Epping in Bloom update 2021

During the lockdown period, many of the volunteers have been maintaining the garden and the allotment individually. One thing we have noticed is the increase in rubbish being left in the garden; masks, bottles, sandwich packets and coffee cups, so please help us to take your rubbish away. We don’t want to keep picking it up. We maintain the flowers and plants to keep the garden looking the best it can and to give seasonal interest and enjoyment to all our visitors that tell us how much they love visiting the garden. We have a variety of birds that love to visit the garden too and the last thing we want to see is one getting tangled up inside a dirty mask!

On a positive note, the 2,000 spring blooms we planted back in October begun flowering in February; first the crocuses, followed by the daffodils and now you will see lots of colourful tulips in bloom. We will replant all the beds with new summer bedding towards the end of May and plan to make a few more changes to other areas in the garden by the entrance. Pop in soon to check out our progress. The daffodils and flowers we planted at the entrance to St Margaret’s hospital are looking lovely at the moment. When they finish flowering, we will add in some wildflower seeds to bring more colour to the area for the summer. The community allotment has now been prepared for the growing season ahead and we are so pleased that we are able to meet up again in small groups. We have planted a few varieties of early potatoes, peas, mange tout and have put in more raspberries.

Check out our Facebook page: eppinginbloom to keep updated with a few courses we will run on the plot this year with safety measures in place.

Email: eppinginbloom@gmail.com to join as a volunteer.