Friends of The Heart of Wessex Railway Line spent Thursday (30 April) afternoon learning how to sow wild seeds in an attempt to help tidy up the look of the lines railway stations. Volunteers from the various stations along the Wessex railway line assembled at Yeovil Pen Mill Station with Catherine Phillips, Rail Partnership Officer, to listen to a presentation by Steve Fox, South Somerset District Council’s (SSDC) Principal Horticultural Officer. The presentation taught the volunteers how to sow wild flower seeds so that they space correctly and also how to prepare the ground. Full story: Read more
Yeovil in Bloom strikes Gold at South West in Bloom competition!
Yeovil in Bloom has been awarded Gold at this year’s South West in Bloom competition presentation. Along with being presented Gold in the overall competition, Milford allotments and St Marks Church allotments also won Gold in the Best Allotments Awards. Yeovil Country Park won Silver Gilt in the Park Awards and eleven ‘It’s Your Neighbourhood’ awards were also presented Full story: Read More
Litter art set to raise environmental awareness
Creating art from litter found on the streets of Yeovil may sound like a load of rubbish, but that’s what the Yeovil in Bloom team are doing to raise important environmental awareness issues in the town. On Monday 7 July at 10am in Yeovil Borough, Yeovil in Bloom staff will be creating Rubbish Art with items of litter that have been found in the environment that residents and visitors visit regularly. Full story: Read more