Christmas Tree Recycling Raises Over £3,300!
A huge thank you to everyone that supported the Council’s Christmas tree collection and recycling initiative. In total over £3,300 was raised which will help fund many of our sustainable projects that we planned for the next year. All of the trees that the depot team collected (over 500 in total), and that were dropped […]
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Happy New Year!
2023 was another wonderful year for Amersham in Bloom, from the burst of colourful spring bulbs to the Coronation Meadows and field of sunflowers in the summer, to the Coronation Clock and, more recently, the new tiny urban forest along Chiltern Avenue. Amersham Town Council incredibly grateful to the businesses, community groups, schools, Bloom volunteers, […]
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Fox Sculpture Added To The Tiny Urban Forrest
The latest addition to the upcoming Children’s Art Trail, was installed on Thursday last week. A fox, created using two recycled copper water tanks, stands within the new ‘tiny urban forest’ on Chiltern Avenue. Huge thanks Colin Pells who worked in partnership with the Amersham Town Council to create this wonderful piece of art. The […]
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Tiny Urban Forest and Winter Garden
In late November, we added the final few plants to complete (for this season) the ‘Tiny Urban Forest and Winter Garden’ on the verge opposite Amersham Station in Chiltern Ave. This pocket forest comprises 20 Himalayan birch trees (Betula utilis jacquemontii ‘Snow Queen’) and one Tibetan Cherry (Prunus Serrula). The trees, with their wonderful white […]
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Community Carol Service 2024
The Town Mayor, Councillor Dominic Pinkney is pleased to invite residents to the Amersham Town Council Community Carol Service, taking place on Tuesday 10th December 2024 at St Mary’s Church, Church Street, Old Amersham H7 0DB, commencing at 6.15pm. The event is free to all who wish to attend, and will feature performances by Amersham […]
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HMS Dreadnought Returns to the Memorial Gardens
Refurbished and back from the dry dock, we are pleased to announce the return of HMS Dreadnought to the Memorial Gardens. The replica battleship has been planted and looks great in its new position. Along with the pair of SE5a bi-planes and lone soldier, HMS Dreadnought formed part of the display which was installed to […]
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25,000 Bulbs Being Planted Across Amersham!
Over the past couple of weeks bloom volunteers, members of the Town Council team and pupils from Stony Dean School have joined forces to commence a project to plant over 25,000 bulbs throughout Amersham. We have planted tulips, daffodils, alliums, bluebells, crocuses, snowdrops and snowflakes (the latter have been planted in Chiltern Avenue amongst the […]
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Remembrance Day Service in the Memorial Gardens
Hundreds of residents joined scout and guide groups, school children, representatives from local organisations and members of Amersham Town Council to show their respects at the Remembrance Day Service in the Memorial Gardens yesterday. Huge thanks to Rev. Jonny Rapson for leading the service, the Amersham Band for providing the music and the Royal British […]
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