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   Calne in Bloom Garden and Allotment Competition 2025 – We’re excited to be launching this year’s Competition on National Gardening Day, celebrating creativity, sustainability, and a love for gardening!   How to Enter & Win Big!  Entries open: TODAY - 14 April 2025 until 6 June 2025 Open to local allotment plots and private gardens—big or small and allotment plots! Also welcoming community/education projects and groups along with businesses  Exclusive Prize Draw!  All entrants will automatically be entered into a prize draw, giving you the chance to win a Complimentary 2025 Family Day Ticket Voucher to Bowood House & Gardens, if you enter between 14 and 30 April 2025. This day ticket voucher will admit one Family (2 adults & 2 children under 12) to Bowood House & Gardens during the 2025 open season.   What the Judges Are Looking For:  Impact of colour and design  Variety & creative use of plants  Sustainab...
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Calne in Bloom Competition 2024 Launched

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We are hugely excited to announce the Calne in Bloom Garden and Allotment Competition 2024 launches on 29 April.   This year's competition has a variety of categories for avid gardeners to enter. Categories - You may enter as many categories as you wish.  1.      Private Front Garden 2.      Private Back Garden 3.      Best Single Container or Hanging Basket (for those with little to no garden area) 4.      Allotment Plot 5.      Community Space or Community Group Project 6.      Education Based Garden Project (School, Preschool/Nursery) 7.      Business Project (including but not limited to shops, hospitality and business premises) There is also a Special Award - Wildlife Friendly, environmentally Responsible and Sustainable Garden - Best in Show to receive the annual Rosemary Coombes Sustainability Cup for a period of one year. You ...
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𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 - Calne Community Neighbourhood Plan Survey

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The draft plan provided as part of this consultation is more aspirational than ever, with 28 proposed designations for Local Green Space in the town and villages within the area of the Calne Community Neighbourhood Plan. 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐬 𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 via on online survey by 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒. ​Once you’ve read the Plan you can comment on all of it, or just on the parts that matter to you (questions can be skipped). Find out more: https://www.calnecommunityplan.com/ 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲: https://survey.zohopublic.eu/zs/YNBuI6 Check out our latest leaflet: https://bit.ly/CCNPR14
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Calne in Bloom Awards 2023

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At Calne in Bloom, we would like to thank those that took the time to enter the competition and the high calibre of entries, which can be seen in the video slideshow below. We are also grateful for the continues support of Calne Town Council and the work of our volunteers, without which we would not be able to continue.
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