Hopwood & Heywood July 2022

HEYWOOD IN BLOOM
Heywood Town is
Looking Blooming Lovely
The team at Heywood in Bloom have been busy planting up
in several areas around town ready for this year’s judging.
The allotment is flourishing and lots of vegetables are growing
well. The team who run the allotment have grown everything from
seed and sold lots of seedlings to the public. There has been lots of
repairing and replacing of fences and new beds created along with
a large newly built bug house. Our young helpers from Harwood
Park Primary School have been coming into the allotment each
week and are thoroughly enjoying their growing experience.
We now have our dates for the judging which will be split over
two days 11th /12th July. This year’s judges will be John Shepley
and Anne Gunning, we look forward to taking them on a tour of
Heywood. The library now has saddle baskets as well as the flower
tubs these are planted and the area in front fully weeded. The
library has made a donation by placing a box on their counter.
The boat has had a freshen up with a coat of paint and the summer
bedding is now in place. Our garden in front of the BT building has
been home to our Queens Jubilee banner, the summer bedding is
also in place there. The grassed area has been mowed and edged.
St Lukes Church will be making a first entry this year and we wish
them well. Work is ongoing at the picture frame which will see a
fresh coat of paint and some new summer bedding plants.
The hanging baskets and troughs will soon be in place
these are going to add to our splash of colour across the
town centre. We rely on donations in order to pay for these
planters, baskets, hanging baskets and bedding plants. This
year we have been supported with a generous donation from
Chris Vines at The Face Clinic on Hornby St, Edith & Jim and
Heywood Library. These donations are very kind and we
couldn’t do as much as we do without them.
If you’re passing and you see us at work, we’re always
happy to chat and if you would like to join in you
wouldbe most welcome.
Ellen Wintle-Yates
Chair Heywood in Bloom
GARDENING
TIPS FOR JULY
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1. Deadhead bedding plants and
repeat flowering perennials.
2. Check clematis for signs of
clematis wilt.
3. Pick courgettes before they
become marrows.
4. Treat apple scab.
5. Clear algae and blanket weeds
from garden ponds.
6. Give the lawn a quick acting
summer feed.
7. Water tubs and new plants from
your rainwater buts.