Bolton Gardeners

Bolton Gardeners started life in 2010 as Bolton in Bloom, a small Committee of residents to co-ordinate the village entry in the Cumbria in Bloom competition, with some success.

The Committee also assumed responsibilities for a number of other projects in the village, including:
* Tree planting on the Memorial Field
* Planters around the village and at road entrances
* Planting bulbs and flowers at various locations
* Compost bins and “bug hotel” on the Memorial Field
* Water Trough cleaning and maintenance
* Stone seat and tree seat on the Memorial Field
* Support for litter picks

in 2020 the Committee decided not to enter Cumbria in Bloom in future years, and invited interested residents to join an informal gardeners’ forum. The aim was to provide a forum for advice and support of village gardeners. During the lockdown there was a great deal of activity, including plant and seed swaps, identifying plants, advice on gardening problems etc, using the village WhatsApp group to communicate, and in due course a dedicated Bolton Gardeners WhatsApp group was set up, adopting the name Bolton Gardeners.  Bolton Gardeners is a forum, open to any village resident, and if you would like to join, contact Helen or Mike Gerrish on boltoninbloom@gmail.com and leave your name and mobile phone number. There is no subscription fee, and you don’t have to be an expert gardener to be a member.