East Suffolk Council
Community spaces set to flourish again as environmental scheme returns
‘East Suffolk Blooms’, which encourages people in East Suffolk to grow beautiful, pollinator-friendly wildflowers, is returning for 2025.
Each year, East Suffolk Council distributes free packs of bulbs to town and parish councils, community groups and organisations to plant locally as part of the East Suffolk Blooms campaign.
Successful applicants to last year’s scheme planted numerous native bulbs in towns and villages across East Suffolk, resulting in colourful flower displays which benefitted pollinators.
This time, in tandem with the East Suffolk’s Amazing project to promote an all-round effort to help maintain the beauty and cleanliness of the district, earlier flowering bulbs are being offered that provide colour during early spring.
Cllr Sally Noble, East Suffolk’s cabinet member for the Environment, said:
“Year on year, we continue to receive a high level of interest in this scheme, which is why we are pleased it is returning for 2025.
“We expect to have enough bags of bulbs to distribute one to each of 50 groups across the district, and we look forward to receiving applications for East Suffolk Blooms 2025.”
Packs of Carlton daffodil bulbs will be available to collect in the autumn, around October, from two locations in the district.
The scheme is funded by East Suffolk Services Ltd, who will be providing £3,000 worth of flowering bulbs.
An application form will be available to complete online until 31 August, before a judging panel meets to decide the successful applicants, with additional consideration given to groups reapplying after missing out last year. Applicants will then be informed of the decision by September.