 Sudbury has been gradually moving away from traditional seasonal bedding displays to more sustainable long-lasting displays of perennials - plants that come back year after year.
One of the newest flower beds to get converted is this beauty on Gregory Street - a wonderful job by contractors The Garden Nursery.
Sudbury in Bloom has been teaming up with other parties, including Sudbury Town Council, the town wardens, and current contractors The Garden Nursery, to improve first impressions of the town for those arriving by train. The new flower towers on the junction of Great Eastern Road are full of spring colour, as are the former social distancing planters from Market Hill, doing a grand job in their new location. Sudbury in Bloom is now looking to 'adopt' the railway platform, to take responsibility for the planting along it.
Bringing a touch of nature to Sudbury town centre! Last year we took on reponsibility for the large raised beds on Great Eastern Road (back of Borehamgate Precinct). The plan is for a succession of colour throughout the year, starting with Crocus and Iris reticulata in February (below left) followed by Tulips for spring (below right).
One of our projects for this year is to increase the number of mulberry trees in town. We are on the lookout for suitable public locations, with a view to planting in the autumn. 
We can highly recommend a trip to see the dozens of trees packed into St Gregory's Church from today until Wednesday - it's a truly magical sight, and a real showcase for the creativity of so many groups, clubs, businesses and individuals in the town. The festival is organised by Sudbury Rotary Club to raise funds for good causes. Entry is just £1 and the church is open 10am-4pm every day, finishing at 3pm on Wednesday 7th December.
If you would like to come and help us at one of our Tuesday working parties - or any other time - please give us a call on 07957 817165!
We finally got some decent rain (hurrah) and boy did the weeds in Siam Gardens enjoy it! They had sprouted up in every possible gap in the beds, which kept our volunteers very busy for this week's working party. Luckily the rain had also perked up the Cosmos and many Salvias in the garden. And excitingly, the myrtle bushes were full of berries! Some areas of garden had really struggled in this summer's hot, dry weather and we are hoping to get new planting in this autumn to give it time to develop good root systems able to seek out what water there is in the ground! Thank you to sponsors Bridge Farm Plants of Monks Eleigh for donating several dozen winter-flowering pansies and violas for filling some of the gaps we created. 
Volunteers busied themselves on various projects on the grounds of Sudbury Resource Centre for this Tuesday morning's working party. We think the plants were looking rather lovely in the autumn sunshine!
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