Audlem in Bloom

In 2024 we were awarded Gold again, which makes this four years in a row, excluding 2020 as Covid-19 prevented judging.

Not only Gold though, we have afgain been awarded the Best Large Village award which considering this award covers Cheshire and Lancashire is a truly amazing achievement.

Many thanks must go to the ADAS committee, to all volunteers who helped make this possible and to the residents and businesses for their support.

Audlem in Bloom is a sub-committee of ADAS with responsibility for planting around the village. It was re-formed in 2014 to improve the focus on the planting for the benefit of the village.

Although the main AIB activities are planting in June and October, we also undertake other activities around the village including maintaining 16 permanent flower beds, tidying/cutting back grass verges, deep cleaning around the village centre and clearing leaves from the car park, pavements and roads. We also have projects where we can identify improvements such as installing water butts to ease watering duties during dry spells.

We developed a plan in 2019, which we assess and update each year, to move to a more sustainable planting scheme. This included:

• Planting flower beds with perennials with at least level H4 hardiness
• replacingwire hangingbaskets with baskets witha water reservoirto reducewater loss and watering frequency
• Installing 10 water butts holding 1600 litres of water
• Planted tubs and troughs in 2024 with mostly perennial plants to reduce watering, maintenance and costs
• We tried perennial plants in the hanging baskets in 2024 but found there was a lack of colour so for 2025 we are planting baskets with pink Surfinas, green Helichrysum and Nemesias

If you would like to volunteer to help with planting or would like more information on Audlem in Bloom, please contact ADAS on adascontact@gmail.com or speak to a committee member.