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…

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Fantastic news – Moseley wins Gold in the regional Heart of England in Bloom Awards and announced as Category Winners! A big well done to everyone who supported Moseley in Bloom this year – this is the fifth consecutive year we have won Gold and the 4th year we have been category winners (3rd time consecutively)! That is no mean feat.

Moseley in Bloom also scooped up a fantastic Silver award at the Britain in Bloom celebrations in St Andrews. The competition was stiff but this is great testament to the volunteers and local businesses in Moseley.

Jan Miller, who has chaired Moseley in Bloom for the past three year was given an RHS Britain in Bloom Community Champion Award.  The RHS quoted:

 “Jan is a key player in the Moseley in Bloom group. She has left no stone unturned in order to brighten up many pockets of land which were previously neglected. She has the drive to encourage people to go the extra mile in order to achieve the desired outcome. Jan operates in a very professional manner and brings all of her many skills to the table in order to further Moseley in Bloom. The Judges are therefore delighted to recognise Jan with the Community Champion Award.”

We are very proud of her achievement and would like to thank her for all her work for Moseley in Bloom. Jan has now moved on to pastures new away from Moseley. The team wish her every success in the future.

A big well done also to Kings Heath Floral Trail who also won gold this year and go through to represent the region in 2012 for the National Britain in Bloom Awards. Moseley in Bloom will be looking at ways to support their counterparts for that national competition.

Balsall Heath also did acheived well and wond a Silver Gilt award!

Well done all!

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Yes the time has come where we will shortly be judged – on two separate occasions!

The first is for the Regional Heart of England in Bloom campaign which takes place on Tuesday 12^th July (in the afternoon). Fingers are crossed that it won’t rain this time!

The second is for the national judges of the Britain in Bloom campaign which takes place on Friday 5^th August. We represent our region in this highly competitive round – representing the “Urban Communities” category. The judges are notoriously more difficult to impress but we are confident we can do Moseley justice! Can Moseley achieve a Gold?

Help us to ensure Moseley shines on both of these days and ensure that your areas are grot free.

We have some volunteering opportunities too to help us achieve our goals and we would love to see you there… We need all the help we can get!

If you can help us any other time – please do let us know.

I hope you can join us on these days. If you know of friends, family or even colleagues that may be interested, please feel free to forward this email on along with my contact details.

Look out for next month’s activities!

Continue reading »]]> Become a Friend of Moseley in Bloom today and help support Moseley in Bloom carry out various projects and activities to enhance the local community – making Moseley a safer and pleasant place to live, meet and do business.

By joining you will receive these great benefits:

• Free Entry for the bearer to the Moseley in Bloom Open Gardens Weekend (show your membership card)
• 10% Discount on purchases made by Earlswood Nurseries
• Latest news and updates  from Moseley in Bloom direct into your inbox

All this for only £20.00 a year!

Once you sign up, you will receive a welcome pack containing your Friend of Moseley in Bloom membership card – enabling you to make the most out of your membership!

So what are you waiting for – don’t delay and become a member today!

Continue reading »]]> Moseley in Bloom have done it once again – for the third year in a row!

That’s right, the awards were announced on Thursday 16th September at an awards ceremony heled at New Vic Theatre in Newcastle under Lyme where it was announced the Moseley in Bloom achievied the only gold in the Urban Community category, and thus also becoming overall category winners.

The judges stated “Once again Moseley in Bloom has put together an outstanding entry into the Bloom campaign. The work and the enthusiasm by the volunteers are to be congratulated and this stands out as you go around Moseley.”

Jan Miller, Chair of Moseley in Bloom said:

“We’re thrilled with our continuing success which is a just reward for all the hard work and commitment put in by so many people from the City, both councillors and officers and our wonderful team of committee and volunteers. We also appreciate all the positive comments and interest we get from the people of Moseley.

We’re delighted that our neighbours, Balsall Heath and Kings Heath have also done well, both achieving silver-gilts – and together we’re beginning to transform the A435.”

The National Britain in Bloom results will be anounced on September 29th at an awards evening being hosted in Birmingham. All fingers are crossed in the hope that Moseley in Bloom can improve upon the Silver Gilt award they received for the first time they qualified for the National competition.

Moseley in Bloom would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone that volunteered and contributed to the various activities that took place over the past year and wordked so hard to make Moseley look so attractive. This award is really a testament to your work!

Moseley in Bloom are already busy looking at the year ahead coming up with ideas and activites for 2011. Keep your eyes peeled to see what will be taking place!

If you would like to volunteer with Moseley in Bloom, visit us on our “Volunteers” page to find out how you can get involved!

Continue reading »]]> Well this is it – it’s our last chance to impress the national judges! Last time we were entered into the National competition (2008), we were awarded silver gilt. Can we notch it up to a Gold award or even category winners? The stakes are even higher this time!

Please see the summary below of upcoming activities throughout the next couple of weeks. Please do come and help – if you work locally – can you persuade your team to help and volunteer?

I hope you can join us on these days. If you know of friends, family or even colleagues that may be interested, please feel free to forward this email on along with my contact details.

Looking forward to seeing you over the next week or so….

Continue reading »]]> Yes – the time is fast approaching us and we have our first judging day for the regional Heart of England in Bloom campaign taking place on Thursday 15th July hotly pursued by being judged by the national Britain in Bloom campaign on Friday 13th August!

Make a Clean Sweep!

Please Ensure that Your Premises are Spick and Span and Litter Free

Watch Out for Weeds and Water Plants and Flowers

The Moseley in Bloom Awards 2010

The Moseley in Bloom awards give public recognition to people and businesses that are A Credit to the Community

Could You Be One of these Winners?

Categories include:

• Star Shop
• Top Take Away
• Rosiest Restaurant
• Most Cultivating Kids
• Most Blooming Boozer
• Most Floral Faith Group
• Most Inspired Institution
• Most Blossoming Business
• Most Flourishing Front Garden

Entrants are judged on their horticultural display and the cleanliness of their forecourts or front gardens.

Standards and presentation will be assessed on the judging day and throughout the summer.

Awards will be presented at the Moseley in Bloom Celebration Evening in the autumn.

Winners will be featured on our web site, in local publicity and are likely to receive press coverage.

To enter, simply print off the entry form below,  fill in the details and return to:

The MIB Awards,c/o The Moseley Exchange, 149 Alcester Road, Moseley B13 8JP

JUDGING ALERT AND MIB AWARDS 2010 ENTRY FORM

Closing date for entires is 31st July.

Continue reading »]]> We are pleased to present you our brand new Four Seasons section on our website which gives you details on this social enterpirse and prices for some of their produce.

Four Seasons is a gardening project where people with learning disabilities grow plants and sell them at their small garden centre. Apart from three paid workers everyone who works at the project is a volunteer. Four Seasons are a Birmingham City Council project linked to Moseley Day Centre.

Moseley in Bloom have been working alongside Four Seasons for a few years now who have helped us to grow and nurture plants for the various projects that we undertake. We can assure you that you will not be dissapointed of their high quality products!

Check out the new Four Seasons section on our website now!

Continue reading »]]> Well it’s been announced. The Moseley in Bloom Awards were held on Wednesday 21st October in The Cross and the businesses, institutions and individuals arrived to partake in the celebrations.

This year saw the introduction of a brand new award - Cultivating Kids – to recognise the contribution of our loocal schools and to encourage even greater community participation.

Below are details of the 2009 winners.

If you are interested in entering the competition for 2010, then watch this space….

2009 Winners

Star Shop:

Moseley Emporium
Fantastic planting at all levels and corners. the planting  makes a super splash of colour.

Special Mention:

Pottery and Peices
Good solid display with good use of hydrangeas.

Top Takeaway

De-Maines

Very smart and tidy with good colourful overall appearence. An extra special well done, as this is the first time this trophy has been awarded.

Rosiest Restaurant:

Kababish

Once again Kababish creates and very colourful impact on the street.

Most Blooming Boozer:

The Prince of Wales
Once again this pub has made a huge effort and has demonstrated a profusion of colour with a variety of planters at all levels and plants flowering for a longer period.

Special Mentions:

The Fighting Cocks

A very colourful impact in the prominent position in the centre of the villiage.

Most Cultivating Kids:

On this occasion three schools have beenawarded the trophy and tey will keep it for one term each.

King David School

The most environmentally friendly.

Moseley Church of England Primary School

The most improved school.

SS John & Monica Catholic Primary School

The most innovative .

Most Floral Faith Group:

St Anne’s

The maturing Peace Garden, the newly designed Labyrinth and the overall tidiness of the churchyard has helped to demonstrate the spirituality of the location. The contribution from the Youth Group was particularly creditable and the mulberry tree was a special hit with the judges.
Special Mention:

St Columba’s

The foral impact of this location, with flowers planted in every available bit of earth, together with the efforts of the young children from Montessori Nursery have shown once again the love and care showered upon it.

Most Inspired Institution:

No overall Winner this year.

Special Mention:

Moseley  & District Churches and Housing Association

Good Efforts have been made to create a colourful frontage to both their own frontage and the ajoinin wall.

Woodbridge Road Police Station
The continued permanent planting projects at the Station makes a very colourful impact in Woodbridge Road.

Most Blossoming Business:

Wheatley Management

Despite being on the first floor, Wheatley’s care for thier window boxes helps create a vibrant colour scheme on St. Mary’s Row.

Most Flourishing Front Garden:

The format of this award has changed this year in order to encourage even more members of the community to become involved. We have expanded beyond the pervious area along the judging route and now include most of Moseley, which we have divided into three sections, North, West and East.

Small teams of Moseley in Bloom Volunteers scoured these three areas to find the most flourishing front gardens. The short listed gardens were then assessed by the local judges who decided upon a winner in each section, plus one overall winner of the Most Flourishing Front Garden Award.

East Moseley

37 Blenheim Road

This front garden demonstrated a very clever use of space with good colour combination in a simple design in keeping with the style of the house.

Special mentions:

5 Cambridge Road

77 Cambridge Road

West Moseley

14 Shutlock Lane

Fantastic traditional gardens, maintained to an exceptionally high standard.

Special Mentions:

5 Mapperley Gardens

20 Reddings Road

North Moseley

2 The Hawthornes

Excellent choice of plants for all year round colours which is restful on the eye. Good and extremely low maintenance community garden.

Special Mentions:

12 Laburnam Grove

102 Park Hill

Overall Winner of the Most Flourishing Front Garden 2009

2 The Hawthornes

Special Achievement Award:

Four Seasons Nursery

The hard work, co-operation and comitment from all their workers, but particularly from Kathy Carter and Pete Haddon, planting and growing on the 900 seeds required for the Meteor Ford site was outstanding.

Continue reading »]]> Well judgement day for Moseley in Bloom is almost upon us – on Tuesday 14th to be precise!  We are now frantically rushing around making sure everything is as it should be ready for when the Judges arrive. And we need your help – whether your are a local business or a resident in the area.

We will be doing one final weekends worth of work for the season this coming weekend (Saturday 11th, Sunday 12th and Monday 13th) to ensure that Moseley is in its most pristine condition.  Please help us keep the streets clean and do your bit. You could even be in the chance to win a Moseley in Bloom Award!  To enter use the form below:

MIB Awards Entry Form

Last year, Moseley won the Silver Gilt award for the National Britain in Bloom campaign, and the Gold award for the regional Heart of England in Bloom campaign for the work volunteers like yourself have put in.

Whilst we are unable to go for Gold in the National awards this year (we can’t enter for two consecutive years), we certainly want to keep hold of the Gold award we currently have for the regional award.

Regardless of what the judges may think; I firmly believe that we all deserve this award for the hard graft that we have all contributed for the community. Without your help and support – none of what we have accomplished could have happened… Just look at what we have done this year:

• The Autumn Bulb Planting – this took place in November in the pay and display car park and gave colour to those visiting Moseley
• The Meteoric Makeover – over two weekend’s worth of work transforming the barren site into stunning oasis that is already turning heads
• The Open Gardens Weekend – the most successful we have put on attracting over 1000 visitors (many of whom have travelled afar) helping to fund future floral displays
• The Farmers Markets – our very own stall on the farmers market helping to fundraise for projects in our community

These are just a few occasions where you have helped us. Without you – none of this could have happened.

Finally, thank you all in advance for you time and efforts so far this year. You have all done a sterling job and should be proud of yourselves. It really has helped to bring the community together and already Moseley is looking vibrant. Whether or not we do well to impress judges this year – that is not the real reason why we are doing this – it is to bring the best out of where we live. This is the real prize!

I hope to see you all over the weekend and let’s show these judges what we have got in store for them!

Best wishes

Adam Styler

Volunteer Coordinator