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Each year we organise the Carrickfergus in Bloom Community Competitions with a £1200 prize fund. The categories are Best Kept Garden; Best Kept Container Garden; Best Kept Community Planting Scheme; Best Kept Commercial Premises; and Best Kept Floral Display by Traders in a Street or Centre. The Young people’s categories include Painting, Poetry, Tallest Sunflower and a new Giant Pumpkin Competition, click here for more information. We also have a web based competition called the Virtual Flower Show: for more information click here.
The following gardening tips have been added to help to make your garden a success. Hanging Basket Tips, Butterfly Paradise, Composting your Garden Waste, How to Plant and Stake a Tree, Tree Planting Tips, Wildlife Gardening, Build a bird nestbox, Night time Gardening, Grow Crops in Pots, Growing Tomatoes etc. Click here to visit our gardening advice section. Not sure when things in the garden should be done? Use the handy gardening planner to find out what your should be doing in your garden each month.
A vital part of the Carrickfergus in Bloom initiative is the campaigning work we do in the community. In 2007 we will continue our campaigns to promote biodiversity through our Blooming Wild campaign, growing vegetables in schools, getting communities working with community grants; tree week kicks off our tree planting campaign and linking gardening to the health, fitness and wellbeing agenda. Click here to view our campaigns section.
Fancy an Allotment? Carrickfergus Borough Council will be releasing allotments at Eden Playing Fields this Spring. Allotment gardening can provide a number of benefits to individuals and the environment. For more information click here. Spring into Action: Put the spring back into your step this month. People across the Carrickfergus Borough can make a real impact by volunteering to help conserve the environment this Spring and throughout the year. For further information click here. Beach Road: In the next few months Beach Road Nature Reserve is going to be transformed, the site is located at the end of Beach Road in Whitehead. For further information click here or you can now visit the Beach Road Nature Reserve website.
To keep in touch with all Carrickfergus in Bloom activities, join our mailing list: Click Here. To contact Carrickfergus in Bloom by e-mail: Click Here or telephone 028 9335 8039.
If you would like to win a Carrickfergus in Bloom umbrella or goody bag keep checking this website for the latest competitions.
The Carrickfergus in Bloom initiative is organised by Carrickfergus Borough Council.
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Carrickfergus Borough Council developed the Carrickfergus in Bloom initiative to brighten up the Borough, to become a Borough of Flowers. Our objective is to make a Brighter Borough for the benefit of all citizens and visitors. The Carrickfergus in Bloom initiative includes the towns of Carrickfergus, Whitehead, Eden and Greenisland. |
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Welcome to the Carrickfergus in Bloom Website 
The 'Win a Carrickfergus in Bloom Umbrella Competition' was won by Claire Miskelly from Carrickfergus. Congratulations Claire. 
