You may have noticed a bench at Mike’s Circle on Bayswater Road over the past few months and wondered why it was there.  The Circle is named after Mike Brassey and the bench is dedicated to him.  Mike is the father of Suzanne (who is one of the founding members of Wallasey Village in Bloom) and he gave us lots of advice and help in those early months.

It’s two years this week that Mike passed away, so we thought it would be lovely to get his family and friends there and raise a glass to him.  We hope you enjoy using the bench and maybe have a little rest there on your travels.

Mike Brassey

Dedication

Suzanne with her family

Cheers Mike!

RIP Mike, gone but never forgotten.

Last week we had been busy removing the now wilting summer plants in readiness for winter planting!

So early Saturday morning the whole team were out putting together the planters in Wallasey Village, Grove Road and Wallasey Village Library.  This year we have winter pansies, trailing violas and a few ornamental cabbages (a first for us, they look fabulous and we’re looking forward to seeing how they take).  We also took down the cuffs on lampposts to prepare them for planting later in the week.

Huge thanks to Nick at Stollies for the coffees and Rostherne Nursery Ltd for the beautiful plants.

Saturday morning and afternoon in photos!

WALLASEY VILLAGE  :  GROVE ROAD 

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WALLASEY VILLAGE LIBRARY – we’ve planted ornamental cabbages this year!

The rain has really helped us this week so this morning it was just a bit of topping up and deadheading.  The library is looking stunning with the begonias ‘blooming beautiful’ and the lavender, after a little turn, have started flowering again.

We’re coming towards the end of the summer planting season and even though they’re still looking lovely, we will be making plans over the next few weeks to start emptying the planters and preparing for the winter show!!

Have a fabulous bank holiday weekend – from all the WVIB Team.

A selection of photos of how our village is looking this weekend:

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It’s been a busy few weeks getting ready for the Judges from the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) ‘Britain in Bloom’ (North West) competition, but what a fantastic day we had yesterday. A huge thanks for all the messages of support we received and for those who were extra vigilant and picked up and litter or weeds the day before the competition!   We were as ready as we could be.

We wont find out how we’ve done until early November, but we will keep you posted!

To the ladies of the Friends of Wallasey Village Library.  How lovely.

We have given the planters outside Harrison Hall a ‘Wallasey Village in Bloom’ makeover and added beautiful pots of dahlias provided by Rostherne Nursery Ltd. Thanks guys, the bees 🐝 love them!

Have you spotted our new sign and planter?  We are very proud of it! What do you think?

Watch out for new additions around the village in the next few days. “Making Our Village Smile with Flowers”.