Cheery tulips 🌷 in our #Southgate sustainable planters #Pontefract #Springtime #April

A colourful display to greet racegoers for the season opener @ponte_races
in this lovely park setting #Pontefract

How lovely are these 🤩 our #Jubilee planters at #Pontefract museum showing themselves off with bright blooms 🌺🌼🌺 Look out for them and maybe nip in to learn about the long history of our town and local area, with special exhibitions and sessions Wakefield Museums & Castles Experience Wakefield

From a busy #Pontefract Park around mid-day - some lovely snowdrops starting to come thru’, the first of the crocus (a welcome food source for early🐝) and signs of daffodils starting to show 👀 #watchwhereyoutread 👣Experience Wakefield PontefractRacecourse Pontefract parkrun

We spotted these after our #Pontefract in Bloom meeting this morning 👀 talking about grants, sponsorship, volunteering and making our town a blooming lovely place 🌷🌹🌸 Watch out for our newsletter - coming soon

We’re looking forward to all the events, activities and more taking place within the district (especially those in #Pontefract 😉) in 2024 Showcasing some great places to visits, things to do and opportunities for all to participate and enjoy 👏
#OurYear #OurYear 2024

Wishing all our sponsors, supporters, volunteers, followers & friends a very Happy Christmas & New Year.
We’re looking forward to 2024 - plans already underway for our displays and planting Ponte Valley Gardens 🌸 and #Pontefract Park Experience Wakefield Ponte Civic Society PontefractRacecourse

Planning your garden? Think like a pollinator! 🐝

We’re grateful to Magistrates Market and others - Pomfret Gallery and Taylored Holmes for their support so we can extend colourful floral features to Front Street / Cornmarket / Liquorice Way. Great for unusual / unique gifts too 🎁 #Pontefract #shoplocal

Today’s task completed ☑️
The list on the side of this planter acknowledges our sponsors 👏 without them we couldn’t deliver the floral displays around town. We’d love to hear from anyone interested in donating for 2024 planting 🌺 #Pontefract

Almost completed our planting - today was the turn of our Jubilee planters Wakefield Museums & Castles #Pontefract After an attack of the vine weevils 😡 we’ve had to replace some #heuchara and added #polyanthus ready for #Spring Check out what’s on via Experience Wakefield and Ponte Civic Society 🎄

Undeterred by a misty, rainy morning the planting is finished at #Pontefract Park with Wakefield Council team supporting volunteers to complete the old rowing boats near the lake 🦢🦆🐦‍⬛ PontefractRacecourse Pontefract parkrun Ponte Civic Society

We took advantage of a sunny day plus softer soil to get ahead with the new planting scheme for #Friends of #Pontefract Park 🌷 increased the sustainable plants in the feature beds and added around 150 #tulips More planting on Wednesday and Friday🤞🌦️ #hebe #heuchara #alchemilia

Looking nice and celebrating the contribution of a local man, the late Brian Chappell, who delivered #Pontefract in Bloom single handedly for 10 years. It’s near the Town Hall, which you can visit on a Ponte Civic Society #HeritageOpenDays tour this week - book on Eventbrite 🎟️

A busy day in a busy week (and a bit!) for our friends/supporters Ponte Civic Society Check out their Facebook or grab a copy of this leaflet to find out all about #Pontefract and nearby Be a ‘tourist in our town’ and learn the history around us 🤭 and maybe spot our blooms too

Down in the hidden gem that is Friarwood Valley Gardens - go along and support the Friends 👏 There’s plenty to do and a job for everyone.
And check out what’s taking place there for #HeritageOpenDays Ponte Civic Society on 17 September 👀

Pretty in pink in #Pontefract today as our Amberol UK planters keep on blooming 🌸 Planted and maintained for us by First Impressions nursery, #Ackworth and provided thanks to all our wonderful sponsors and supporters 👏

Refreshed by recent rainfall, our Amberol UK planters giving their annual display for #Pontefract We’ve relocated a few of these this year, for various reasons as our town and sponsorship changes - another blooming lovely year 🌺

Despite this morning’s rain #Pontefract Decoration Squad managed to take down their #Liquorice Festival trimmings and put up this ready to celebrate #Yorkshire Day. Our planters get in on the act too 🌺🌸🌺

Wow 🤩 we love visiting Pontefract Castle and here’s something else to look out for 👀🐛
Don’t forget to check out their Herb Garden - and watch for details of special events there too 🌿 Experience Wakefield