Planting in the Park - 2024

Published: 13 June 2024

People's Park has been transformed into a vibrant, colourful landscape full of flowers and decorations thanks to the efforts of students at 11 primary schools from across Banbury. Each school was given the task of turning an empty plot of soil into an eye-catching flowerbed themed to the upcoming Olympic Games, due to take place in Paris, France. The centrepiece of each flowerbed was designed and constructed from scratch by every school attending. These centrepieces now stand proudly among the dazzling flower arrangements, each one celebrating the unity, diversity, and history of the Olympics.

St Mary's CE School's Flowerbed, Winner of the Best Planted Bed Award

The day proved to be an exciting day for all, with music and entertainment provided by Puritan Radio, and awards presented to the schools for Best Planted Bed and Best Centrepiece. Best Planted Bed was presented to St Mary's CE School, while Hardwick School claimed the gold award for Best Centrepiece. To see a complete collection of images of each flowerbed, as well as more information on this exciting event, you can visit our page dedicated Banbury in Bloom. 

Hardwick School's Flowerbed, Winner of the Best Centrepiece Award 

Banbury Town Council would like to thank the students and staff at each of the school's as well as Puritan Radio, the park rangers and council officers who helped make the event a possibility.