EL Magazine JAN-FEB 2019

Community & Garden
Stony in Bloom
Calcutta Brasserie Fundraiser
The fundraiser was a huge success - with mouthwateringly
delicious food and an evening enjoyed by
everyone who attended. The massive sum of £953 was
raised for SSIB funds and will help to keep the town
looking beautiful. Jean Morley and friends from Mill
apartments donated basket-loads of presents for the
raffle and Jill Pyburn from Back to the Fuchsia donated
a stunningly beautiful bouquet.
Summer to winter
SSIB volunteers and the SSBA combined forces in
the summer to winter changeover of the planters
and taking down the baskets. Perennials from the
York House Community Bed were replanted in the
winter planters along with bright and cheerful annual
pansies.
There was a great pick up and take away table in the
High Street for the geraniums that were still blooming
- having been taken out of the planters and baskets.
St Mary and St Giles School
This year pupils took part in the RHS Big Soup Share
where pupils helped by SSIB volunteers and TAs
made pumpkin soup from the vegetables they'd
grown. Staff and parents, even a few pupils, tasted the
delicious soup at an Open Day!
Jean Barrington
Jean Barrington made a large donation in memory
of her husband and a new bed is planned for the
Ousebank / Calverton corner in his memory.
Greetings Cards
Once again SSIB sold beautiful Stony in Bloom
greetings cards on the Switch-on table along with the
SSBA calendars to help raise more funds.
Wolverton and Greenleys in Bloom
Wolverton &
Greenley’s in Bloom
were awarded
Gold in the Urban
Community
Category in the 2017
Regional Britain in
Bloom Competition. In 2018 they were invited to
represent the Thames and Chilterns Region in that
category in the National Finals of the Competition.
To their delight they learnt at the National Finals
Awards Ceremony in Belfast last November that they
had been awarded a Silver Gilt overall and a Gold for
the ‘Community’ section of the competition.
The National Judges hailed the Urb Farm, the
Secret Garden and the Community Orchard as the
jewels in Wolverton’s crown – and they were also
impressed by the Flood Plain forest. Hilary Saunders,
Lynda Hammond and Jane Nunn are the core team
members, but the Secret Garden, Urb Farm and
Community Orchard volunteers are huge contributors
to the success as well. Others look after the logroll
planters and over a hundred households display
colourful doorstep planters.
At their victory celebration the Mayor of Wolverton
praised all who were involved for the transformation
of the town. Ted Smith, Chair of Thames and Chilterns
in Bloom; Norman Parker, a Regional BIB judge and
Judy Deveson volunteer BIB Ambassador for the
Thames and Chilterns Region and echoed these
sentiments.
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