Continue reading »]]> On Tuesday 8th November, Moseley in Bloom held its annual awards night at The Cross in Moseley. These awards are made to the people and establishments that have shown particular support for Moseley in Bloom throughout the season – helping them to win Gold. It is also an opportunity for Moseley in Bloom to celebrate their achievements with local residents and businesses.

Since the introduction of the awards, a certain element of competition has grown up within the community and the awards are usually prominently displayed for customers and clients to see.

The judging for the awards were unannounced so there can be no special preparation. The judges this year were James Brain of Oulsnam’s Estate Agents, Mike Currie of Birmingham Parks and Nurseries, Nikki Carr, Town Centre Manager for Moseley and Kings Heath and Alison Millward from Reddings Road Residents’ Association.

Adam Styler, Deputy Chair of Moseley in Bloom said “This is a great opportunity for us to say thank you to our community for the support they have shown us – whether it be volunteering in the many projects undertaken or ensuring that they do their bit to make Moseley a pleasant and vibrant place to live, work and socialise. The support and well wishes received from everyone are very encouraging for our volunteer group. Well done to all who have taken part in 2011.”

And the winners are…

Continue reading »]]> This year, the Moseley in Bloom Awards evening was held at the Cross Café bar on 9th November. The night was hosted by non other than Craig Donovan.

The awards give public recognition to some of the people and businesses that are a credit to the community. The original concept was to encourage everybody to take part in improving the local environment and to make the village look as attractive as possible.

This year the judges were Tim Oakes of Birmingham Parks & Nurseries, Tony Thapar of the Moseley Community Development Trust and James Llewellyn of Chamberlains Estate Agency who toured Moseley in August to mark various properties on their horticultural display and tidiness of their premises.

This year sees an extra category called Most Evergreen Elders—an award to recognise those in residential homes. Once again our thanks go out to Samantha McEwan who kindly created the new trophy for this award.

The night was enjoyable and fun and we must say a huge thank you to Earlswood Nursuries who donated raffle prizes of £100 in Landscaping vouchers and two prizes of £50 bedding plant vouchers.

We are happy to announce that the winners for 2010 are:

Continue reading »]]> We have a volunteer vacancy available for anyone interested in trees! Our “Trees Please” programme was formed as a direct result of the tornado that decimated Moseley back in July 2005 and looks to replace the many trees that were destroyed and add some more.

During the past 5 years, we have planted 157 trees on the streets of Moseley which has been recognised both locally and nationally.

The programme involves working with councillors and the Birmingham City Parks and Nurseries suggesting which trees should be planted and where on the streets on Moseley. The project also looks to encourage local residents to plant trees in their front garden as part of the front gardens campaign.

The role itself  is flexible and will be left to you to organise, feeding back to the monthly Moseley in Bloom committee – giving you considerable freedom  on how you think it should be run. The objective however is simple! To ensure that we continue the programme of planting street trees in areas where it is needed and to devise a way in which to encourage local residents to plant trees in their front gardens.

If you want to be part of the winning team and you’re up for the challenge, contact us!