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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Photos taken in Nottingham to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Britain in Bloom have gone on show at John Lewis Nottingham. The exhibition – ‘Evergreen in Bloom’ – will be displayed in The Place To Eat on the third floor of the Victoria Centre store for six weeks. It features a selection of photos taken […]
Nottingham City Council is celebrating after receiving the news that its £3.2m bid to develop Highfields Park has been successful. The money has been awarded through the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Big Lottery Fund’s Parks for People programme and will be used to improve facilities and expand a programme of visitor and community activities […]