if people discover they are on the judging route they can do small things like put out hanging baskets.
"Churches, businesses and youth clubs lining the route can get involved too."
To find out more about this year's competition – and how you can get involved – pick up today's Grimsby Telegraph.
You can also find out all the latest on both the Grimsby and Cleethorpes In Bloom teams by logging on to www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/inbloom.
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by paul, gy
Wednesday, January 06 2010, 7:02PM
“lending council workers to voluntary groups during working hours on pay surely as got to be illegal under the working rules legislation. voluntary meens for no renumeration which is not the case as they are receiving a wage and not just expenses”
by JACQUIE, Caistor
Wednesday, January 06 2010, 6:46PM
“When the East Midlands in Bloom regional judges visited Great Grimsby last summer and awarded us the Gold and 1st place in our category, we took them through the East Marsh, West Marsh, South and Park Wards....not all the most affluent areas of town, but there were places of significant interest in these wards to show the judges and I believe are all part of the 'real Grimsby'.
We are not being judged on architecture, but on community participation, environmental responsibility and horticultural achievement.
In July 2010, it is our intention to try to get some of the other wards involved as we don't want to leave anywhere out. The other wards we are hoping to include are Nunsthorpe, Yarborough and Freshney.
We are proud of all parts of Grimsby and would not be ashamed to take the judges anywhere...the community participation in Great Grimsby is fantastic...it's just a shame we only have 3 hours to show the judges round Grimsby as we will inevitably have to leave somewhere out.
So much going on....and so little time!”
by x, Gy
Wednesday, January 06 2010, 6:17PM
“Mr Bojangles. Firstly, it is not a council thing, whilst they support it with the assistance of council gardeners, they do not run it. Secondly, 2009 was only the first year that Grimsby In Bloom ran. Thirdly, yes it's you, I happen to think, as a resident, it raises the aspirations of the area and is a positive thing. Yes, jobs are important, but perhaps it is keeping some people, such as council gardeners in work!”
by paul, gy estate dweller that wont be on the route
Wednesday, January 06 2010, 6:05PM
“typical of this town hide all the mess and just have a hand picked route that will probably be the most affluent areas within the borough, god forbid that they the judges have to see the real grimsby that we have to live in. I reckon that is a bit of discrimination towards the poorer parts of the town”
by mr bojangles, cleethorpes
Wednesday, January 06 2010, 5:49PM
“im i the only one that thinks this grimsby in bloom thing is the most boring and dullest story its been going for years,please can this paper recruit some journalists and give us some new news instead of this council drivel.”