Westfield in Bloom was launched on 18th January with an inspiring talk from Steve Clampin, Bristol City Council Parks Department.
Apart from commenting that Westfield Allotments and Garden Society allotments were pretty well the best he had ever seen as a South West in Bloom judge, he explained to the volunteers present how Westfield could be made to ‘bloom’, building on its successful entries in the neighbourhoods’ competition.
Westfield already has projects or areas which meet the criteria for an award – horticultural excellence, known as the ‘wow’ factor, (think hanging baskets) environmental conservation projects (think, the Waterside Valley project) and community involvement (all that litter-picking, plus the involvement of the schools and SWALLOW charity).
The photograph above shows Westfield Primary School’s garden, which represents a coal mine entrance – the school gardening society constructed it in a sustainable way, with drought friendly plants.
It commemorates the mining heritage of Westfield with the notorious Norton Hill mine, scene of the 1909…
