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Judging Day 10 Jul 2013 | 01:18 pm
Tuesday 9 July was ‘Judging Day’ when Shaun Cregan, the South West in Bloom judge, came to inspect our town. The rules say that we are allowed two hours to show the judge the town, which can include ...
Sherborne Allotments 2 Jul 2013 | 07:25 pm
Sherborne has five allotment sites around the town, all owned by the Town Council and rented out to some very skilled and committed gardeners. Here are some of the prime examples: Bristol Road Harbo...
Posting for Gold 26 Jun 2013 | 08:08 pm
Sherborne is honoured to have a gold postbox outside its Post Office in Cheap Street. The postbox was painted gold by Royal Mail to celebrate the Olympic Gold Medal won by Peter Wilson in the men’...
Litter Pickers 25 Jun 2013 | 05:45 pm
Sherborne has an active and vibrant group of volunteer litter pickers whose slogan ‘Sherborne Stop the Litter Campaign’ is emblazoned on their brightly coloured tabards: Small working groups regularl...
St John’s Almshouses 24 Jun 2013 | 07:47 pm
Sherborne has many long traditions and St John’s day at the Almshouses is one of them. June 24 is St John’s day and traditionally, on that day, a floral garland was displayed in the arch to celebrate...
Beans in Bloom 22 Jun 2013 | 08:48 pm
When we think about the blooms in summer, we tend to think about flowers, but there are some very beautiful vegetable blooms when you look a bit closer. These broad bean flowers in a cottage garden in...
Broad Beans in Bloom! 15 Jun 2012 | 06:12 pm
When we think of ‘blooms’ we automatically think of flowers – plants we grow simply because they look pretty and decorative. But we often forget that vegetables also can have some stunning flowers...
Wildflowers in Bloom 17 May 2012 | 08:43 pm
Hooray – at last the Britain in Bloom organisers are taking seriously the contribution that wildflowers can make to our environment! This year they are encouraging communities to plant wildflower seed...
Royal Visit 1 May 2012 | 09:54 pm
Today, HM the Queen and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh visited Sherborne as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The Royal party arrived by train at Sherborne station and were presented to th...
Queen Visits Sherborne 1 May 2012 | 09:48 pm
Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh, visited Sherborne today as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee tour. The royal train drew up to Sherborne station right on time...
