Catterall in Bloom

11/08/2026

The buddy bench at the park is looking very colourful at the moment and butterflies and bees are everywhere. We even spotted a hummingbird hawk moth there when we were gardening this morning. We would love new volunteers and you need no gardening experience. Just come along on a Tuesday morning at 9.30 pm in the park and find us with our high vis vests. For those that work in the daytime, for a few more weeks we will also be meeting at Stone Cross Gardens at 6.30 pm on Monday nights. Come and join our happy team. 🐝 🦋

29/07/2026

We had a very enjoyable morning with the RHS National in Bloom judges this morning. Many thanks go to The Flower Bowl at Barton Grange in Garstang for providing a delicious brunch. The results will be awarded in the autumn.

28/07/2026

Catterall in Bloom have been very busy in the last few days getting ready for our second round of judging tomorrow morning. This time in the National In Bloom competition. We have 3 wonderful ladies from Garstang in Bloom helping us this morning. A very big thank you to them. Wish us luck everyone. 🌺

15/07/2026

North West in Bloom judging took place in Catterall today. We hope they enjoyed the day as much as we did. Now we do it all again in two weeks for the National judging!!

10/07/2026

16/06/2026

Please will you help hedgehogs? As well as trying to make Catterall a wonderful place for everyone to live, almost everything we do is designed to help wildlife. We have recently sited this hedgehog house and will also be building safe places for hedgehogs. We really need your help with making Catterall as hedgehog friendly as possible and to do this we need to make it as easy as possible for them to get around. Please can you think about making the boundaries of your property hedgehog friendly, by making sure there is a little gap under your fence at some point, either by digging some soil out or by cutting a small hole. Imagine a hedgehog highway around Catterall!! Let us know if you can do this or if maybe you already have? 🦔

29/05/2026

Please give us a wave at Catterall Gala tomorrow and come along and visit our plant stall on the playing field. Support us by buying a plant from us. Cash only. Pick up a bargain and support keeping the village beautiful. Every little helps. Children can also plant a sunflower seed for free until we run out. If you have ever thought of joining our team, this is a good chance to come and chat with us to find out about Catterall in Bloom. We need your support.

23/05/2026

Only a week until Catterall Gala!! Your Catterall in Bloom team will be in the procession again this year. For the first time we are also going to be running a plant stall on the field afterwards. Please come along and buy a plant from us. Cash only. Pick up a bargain and support keeping the village beautiful. Every little helps. Children can also plant a sunflower seed for free until we run out. If you have ever thought of joining our team, this is a good chance to come and chat with us to find out about Catterall in Bloom. We need your support.

02/04/2026

Our secret garden project down Stone Cross Lane is now taking shape. We have cut out new flower beds and started to plant them up. Four fruit trees and two fruit bushes have been put in, Lots of snowdrop and wild daffodil bulbs have been planted and wildflower seeds have been sown. We will be adding more plants in the next few weeks. The existing beds have also been replanted where necessary.

Our long term aim is to make this area a haven for wildlife and so we still have a lot of work to do.

If you want to join us, new members are always very welcome. You do not need any gardening experience, just bring a trowel. We meet on Tuesdays at 9.30 am until 11.00 am at the Village Hall and starting from Monday, 13th April at 6.30 pm until 8.00 pm at Stone Cross Gardens. Come along and join us as few or as many times as you like.

The secret garden is on the left as you walk down Stone Cross Gardens. Have a walk down there next time you are out and about. It will soon start to grow and bloom as the weather warms up.

Our project was made possible thanks to players

03/03/2026

A big thank you to CPS (Central Power Services) who sent two helpers to join us this morning at Stone Cross Gardens. They helped us to achieve a lot of work on a beautiful spring day and also have donated some tools. We hope they enjoyed their morning as much as we did.