Solihull in Bloom

Local Projects

One of the best carpet beds in the region

Solihull still practices the skill of planting up 1,000’s of plug plants to make a design. The bed in Malvern Park depicted a design created by a local school pupil and represented the local roots theme. The Enterprise team Gardeners have been planting up the bed for over 20 years and the finished result of over 20,000 plants is always an amazing sight.

Solihull has a famous horticulturalist

Not a lot of people know this, but E H Wilson a plant collector who bought to England many of our common garden plants we love today, lived in Solihull between 1876-1930. So one of our horticulture team decided it would be a fitting tribute to create a E H Wilson bed in Solihull Town Centre which fitted in with the “local roots” theme. Little did we know that his family still live in Solihull and contacted us to say how impressed they were with the garden display.

Contact Details

Should you like further information on Britain in Bloom, the Solihull in Bloom competition or how you can help or make suggestions, please contact the Events and Marketing Team

Tel: 0121 704 6546

Email: solbloom@solihull.gov.uk