Over 50 shops, businesses, charities and schools in Trowbridge are displaying colourful flowers, planters and floral creations in their windows for this year’s Trowbridge Flower Festival.
The festival started in May to coincide with the start of the Chelsea Flower Show and will continue throughout the summer. The Flower Festival Awards took place at Emmanuel’s Yard on 4th July. See details of the winners on the News page.
This year’s event included a schools’ sunflower and upcycled planter competition and Open Gardens for residents to visit. The aim of the Festival is to bring colour, flowers and increased footfall to Trowbridge.
MAPS – Free Flower Festival maps are available to download here for residents and visitors to follow the floral display and discover some of Trowbridge’s tucked away businesses.
A limited number of printed festival trail maps are available from the Trowbridge Toy Shop, Trowbridge Visitor Centre and Roast & Toast Cafe
Share your trail photos with the hashtag #TrowbridgeFlowerFest.
COMPETITION – Look out for a number displayed in the window or prominent place at each town centre location on the map. The challenge is to add up all the numbers and email us your total. Correct answers go into a draw for prizes. Please let us know if any number stickers are missing from their locations so we can double-check they are still in place, by emailing info@trowbridgechamber.com. The competition ends on 1st August. See prizes below:
PRIZES include a £200 Serenity Beauty voucher, a £150 voucher from Haine & Smith Opticians, a children’s gardening set, garden games and sweet-filled flowerpots from Asda, a £20 Tesco gift card and vouchers donated by Tale of Spice restaurant.
For a bonus prize, there are 3 supersized bees hidden in plain sight in 3 of the business windows on the trail maps. Include the locations of the businesses displaying bees in your email, there are extra prize opportunities! (Please note that the competition numbers displayed at each location are different from their map numbers).
BUSINESS PRIZES – There were trophies and prizes on offer for the best business displays, including a £100 Trowbridge Garden Centre and £100 B&Q voucher.
OPEN GARDENS – Open gardens include: