Friday 18th and Saturday 19th September 2009

Springtime was celebrated in Beecroft with the ‘Beecroft in Bloom’ Festival. The first Beecroft in Bloom was held in 2005.

Each year, the streets and arcades of the shopping precinct are lined with flowers and, this year there were tubs of beautiful tulips distributed around Beecroft.

The business houses of Beecroft also joined in the spirit of the Festival by sponsoring the day and also contributing to the market day feel and atmosphere on the Saturday.

Activities around Beecroft included Beecroft Public School Intermediate Concert Band, a fashion parade, the McCoy Family band, face painting, street theatre performers from McDonalds School of Performing Arts.

The park near the station was the centre for the kids activities with a friendly animal farm.

A Jumping castle and pony rides were also popular as was the Lions BBQ.

The Ray Park Heritage Group, The Cues Jazz band and Story time at the Bookshop were also popular attractions.

Many shops has tables in front of their shops with samples, specials and giveaways. Our Town Crier kept all attendees informed of the activities.

Lions International Peace Poster Competition

For the younger artists, the Club was pleased to announce the judging of the Lions International Peace Poster Competition which invites entries from local primary and high schools vying for the awards and the opportunity to progress to the Sydney wide judging of the competition. Entries were displayed throughout the shopping precinct during the festival.

Beecroft Lions Art Show

2009 also saw the inaugural Beecroft Lions Art Show as part of the festival with the Show being officially opened at a cocktail party held on the Friday night by Epping MP Greg Smith. The Art Show was generously sponsored and organised by Ray White Real Estate, Brides of Beecroft and Beautiful Things and ran throughout the weekend.

Artists who displayed their work in the Art Show were Sharon Aldrick, Keith Betts, Kate Dunn, Linda Galbraith, Rowena Hollahan, Anita Howard, Avril Miller, Libby Moore, Anya Pesce, Jodie Read, Lesley Snelgrove and Hugh Talbot.

The businesses who kindly supported and sponsored Beecroft in Bloom included:

• A Cut Above Fine Foods
• Beecroft Pharmacy
• Beecroft Physiotherapy
• Beecroft Real Estate
• Beecroft Selective Meats
• Beecroft Village Cobbler
• Lollipop & Roses
• OASIS Plants
• Otto Turkish Gozleme
• Our Place
• Ray White Real Estate
• Raine & Horne Real Estate
• Rosies Nails and Beauty
• Sarah Hudson Skin
• Styleline Fashions
• The Art of Hair
• The Centruy Fruit Market
• The Children’s Bookshop
• Beecroft Village Fruit Market
• Beecropt Hair Studio
• Beautiful Things
• Brides of Beecroft
• Britannia Travel
• Carmichael the Jeweller
• Chicken and Fishhead
• Corfu Blue
• Con’s Delicatessen
• Denny Pharmacy
• Estelle’s Boutique
• Fine Coffee & Patisseries
• Flight Centre
• Harold Savitz Optomertrist
• Havoc and Mayhem
• La Vie en Roses
• The Merchant of Tennis
• Topp Boutique
• Travel Associates
• Umun Jewellery Studio
• Woodside Meats and
• Zalm Hair.