Cleveleys In Bloom

The Royal Horticultural Society runs the national In Bloom competition, entered by communities up and down the length and breadth of Britain. The Cleveleys In Bloom entry is looked after by the amazing Care for Cleveleys volunteers!

previously entered in 2019 – and the town has taken part again in 2023.

This Years Cleveleys In Bloom Entry

Cleveleys has previously had a very hit-and-miss record with In Bloom. After a few bleak years, an entry was made in 2019 but, with a covid pandemic and not enough volunteers, didn’t return to the competition until 2023. But Cleveleys In Bloom is back with a flourish – and sights set on Gold!

The 2019 entry concentrated on going back to basics. About consolidating what we’d got as a community and making the most of it. And putting down strong roots to grow from in subsequent years. Well Cleveleys certainly did that – in spades! (Pardon the pun!)

Then in 2023, volunteers delivered grass-roots improvements to the street scene with everything from weeding to planting and brightening up the town. It’s building immense civic pride in residents and users of our lovely town. The more amazing the town gets the more everyone loves it! Plus, there’s enormous health and wellbeing benefits for the people who volunteer and get involved.

This video was made straight after the judges visit on Thursday 6 July 2023. It follows the same route and shows you exactly what they saw –

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Clean Up Cleveleys for the In Bloom Judges

Judging for In Bloom usually takes place each year at the beginning of July, so the team is always extra busy in the lead-up to that time.

Do you remember what Cleveleys looked like before the Town Centre Team started? It hasn’t got gorgeous on its own!

Joining In with Cleveleys In Bloom

It was back in 2017 when the amazing Town Centre Team, now known as Care for Cleveleys, first got going. Then known as Cleveleys Coastal Community Team, they started looking after the town centre and in that time they’ve weeded, planted, cleaned and transformed our public space. Now, it’s attractive and well looked after, a pleasure to visit.

There are other groups in Cleveleys and they all join together to make it a better place throughout the year…

The Friends of Jubilee Gardens have been hard at work over the years, planting bulbs for spring colour and creating new flower beds. They also spend a considerable time litter picking and weeding to keep it nice on a daily basis. Their redevelopment plans for the park have been put on hold while the Wyre Beach Management Scheme is underway.

Rossall Beach Residents & Community Group look after the shingle beach north of the stepped sea defences. The planter at the top of Thornton Gate is looked after by the group who keep it tidy and litter-free. With careful selection of plants to withstand the harsh conditions, this bed mostly looks after itself.

Cleveleys Beach Cleaners is another group of volunteers which litter-pick along the stepped sea defences in Cleveleys.

The Capricorn Singers is a local ladies choir and they have adopted one of the three large grey pots at the Plaza at the seafront. The Rossall Beach Group and Friends of Jubilee Gardens have adopted one each too.

Supporting Cleveleys In Bloom

The local community and town centre traders are getting into the spirit of Cleveleys In Bloom too. A growing number of shopkeepers support the campaign by donating money, plants and materials. Others provide drinks and snacks for the hard working volunteers. Some run their own fundraising campaigns to raise the vital money which is needed to enable all this to happen! Others plant up and maintain their own pots and baskets.

The public have been brilliant, with encouragement and donations towards the funds. Loads of new people have got involved and it’s creating a big, happy, crazy bunch of people who all share a common aim.

It’s a pleasure to see everyone working together to make our town beautiful – and keep it that way!

Would you like to Help?

Everyone is welcome to join in with looking after our town and making it look amazing.

Come along to the monthly town centre clean up sessions. There’s also a monthly meet-up too at The Dickens, where we plot and plan and drink tea!

Jus join the Care for Cleveleys Facebook Group for all the information. Moral support and donations are also invaluable!