Tansley Village

Pride In Tansley

Aiming for Gold in East Midlands in Bloom ... and more!

Updated 17th July 2011.

A meeting was held at a resident's home in November 2009 to hear suggestions from Jeff Bates, a Britain in Bloom and East Midlands in Bloom judge, as to how Tansley could improve on its 2009 Silver Award in the EMIB competition. As a consequence, Tansley's 'in bloom' group was formed called Pride In Tansley.

All over the country, village, town and city 'in bloom' groups inspire local people to get involved in and get tremendous achievement from improving their local community spaces and environments. We can do this too in Tansley!

Together with the parish council, the school, the Anglican church, The Tavern and others, we've now reached the next level (but only just) in the EMIB competition ...

Pride In Tansley has many prioritised ideas (see document 1 below) of what we can do, as a community, to improve our village's environment, not just for the EMIB competition but for all of us to enjoy every day!

We need many more active members and helpers with ideas and enthusiasm to improve the village, especially its street scene, and to drive these improvements forward. To get in touch, please send an email.

We can all help every day, simply by ...

picking up litter rather than walking past it

taking a carrier bag out on local walks to hold any rubbish we pick up

making sure that our dogs are community minded too!

tidying up the pavement, path or area outside our homes

making our front gardens or courtyards look even smarter

not sweeping our garden debris onto the pavement or in the road.

News (latest first)

2011:
17/7 Thanks to the initiative of a resident, Derbyshire County Council's Rights Of Way team has persuaded a local farmer to replace five narrow, tumble-down, awkward old stiles with wooden pedestrian gates on the path from Knabhall Hall opposite Moorside Farm towards Holestone Gate Road near Riber View Farm Cafe. The DCC has also erected two new signposts at each end of the path. We thank the resident, the DCC and the farmer for this major improvement for local walkers. We hope too that walkers will fasten the gates and keep to the path.
17/7 Thanks to Pride In Tansley contacting Derbyshire County Council's Rights Of Way team, several footpath signs have been renovated and repainted and new signs have been erected.	(click to enlarge).
17/7 Thanks to Tansley Parish Council, many of our footpaths have been cleared as part of a managed programme. This is a great improvement for walkers and those who use the paths for local access.
27/6 We have used the money raised on 18/6 at the School Fair to provide a new (security-marked) planter filled with red geraniums, dark blue lobelia and a central euonymus for the top path of the village green.	(click to enlarge).
20/6 Two members of the community planted lavender, spirea and euonymus (provided by the parish council) by the steps of the village green.
18/6 Pride In Tansley team raises £100 for village floral improvements from plant and book sales at the School Fair.	(click for full photo of Emma and Polly)
29/5 Walk leaflets (written by Mary Eatherden) now available free for visitors outside the Village Hall. If you live in Tansley, please print your own leaflets using this link rather than taking copies from the holder. Thanks.	(click for full photo)
23/5 We are holding a plant bring and buy stall at our stand at Tansley Primary School's Fair on 18th June. Please visit us.
29/3 Tansley Primary School children in Sycamores class made anti-litter and anti-dog poo posters for us.	(click to enlarge).
29/3 Congratulations to Tansley Parish Council for commissioning the excellent renovation and repairs by John Hill to two seats in the village.	(click to enlarge).
11/3 Had an excellent meeting with Tansley Primary School children in Sycamores class about their village environmental survey and the ideas and achievements of PIT.
16/2 Attended an excellent EMIB Seminar in Belper. Added bonus - winning an Amberol planter for use outside village hall.
2010:
15/10 Tansley In Bloom 2010 awards were presented on 13th October. See the Tansley In Bloom page for details.
18/9 Tansley wins Silver Gilt Award in East Midlands In Bloom Competition 2010, improving on its Silver in 2009. See the EMIB page for details.
11/9 Results of Sunflower Competition Under 7 years: Tallest plant - Maisie Brown (click for full photo); Biggest Flower - Harry Parker; 8-11 yrs: No entries; 12-15 yrs: No entries; 16 yrs & over: Tallest plant - John Allen; Best Flower - Ruth Bartlett. Thanks to Polly Morten for judging and donating prizes. Thanks to everyone who entered.
14/7 Judges visit for EMIB 2010 completed. See report here.
7/7 East Midlands In Bloom 2010 Portfolio completed (see document 5 below).
15/6 Matlock Garden Centre has replanted the container at the village entrance.
14/6 The Tavern pub is looking very attractive with numerous beautiful hanging baskets.
14/6 Our street-side hanging baskets and planters are now in flower and looking good.
4/6 Brian Taylor, for Tansley PC, has built and installed two new oak-framed external notice boards free of charge using wood generously donated by Charles Gregory and Sons Ltd.
24/3 Tansley PC/DDDC installed three new dog litter bins to replace damaged ones.
24/3 Tansley PC/DDDC installed new litter bin at junction of Church Street and Gold Hill.
9/3 launched. See poster. Download entry forms (x1) or (x4).
2/2 At Ashley Close, residents nearby took the initiative & pruned a crab apple tree (with permission from Tansley PC), cleaned behind the grit bin & planted the area.
28/1 DCC's PROW team agrees actions to remedy all the footpath sign issues as reported in document 3 below.
27/1 Tansley PC agrees to look into the cost and options of new Tansley signs at the entrances to the village.
27/1 Tansley PC provides £100 start-up fund as requested.
26/1 Gold Hill street name sign refixed by DDDC as requested.