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Giant topiary-like sculptures are being installed in the Old Market Square this summer – an eye-catching artwork to celebrate Nottingham’s clean, green credentials and to encourage shoppers to help keep it that way. The sculptures, made by Notts company Shipshape Arts, have been commissioned by Nottingham City Council and the Nottingham Business Improvement District (BID), […]
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A ‘Jake Bug Hotel’ takes centre stage in a wildlife-friendly garden being created for the open day at Nottingham City Council’s Nursery on Saturday. The novel insect home is the idea of nursery gardener Elaine Rodrigues. She says that inspiration struck her like a lightning bolt – and she hopes the Clifton-born singer-songwriter would approve. […]
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Free workshops run by the Royal Horticultural Society are amongst new attractions at this year’s open day at Nottingham City Council’s Nursery at Woodthorpe Grange Park. Visitors are invited to the Nursery from 10am to 3.30pm on Saturday May 9th to take a peek behind the scenes of Nottingham in Bloom. There will be a […]
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Two local school children’s designs of a pair of theatre masks and a teddy bear have been chosen as the winners of this year’s Floral Trail design competition organised by Nottingham City Council’s Nottingham in Bloom team and the Nottingham Business Improvement District (BID). The fun theatre masks idea was conceived by Mille Fenton, age […]
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Almost 200 entries have been received for this year’s Floral Trail design competition and the organisers, Nottingham City Council’s Nottingham in Bloom team and the Nottingham Business Improvement District (BID), have shortlisted seven of the designs: a radio, a camera, a paintbrush, a teddy bear, theatre masks, headphones and sunglasses. Members of the public are […]
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Nottingham City Council will be carrying out major tree works on Radford Boulevard, Nottingham in the next two weeks. The work is planned to take place between 23 March and 03 April. The works are likely to affect residents as well as road and footpath users in the area but to minimise this, the work […]
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Communities who want to make their area a greener, cleaner and friendlier place to live are invited to sign up for ‘It’s Your Neighbourhood’ – part of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Britain in Bloom campaign. Last year, 40 groups from Nottingham got involved in brightening up their neighbourhoods and received awards to celebrate their efforts. […]
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Nottingham residents or anyone with family connections to Nottingham will, from 28 February 2015, be able to go online to access burial and cremation records held by Nottingham City Council. Nottingham City Council, in partnership with Deceased Online has spent the last twelve months scanning and creating digital versions of burial and cremation records going […]
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Valentine’s Day is upon us and love is in the air – or in the Cloister Garden if you’re a white peacock at Newstead Abbey. Like something straight out of a Byron poem – the romantic poet lived at Newstead between 1808 and 1814 – a special love nest has been created in the hope […]
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Creative children and young people are invited to get out into the garden to seek inspiration for Nottingham in Bloom’s annual art and photography competitions. The theme of the 2015 art competition is ‘All Seasons In Bloom’ to encourage young artists to explore the garden, park or countryside all year round. The photography competition theme […]
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