Flower Power

A small but dedicated group of volunteers called Shipston in Bloom (SiB) spent many years tendering to the flower pots and foliage in our town, providing colour and beauty for people to see as they drive through our town. The Shipston community can all be proud and grateful for the selfless voluntary contribution of this group who did such a fantastic job keeping up the appearances of Shipston.

Since the team retired a year ago, it has been extraordinarily difficult to find other volunteers to replace them. It is a struggle to continue to maintain the flower pots and beds to the high standards SiB achieved. The Town Council is putting out a plea for any green fingered people or aspiring gardeners in our community who might like to volunteer some time to carry on the good work and proudly keep our town bright and colourful. If this is you, then please contact Emily or Debs at Shipston Council office on 01608
662180 or email clerk@shipstontowncouncil.org.

And if you are a gardener, keen or otherwise – do you have some plants that have survived this very dry spring and summer? Watering has been a problem this year, and with climate change, is likely to be ongoing, so we would like to invite anyone who can to take some cuttings of drought- hardy plants such as lavenders, salvias, verbenas, grasses, sedums, hardy geraniums etc to donate for the tubs and beds. Please look after plants or cuttings until October, when we will collect them at New Clark House Council Office ready for planting in the tubs.