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Published on: 03/01/2022 10:42 AMReported by: editor
Botanic Gardens are in a quandary, the RHS Britain in Bloom have stated In Bloom entrants should be stopping planting display bedding in favour of wild flowers and perennials and letting the lawns grow wild with no cutting.
But the Botanic Gardens in Churchtown Southport have always been about putting on a great show.
We have been very successful in putting on a ‘show’ following the tradition of Victorian days. Being rated as Outstanding for seven consecutive years with lots of other greater awards.
The front of the Park is set up for it with its beautiful raised beds and it’s what the thousands of visitors want to see.
What would these winter beds look like with died back wildflowers? They wouldn’t exactly raise your weary spirits.
We have wild bee and butterfly attractor beds one with 25 different plants and a Victorian Stumpery and perennial beds so please don’t knock our marks down for planting what the people want as well.
There is room for everything in 25 Acres.
After the Summer bedding has gone which also attracts insects and bees we plant up tried and tested Polyanthus and Primroses and Wallflowers and bulbs etc to keep winter spirits up.
These pictures were taken on 2nd January 2022.
We do not wish to stop doing this, but we value being judged each year.
I started this post by saying we. By we I don’t mean they have just selected us it is a National Policy the RHS are promoting, a more natural way of gardening and displaying areas for judging.
But everywhere is different.
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Botanic Gardens are in a quandary, the RHS Britain in Bloom have stated In Bloom entrants should be stopping planting display bedding in favour of wild flowers and perennials and letting the lawns grow wild with no cutting.
So decide which is more important:-
a) being judged and hopefully winning prizes or certificates or getting praise
b) providing the public with what you believe they want.
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Does anyone really decide where to visit based on whether a town is a current Britain in Bloom winner? Nearly every town you visit seems to have a welcome sign saying Britain in Bloom winners but never what year.
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