Loughborough in Bloom

Green-fingered residents can pick up top tips and share their work and ideas on a new community website designed to help the 2011 Loughborough In Bloom bid.

The new site is packed with hints and tips, articles and links to help residents splash colour throughout the town ahead of next year's In Bloom competition.

Not only can residents share ideas, hints and tips on grooming the perfect gardens, but they will also be able to upload video and photographs of their own projects as they take shape.

Rob Cockburn, Charnwood Borough Council’s Loughborough In Bloom co-ordinator, said: "This is the Loughborough in Bloom Partnership's latest innovation.

“Not only does it help the partnership broadcast the Bloom message far and wide, it provides the community with a portal to share ideas, make new friends and to document their projects online.

“The site is already generating lots of interest and will undoubtedly strengthen Loughborough's bid to win Gold in next year's competition".

Last year the town scooped a prestigious Royal Horticultural Society Silver Gilt Medal and the E T Randal's Least Littered Environment Award for the cleanest City, Town or village in the East Midlands.

Preparations for next year’s competition are well advanced with community and business support increasing dramatically. Success breeds success and the Bloom Board believes that the town is in a strong position in our quest to win the top prize.

Check out the site at: http://loughboroughinbloom.wordpress.com/

To find out more about getting involved in Loughborough In Bloom, contact Rob Cockburn on 01509 632533.