Uppingham in Bloom Queens Platinum Jubilee Open Gardens event Uppingham Town Hall 49 High Street East Uppingham

Uppingham in Bloom Queens Platinum Jubilee Open Gardens event

Sunday, June 12th, 2022

1:00pm - 5:00pm

Uppingham Town Hall, Uppingham

£10

Help celebrate the Queen's 70 year reign by enjoying a visit to Uppingham's Platinum Jubilee Open Gardens on Sunday 12th June between 1-5pm.

With a wide range of gardens open as well as tree trail, plant stall, tombola and refreshments, it offers a great afternoon out.

Uppingham in Bloom is supporting the Queens Green Canopy campaign. All money raised will fund more Jubilee tree planting around Uppingham.

Tickets are £10 including refreshments and bottle tombola ticket. Tree trail booklets available too.

Accompanying children free. Available on the day from Uppingham Town Hall.

Parking available in Mercers Yard car park and Yarn Market car park for free.

Uppingham Town Hall

49 High Street East

Uppingham

Oakham in Bloom, Uppingham in Bloom, East Midlands in Bloom, Winners

Oakham won gold award in the town category and Uppingham, won a silver gilt award.

The volunteers do a great job here in Oakham making our town look good. With their

interestingly planted flower beds especially the one outside the library.

Oakham Town Council provide the horrid hanging baskets. 

I have often wondered though why as a town we always seem to win these Bloom

prizes, as I and others often see many fantastic displays in other towns who don't 

win.

Then  I found out why, Oakham was nominated by East Midland in Bloom for 

Britain in Bloom and the local tell us, there are only eight other nominations for 

Britain in Bloom and that's taken from the whole country. The simple fact is those

other towns don't even bother entering their own regional contests.

This year Oakham Town Council spent a fortune on new "ugly" hanging baskets.

The judges have gone and the watering contract appears to have ended and we 

are left with some quite shabby looking planters and the baskets that had reached

their prime and are now slowly drying out.

As for the watering, I can not understand why Oakham Town Council thought

it was good to buy those new pots/baskets  the supplier said they require less watering

so why does the Town Council pay them £6,000 for watering? Costing three times as 

much as previous years?

Uppingham in Bloom, 30th anniversary Ball, Falcon hotel, Market Square Uppingham

Uppingham in Bloom 30th anniversary Ball


Saturday September 29th


Black tie ball to celebrate 30 years of Uppingham in Bloom. 29th September, 7pm at Falcon hotel, uppingham. Tickets cost £40 available from the Falcon Hotel or Bloom Chair Karen Emery on 07980 832 415. 3 course dinner and dancing to live band Breeze.Dress code black tie.
Venue

Falcon Hotel
Market Square
Uppingham