In association with the International Flower Bulb Centre, the Eden Project and Rotary International
If you are looking for advice on how to plant your crocus bulbs whilst taking part in the BIG BULB PLANT this autumn then follow this link to watch Shrewsbury Rotary club President Alan Wilding interviewing Chris Beardshaw, garden designer and TV gardening personality. The video was filmed at the recent Shrewsbury Flower Show. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK0qYIJ1cMA&feature=player_embedded
Happy planting Big Bulbers!
24 Aug 10 | Comment
RIBI is working with The Eden Project and the International Flower Bulb Centre (IBC) in Holland to plant purple crocus bulbs from the beginning of October so they will be in flower for Rotary Day – 23 February 2011.
23 Jul 10 | Comment
Narcissus ‘February Gold’ has been crowned Spring Flowering Bulb of the Year 2011 by a panel of gardening experts this June in London.
20 Jul 10 | Comment
All the hard work planting bulbs for The Big Bulb Plant in autumn is paying off now, as communities who got together to dig in last year can now see swathes of colourful daffodils and tulips bursting into colour all around them.
05 May 10 | Comment
26 Aug 09 | comments: 5
Over 500 communities have signed up to take part in The Big Bulb Plant. This is wonderful news - everyone is getting on their wellies and getting outside and spending some time working together to make their area beautiful. At Banham in Norfolk 60 people, including lots of children all got involved, and Spike the hedgehog from Breckland Council was there to help too! Here’s a picture of them getting stuck into planting!
18 Aug 09 | comments: 1
On Sunday afternoon local residents braved the autumnal drizzle to help get new plants and bulbs into the planters and baskets on Ladywell and Algernon Roads. The group planted sixty tulip bulbs, twenty daffodils and a host of new plants to give the planters and baskets colour and vigour over the winter and through to next spring. A tremendous effort was made to keep the locality looking vibrant through the months to come.
Read more on the Ladywell Village Improvement Group blog:
28 Oct 09 | comments: 1
The coveted title of 2009 Spring Flowering Bulb of the Year has been awarded to the spectacular Allium “Purple Sensation”, at the annual event hosted by the Netherlands Flower Bulb Information Centre.
01 Sep 09 | comments: 1
This autumn offers an opportunity for those who are imaginative with planting to be greatly rewarded, as creating eye catching arrangements, that will burst into life come spring, has grown into an art.
27 Aug 09 | Comment
On 18th July we asked you all to sit down and eat together for THE BIG LUNCH. This autumn, we are asking you to get your street together to plant bulbs in your community.
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The first 100 communities to register will receive 250 free bulbs to start the planting!
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