Record Breaking Number of Hanging Baskets in Town
A record breaking 299 hanging baskets, produced by Shrewsbury Town Council, have been purchased by businesses and shops in a bid to uphold the Shrewsbury’s heritage as ‘a town of flowers.’ The dedicated workforce at the Town Council’s nursery at Weeping Cross have spent months preparing thousands of flowers to make the town’s streets and…
Town Centre is Blooming Beautiful
Shrewsbury is awash with colour as the Town Council’s summer planting scheme is almost completed. The mammoth task to bring the floral features to the town centre began last month and will see more than 300,000 home-grown blooms planted out in various locations. More than 30,000 plants have been planted in Shrewsbury’s show garden in…
Shrewsbury in Bloom Filmed for New BBC Two Series
Shrewsbury in Bloom is one of 15 Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Britain in Bloom and It’s Your Neighbourhood groups being filmed as part of a new BBC Two Series about the quintessentially British gardening competition. The series will be broadcast in 2018. Now in its 53rd year, this is the first time cameras have followed…
Shrewsbury Town Council Greenhouse Open Evening
Residents of Shrewsbury attended the Shrewsbury in Bloom Open Evening last night [Wed] to view the flowers that will make up the floral features around the town this summer The event, held at the Town Council’s greenhouse at Weeping Cross, welcomed over 100 gardening enthusiasts who were keen to see the expanse of plants, hanging…
Blooming Business Baskets are a Bargain
Shops and businesses in Shrewsbury are being asked to help maintain the town’s reputation as “the Town of Flowers” by displaying hanging baskets prepared by Shrewsbury Town Council. Every year the workforce at the Town Council’s Weeping Cross greenhouse spend months preparing tens of thousands of flowers to make the town’s streets and open spaces…
Residents Encouraged to Attend Annual Town Meeting
Shrewsbury residents are invited to attend this year’s Annual Town Meeting which is being held next week. The event takes place at the Gateway Education Centre in Chester Street on Monday [MAY 22] from 7pm and is open to residents who live within the council’s 17 wards. The session provides an opportunity to raise questions…
New Mayor of Shrewsbury Takes Office
Shrewsbury has elected its new Mayor for the coming year, Councillor Jane Mackenzie. Councillor Mackenzie officially took office at the annual meeting of Shrewsbury Town Council last night. [MON] The mayor-making ceremony, which was held at The Museum & Art Gallery for the first time, saw Councillor Mackenzie take over the role as civic leader…
Shrewsbury’s Unsung Heroes Honoured at Ceremony
Those unsung community heroes of Shrewsbury have been officially recognised by the Mayor for playing their part in helping to make the town a special place to live, work and visit. The Mayor’s Awards scheme is Shrewsbury’s equivalent of “The Oscars” with local individuals, organisations, groups and businesses being recognised for their achievements which have…
Shrewsbury Town Council Greenhouse Open Evening
Shrewsbury’s gardening enthusiasts are once again invited to join the town’s Bloom Committee for the annual behind the scenes tour of the Town Council’s greenhouse. The site, at Weeping Cross, nurtures more than 300,000 blooms which are cultivated each year for the town’s award-winning floral displays. The greenhouse is currently packed to the rafters with…
Quarry Play Area Reopens for the Summer
Shrewsbury Town Council has been working towards re-opening the Quarry Splash Park in time for the May Day Bank Holiday weekend. The official opening is scheduled to take place on Saturday 29 April at 11.00am. The design of the play area was chosen by Shrewsbury residents and was opened by the Mayor of Shrewsbury last…
Still Time to Make your Nominations for Mayor’s Awards
There’s still a couple of weeks remaining to get your nominations in for the annual Mayor’s Awards. Nominations are being sought to acknowledge those unsung heroes who have made an outstanding contribution to the town of Shrewsbury. The Mayor is asking businesses, organisations and residents to provide suggestions for Shrewsbury’s annual civic awards, designed to…
Have a Ball to Raise Funds for Charity
Tickets are still available for the Mayor of Shrewsbury’s Charity Dinner. The Mayor of Shrewsbury will host a dinner at the beginning of April in aid of his Mayoral Charity Fund which will help raise money towards funding a defibrillator for each of the secondary schools, two colleges and the Special Schools here in the…