Bloom Boom Crawley

Bloom Boom Crawley

A trail of metre-high fibreglass flowers painted by Crawley students will form a town centre trail for children in the summer holidays.

Students from six secondary schools have painted 40 flowers in a campaign organised by Crawley Borough Council, Crawley Town Centre Partnership and Ginger Moo gallery in County Mall.

Twenty of the impressive flowers will be on display in shops in the town centre for the summer holidays while the other 20 will be seen on the route taken by the Britain in Bloom judges on August 5. They will then be moved to parks and open spaces across Crawley.

This fantastic project will bring colour and creativity to everyone in Crawley over the holidays – and will hopefully give the town the ‘wow factor’ when the Britain in Bloom judges visit.

Crawley has been chosen to participate in the 2010 Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) Britain in Bloom Finals and the judges will be taking a close look at how beautiful the flowers around town look and how the community has been involved – and this is where community art projects like Bloom Boom Crawley come in.

Residents can also get involved in helping the town look its best for the judges -and increase the chances of winning – in a number of ways.

Things like cutting your hedge, having a hanging basket or planting a few bedding plants could make a real difference as to how Crawley looks through the eyes of a judge.

The town is one of 67 finalists from across the UK competing in 13 categories. Crawley is in the large town/small city (population of

35,000-100,000) category with Derry City, Fareham, Bedford and Whitehaven.

This is a result of the town’s double gold success in the RHS South and South East in Bloom Awards last September.

For more information on Bloom Boom Crawley visit www.bloomboomcrawley.com.

The metre-high flowers will also be out on the judging route for South and South East in Bloom on Wednesday (July 21).

To find out if the judges are coming down your street on August 5 visit www.crawley.gov.uk/inbloom or call 0800 587 5888.

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