As a result of the escalating uncertainties surrounding the impact of COVID-19, Make It York has announced that the Bloom! – York’s festival of horticulture - planned for 20th-28th June across the city will not be going ahead this year.
We are sad to have to make this decision, however ultimately we want to ensure that as many people as possible can experience the festival and see our beautiful city blooming with flowers and colour.
We will be working hard with festival main sponsors York BID and other valued partners and sponsors across the city to look at how we can bring Bloom! back in 2021 with another exciting programme of activity for residents and visitors.
Room to Bloom
Take part in a virtual Bloom! project run by local artist Louise Rowley.
The project encourages people to capture the beauty of nature during their daily exercise (while observing government guidelines), in their garden spaces or online - and create their own ‘works of art’ which will be shared on the virtual ‘Room to Bloom’ exhibition page as a tribute to all key workers. The aim is to come together as a community to create a virtual ‘bunch of flowers’ as a way to say thank you to all key workers.
From pictures of your favourite flowers and photos of your garden to poems about what you see on your daily walk – a variety of art forms will be included. Children and adults across the city are encouraged to get creative and share their nature-inspired drawings, photos, collages and paintings.
Entries can be submitted by email to rowleyillustration@hotmail.co.uk or via social media using #RoomtoBloom2020.
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