Attended the launch, in Min-y-Don Gardens, of Colwyn’s challenge in the 2009 Wales in Bloom and Britain in Bloom competitions. I have blogged about these events previously. They are tremendously important in terms fostering civic pride and it’s good to see that, despite lukewarm support from the Welsh Assembly Government, they are still in being.
The redoubtable Cliff Prout was in charge of the proceedings once more, and a good crowd gathered in Min-y-Don around the sculpture of Maelgwyn Gwynedd, by local artist Mark Jackson. Maelgwyn was a sixth century king of Gwynedd, whose citadel was the still-formidable outcrop known as the Vardre, near Deganwy.
The photograph (courtesy of David Curtis) doesn’t convey just how cold it was in Min-y-Don. However, even on a bleak winter’s day, the gardens looked very impressive and I’d urge everyone to pay a visit.
