Chesham in Bloom

View of St Mary's from the town centre's summer planter

Chesham in Bloom News

Front Garden & Business Competition Awards - read the story

Chesham in Bloom Poster Competition winners - read the story

Front Garden, Container & Business Competitions now open - read the story

2010 Schools Competitions are launched - read the story

Silver Award for Chesham in Bloom in 2009 - read the story

Garden & Business Winners announced - read the story

Chesham in Bloom First AGM

The first AGM took place on Thursday 22nd October at Chesham Town Hall. The meeting was open to the public and was a lively gathering where lots of ideas were put forward for making improvements to the town environment. A constitution was formally adopted and it was announced that the In Bloom campaign had successfully bid for £250 from the Chesham Action Partnership.
You can download the AGM papers here:

Agenda (PDF, 79 KB)
Chairman's Report (PDF, 105 KB)
Chesham in Bloom Constitution (PDF, 143 KB)
AGM Minutes (PDF, 115 KB)

About Chesham in Bloom

The Chesham in Bloom campaign began in 2005 to improve the way that Chesham looks and how people feel about their town. With support from the town council and local organisations, people from all sections of Chesham’s community are working together to tidy and brighten up the town.

Each year, Chesham is entered into the Thames and Chilterns regional round of Britain in Bloom, where we are judged against other large towns such as Newbury, Bicester and Abingdon. For 2009, the judges visited Chesham on the 16th July, visiting key locations such as the High Street, Lowndes Park, the Cemetery and Meades Water Gardens to see what Chesham has to offer. The judges liked Chesham so much that one of them said he would like to live here! To read more about the judging, see the news story "Hope Blooms for Chesham".

For 2008, despite a poor summer for gardening, we achieved a highly creditable Silver. We also won the award for Best Portfolio in the entire region for our colourful brochure illustrating the work of Chesham in Bloom throughout the year. We consolidated this in 2009 with another Silver Award and commendations for Waterside County Combined School's gardening club and the town's strong track record in environmental work.

Here are a few examples of what we have achieved:

- Bulb planting to provide spring colour

- Helping to establish school gardening clubs

-Working with the Environmental Group to hold “Bloomin’ Chesham” litterpicks

Would you like to get involved and make Chesham a more beautiful place? For more information, contact Kathryn Graves on 01494 583798 (Monday to Friday, 10 am to 4.30 pm) or email policy@chesham.gov.uk.