Welcome to the Otley in Bloom website. In these pages we'll show you some of the exciting projects and activities that we as a Group take part in. On this website you can read about how the group was formed and also review its main areas of work. You can share our pleasure about winning a number of Awards. and find out about the success we've had with our fundraising and grants. We always have a challenging array of projects on the go and rely on a great deal of voluntary effort to complete them - perhaps you'd like to join us for some of these. As a group we have an offical Constitution which describes how we go about our work and a set of Notices which shows in more detail the office holders and key dates for this year. The Otley Town Enhancement Study was a major piece of work for the group and there's a section which describes this contribution to the town and the projects that are being done as a result of it. Look at our Gallery and sample some of the Meeting Minutes if you'd like to learn a little more about our work. We've included some useful links and there's some information about how to get in touch with us. The information on these pages changes from time to time as we make progress with our plans so you might want to come back and visit the site again. You'll see we've included some monthly gardening tips as well. In addition, the banners and inset floral images on this website change with the seasons. And in fact each time you visit a page - or refresh it - you'll be shown new images from our collection. How to move round the website. Use the links at the bottom of each page to move to another section or follow the trail of leaves in the bottom right hand corner to visit every page. In order to tell our story to as many people as possible the website conforms to the latest standards for being used by those with a visual impairment. Need larger text? Just hold down the control key and roll the wheel on your mouse towards you -- or use the 'View' menu and the 'Text Size' option. Please feel free to wander around the website - share our successes - be inpired by our plans Think about how you could help your town.. Stop Press: The First Otley Town Gateway now completed As planned, the first of the Gateway signs was completed in mid June this year. The long process to obtain a license to build it, gather the necessary funds, gain the support of Otley Town Council and then co-ordinate the efforts of the many people involved in the actual construction finally produced the excellent result shown here. Follow this link to read more about the Gateways Project and the other projects we have underway.. If you'd like to help with the next phase of this project contact us. Yorkshire in Bloom - Summer Judging 2008 In April this year the Otley in Bloom group girded its collective loins and made a major effort to tidy up the town ready for the Spring Judging. The Judges who came were impressed by the work we'd done and said they looked forward to the improvements we could make in the Summer. Now we're asking you to help us make a difference to our town and really getting it looking good for the Summer Judging which will be on Thursday July 17th this year. These tidy up programmes are part of the work done by the Otley in Bloom Task Force -- which has a regular series of events throughout the year. See the Notices page for more details. We in fact have a lot of fun on the clear up days -- and its really great to see corners of the town which are much improved in the process. Why not get in touch with our co-ordinator and lend a hand yourself? Contact us. Otley in Bloom has a new phone number - 0845 009 7642 The Otley in Bloom group has now set up a new contact number. This number is the one to call to find out more about the Group's activities and current projects. Because its a 'non-geographic' number we'll be able to use this one from year to year. You'll see the number start to appear on our publicity material and business cards. It's an easy number to remember because the the last four digits stand for Ring Otley In Bloom... Otley in Bloom - working with the business community and the people of Otley to make our town a greener place to live. Home | About the Group | Awards | Sponsors | Grants | Yorkshire in Bloom Calendar | Current Projects | Task Force | Constitution | Notices | Downloads Otley Town Enhancement Study | Gallery | Meeting minutes | Links | Contact   Next Page