Development & Continuity

One very important part of the Bloom campaign is the year round inclusion of all of the cities communities, residents and schools. With a long term plan in place to dramatically raise the areas profile and keep the city safe, clean and modern, CV One, English Landscapes, Whitefriars Housing and Coventry Council continually strive to enforce this message by providing important resources and aid to small pocket communities; improving the living conditions of those who depend on the sustainable, resourceful and impacting nature of their work.

Two primary schools in Coventry, Whoberley Hall Primary and Sherbourne Fields Primary both received regular visits by CV One and English Landscapes to help construct animal hutches and bird boxes, garden gnomes and school ground planting to name just a few.

Thumbnail : Willenhall Wood : Click image to enlarge

Residents and community representatives have also taken part in waste recovery programmes, compactor waste initiatives, wild flower and seed planting with Snowdrops in Willenhall Wood, Caludon School litter picking, evidence of continual planting through the seasonal changes and cleaning up graffiti. One local community in Tile Hill, Jardine Crescent Coventry actually garnered the support of local youths to provide a mural of wall art through a controlled and specialised mix of safe-to-the environment products to brighten the area and stop further inappropriate action from vandalism and fly-posting.

Thumbnail : Allesley Park play area : Click image to enlarge

The play areas have been completed as part of a three year programme funded by the Council, Big Lottery and Playbuilder grant to increase and improve children and young people's play opportunities across the city. 15 sites have been completed already in the first two years of the programme. These play areas are designed to provide exciting and challenging play opportunities that are part of the natural environment offered by the space.

The Friends of the War Memorial Park community group have recently spent time researching the many different species within the park and have created special tree friendly labels to help visitors indentify and learn about the different trees. In addition to the labels, a specific information board detailing the locations of the namesake Memorial Trees is also close to completion. The group are also investigating ecological improvements to the ditch running through the golf course including clearance work and conservation measures. The park regularly holds planting events where a number of committee members and volunteers get together and introduce new species to the park, the most recent addition was snowdrop bulbs.

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