Dover In Bloom

𝗗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 is here, and you're invited to join! 🌿

From 6th to 14th June 2026, Dover is joining the UK’s only mass moment for nature and climate, where over a million people come together to make their neighbourhoods better and protect the natural world: 's Great Big Green Week.

In Dover, we are ready to brighten our streets and grow green spaces through positive environmental action. Whether you want to support a local conservation or greening event, or if you have your own initiative to share, we want to hear from you. Please register your event to get listed on the Dover Big Green Week Programme and be part of a wave of positive change in Dover and across the country. 🐌🌼

🔗 Add your event at https://bit.ly/big-green-dover

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It was all hands on deck for the 𝗗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗺 Community Clean and Green Day last Saturday! 🌿

Organised by Future Foundry in collaboration with White Cliffs Countryside Partnership and Samphire, the day saw our town come together to care for the River Dour. We spent the day working beside and in the water, cleaning the river and planting up the banks with species specially chosen to thrive in this rare chalk stream environment.

The day was a true celebration of collaboration: ✨ Future Foundry coordinated the event, bringing a team of young greening enthusiasts from their youth art club, The Forge ✨ White Cliffs Countryside Partnership led the river clean, bringing their expert conservation knowledge and deep understanding of the Dour. ✨ Samphire volunteers joined us from the refugee community, helping to plant up the riverbeds with enthusiasm and care. ✨ Laura Lee our garden designer, brought her specialist experience in chalk stream planting to guide the work. ✨ And Dover’s future creative leaders, the team from The Forge! Future Foundry’s youth art club couldn’t wait to get their waders on and jump into the river, bringing their energy and passion to the cause.

Huge thanks to Bradley (The Forge) for snapping these brilliant photos of the day. 📸

It was social, it was joyful, and it was all about making Dover a better place together.

One person can cause damage, but many hands can repair it.

Last week, Transition Dover’s community planting beds along the River Dour were unfortunately vandalised, with plants stolen and beds damaged. It’s a frustrating blow to the green corridors we’re building together.

But the story doesn’t end there.

This week, they’re back, running “Community Gardening – Undeterred!” to replant, repair, and rebuild. Why? Because the work that’s happening in Dover - creating greener spaces, connecting our town, and caring for our environment - is supported by far more people than the act of destruction.

When we come together, the numbers are on our side. Most of us want a Dover that is greener, friendlier, and a better place to live. We won’t let a single act of vandalism stop the positive change that so many of us are working towards.

Join Transition Dover tomorrow to show that care and creativity still win: https://fb.me/e/5Fcm0haiv

📍Bridge Street, Dover, CT16 2LB 🗓️ Saturday 18th April, from 2.30pm

One organisation can't transform a whole town. But 40+ working together?

In 2025 𝗗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗺 showed just what you can achieve when a town works together to achieve incredible results! 🏆🌷🐝

Young people don't want to just talk about change - they want to make it happen!

Litter picks across town. Planting in the town centre. Getting their hands dirty, literally 🙌🌱🌷

They showed up forn Dover in Bloom and proved that sometimes the simplest actions create the biggest shifts. 🌿

The seed for Dover In Bloom was planted in 2023, when Future Foundry's Dover Youth Survey revealed that young people loved to spend time outdoors, but wanted Dover to feel more welcoming, greener, more cared for. 🌿

And they weren't just listened to, they were asked: do you want to do something about it?

They said 𝗬𝗘𝗦. And Dover In Bloom was born. 🌱🌻