For the past couple of months members of the Sherborne Bradford Abbas Camera Club have been roaming the town taking photos of gardens for Sherborne In Bloom. This week those photos go on display in the Cheap Street Church Hall:

There are over 250 superb photographs by some very talented photographers on display. Everyone is welcome to attend this exhibition and admission is free.

If your garden was photographed and you’d like a copy of the picture please come to the exhibition on Saturday 25 July and you can take the photograph away.

Thanks to all the members of Sherborne Bradford Abbas Camera Club who worked so hard to make this exhibtion such a success!

Wednesday 15 July was Sherborne’s judgement day when the Southwest In Bloom judges visited the town. We escorted Barry Cruse and Kim Parrish, the two judges, on tour around the town.

We started off from the Council Chamber and then embarked on a route which took in (we hope!) the highlights of the town.

We ended up in the Butterfly House at Castle Gardens after visiting the Paddock Garden, Cheap Street, the Station, the Pageant Gardens, the Police Station, the Abbey, Sherborne Primary School, the ‘tip’ and the Castle (and a few more places in between).

Now we wait for September, to find out how we did.

A lot of people did a lot of work to make the day go well. We were lucky and it didn’t rain and Barry Cruse was in a fairly good mood because that day was his birthday

Thanks to everyone who helped. Now let’s look forward to the photo exhibition in the Cheap Street Church Hall, starting Tuesday 21 July. See you there!

In the Acreman Street car park there is a strip of land alongside the ticket machine which has been converted into a wonderful wildlife garden by local resident Doreen Rose.

This previously unloved plot of land has been transformed into a mass of wild flowers providing a haven for birds, butterfiles, bees and other wildlife.

Read Doreen’s account of how she started the garden and see more pictures on the Acreman Street Car Park page.

This is a truly remarkable achievement and an inspiration to us all.

Congratulations, Doreen, keep it going!