Calne in Bloom

21/05/2026

Calne in Bloom provides an opportunity to celebrate those residents and groups that keep Calne looking beautiful, clean and tidy by entering our Garden and Allotment Competition.

You are welcome to enter your own garden, or you can nominate a garden (permission needed for back garden). There are certificates and prizes to be won with awards ranging from Silver Gilt to ‘Best in Show'.

Enter here: https://form.jotform.com/250923822587363

Calne in Bloom provides an opportunity to celebrate those residents and groups that keep Calne looking beautiful, clean and tidy by entering our Garden and Allotment Competition.

You are welcome to enter your own garden, or you can nominate a garden (permission needed for back garden). There are certificates and prizes to be won with awards ranging from Silver Gilt to ‘Best in Show'.

Find the link to enter your garden/allotment in the comments below:

21/04/2026

Don't forget to enter...

Calne in Bloom Garden and Allotment Competition 2026

We're excited to be launching this year's Competition TODAY on National Gardening Day, celebrating creativity, sustainability, and a love for gardening!

How to Enter & Win Big! Entries open: Until 7 June 2026

Open to local allotment plots and private gardens-big or small and allotment plots!

Also welcoming community/education projects and groups along with businesses

What the Judges Are Looking For:

Impact of colour and design

Variety & creative use of plants

Sustainability & eco-friendly practices

Originality & effort

Use of space & tidiness

It's easy to enter just click on the entry form link

here:

https://form.jotform.com/250923822587363

16/04/2026

𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

We’re excited to be launching this year’s Competition TODAY on National Gardening Day, celebrating creativity, sustainability, and a love for gardening! 🎉

How to Enter & Win Big!
Entries open: Until 7 June 2026

Open to local allotment plots and private gardens—big or small and allotment plots!

Also welcoming community/education projects and groups along with businesses

What the Judges Are Looking For:
🌸 Impact of colour and design
🌿 Variety & creative use of plants
♻️ Sustainability & eco-friendly practices
✨ Originality & effort
🧹 Use of space & tidiness

𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲:
https://form.jotform.com/250923822587363

12/03/2026

The daffodils dominate the foreground with the majestic 'cathedral of the north' rising in the background.

Check out St. Mary's 2026 project by heading to their page:
https://www.facebook.com/share/181KR6VEzq/

Thanks to Dave for the lovely photo.

07/03/2026

The flower beds in Town Gardens are looking fantastic right now, with daisies in full bloom and a bunch of daffodils standing tall behind them. Standing upright through the daisies are the tulips preparing to take over!

Thanks for the photo, Dave!

05/03/2026

Daffodils steal the show as they spring to life underneath the Carnival of the Seasons mural, creating a lovely moment where painted seasons meet the first real signs of spring.

Thanks to Dave for the lovely photo.

24/02/2026

Check out this lovely hellebore photographed by Dave at the Methodist Church yesterday.

19/02/2026

We're loving this lovely photo of daffodils on School Road. Thanks to Dave, our man on the ground!

17/01/2026

Loving this photo of Town Gardens from October.

Thanks to Dave, our man on the ground, for sending it across 🍁

11/01/2026

Check out these 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐢𝐩𝐬 from Calne Community Nature Reserve

𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐢𝐩𝐬 🌱✨

1. Choose native, non-invasive plants
Native plants tend to require less control, less watering, and don’t take over their environment. In turn lowering the maintenance required to care for your garden - and reducing or removing the need for pesticide usage.

2. Think perennial
Where possible, choose perennial over annual. Annual plants require the digging of soil each year, which damages the soil structure and releases CO2 and other greenhouse gases.

3. Pollinator-friendly
Open, single flowers offer the most accessible nectar and pollen for many pollinators. Night-scented flowers and white flowers, will attract night-flying moths.

4. Plant a tree
Planting the right tree in the right place can provide a long-term, low maintenance habitat for many species, food for others, and welcome shade for all. Trees help reduce summer temperature with leaves acting as a parasol and Evapotranspiration.

Find out more about Evapotranspiration with this short video: https://youtu.be/WGXGXUf0v1c

What makes your planting sustainable? Let us know in the comments!

Join the fantastic folks in the project and pledge your wildlife-friendly space by completing our short form: https://bit.ly/JoinCCNR

Wiltshire Climate Alliance Sustainable Calne