Two members of the Wymondham in Bloom Committee, Diana Grant and Kim Carsok, travelled to RHS Hyde Hall in Essex at the end of March for the Anglia in Bloom launch event. They were presented with awards from the 2021 competition, including Category Winner for Hanging Baskets and a Silver Gilt Standard for the photographic campaign.

The event also included interesting presentations from the RHS regarding fundraising and Gardening for Wellbeing programmes. Grow Well is a new RHS Communities initiative designed to highlight and share the wellbeing benefits and positive power of plants. More information on Grow Well can be found here.

Wymondham in Bloom 2022 has begun with a bang, with over a dozen businesses signing up right off the bat. Volunteers will soon be dropping in to high street shops in person to drum up more support. The registration form is available on the Town Team website.

The Bloomers have supported Greening Wymondham with the Growing Together Project and are also collaborating with local schools to grow red, white and blue flowers for the Jubilee.

Residents can also get in on the action by joining in the public competitions - one for growing sunflowers and the other being a home frontage competition.

The Anglia in Bloom judging will return to in-person tours this year, and judges are expected to visit Wymondham in mid-July. The team are aiming for gold!

If you’d like to get involved email wymbloom@gmail.com.