East Midlands in Bloom Results 12th September 2012

Children’s Art Competition First Prize Winners

Class 1 – (Reception to year 2) Katie Coleman (5) ‘Fabulous Flower’, Glapton Primary and Nursery School, Clifton, Class 2 – (Years 3 & 4) Oliver Breakspear (7) ‘Spring Flowers’, Glapton Primary and Nursery School, Clifton, Nottingham Class 3 – (Years 5 & 6) Erin Connor (11) ‘Sunflowers’, Glapton Primary and Nursery School, Clifton, Nottingham Class 4 – (Years 7 to 13) Scarlet Dennis (14) ‘English Rose’, Colonel Frank Seely School, Calverton, Nottingham

Children’s Digital Photography Competition First Prize Winners

Class A – (Reception to Year 2) Olivia Myhill (6), Walton Holymoorside School, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Class B – (Years 3 to 6) Eliza-May Costa-Joao (9), St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Hyson Green, Nottingham Class C – (Years 7 and above) Kelly Bostock (17), NCN Clarendon, Nottingham

2012 Campaign Awards Small Village Silver Gilt and Category Winner Barton in Fabis, Silver St. Crispin Village, Northamptonshire Silver Elmton, Derbyshire Bronze Ranby, Nottinghamshire

Judges Award: Barton in Fabis – The churchyard area Judges Award: St. Crispin Village – Beryl Harper Judges Award: Elmton – The well dressings Judges Award: Ranby - For the high standard of grass maintenance

Village Silver Gilt and Category Winner Rosliston, Derbyshire Silver Middleton by Wirksworth, Derbyshire Silver Lark Hill Village, Nottingham Bronze Theddlethorpe

Judges Award: Rosliston – Rosliston School Judges Award: Middleton by Wirksworth – Middleton Primary School for the environmentally friendly classroom Judges Award: Lark Hill – Lark Hill Woodwork Club Judges Award: Theddlethorpe – Peter Wood of Curlew Cottage 1 in Bloom Results 12th September 2012

Large Village Gold and Category Winner , Gold Market Bosworth, Leicestershire Gold Donington, Lincolnshire Bronze Asfordby, Leicestershire Bronze Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire Certificate of Achievement , Lincolnshire

Judges Award: Caistor - The Impressive levels of community engagement Judges Award: Market Bosworth - The Impressive levels of business support Judges Award: Donington – Landscaping at the Mill Pond Judges Award: Asfordby – Peter Thornton Judges Award: Woodhouse Eaves – The pride and hard work of the whole community Judges Award: Burgh Le Marsh – The new Bloom Committee

It’s Your Neighbourhood* Presented on 12th September (*more IYN awards will be presented at local awards presentations on different dates)

Unity Project (UP) ~ level 4 Thriving Boston Greenscapers ~ level 3 Developing Cowpers Gate ~ level 4 Thriving Eton Avenue Growers Association ~ level 4 Thriving Fairmead Residents Association ~ level 2 Improving Friends of Chaddesden Park ~ level 5 and RHS/BiB National Certificate of Distinction Friends of Gainsborough Old Hall Gardening Group ~ level 5 Outstanding Kirk Langley Community Orchard ~ level 3 Developing Trusthorpe and Sutton on Sea Youth Forum ~ level 4 Thriving Neighbourhood Management Trusthorpe Residents Forum ~ level 5 Outstanding Performing Arts Club of St. Johns ~ level 2 Improving Spondon Village Improvement Committee ~ level 4 Thriving St. Mary's Community Group~ level 4 Thriving YASIG ~ level 2 Improving Flinders Founders ~ level 5 Outstanding Discretionary Awards

East Midlands in Bloom Award for Horticultural Excellence within Parks sponsored by GreenSpace ~ Queen’s Park, Loughborough  East Midlands in Bloom Award for Best Wildflower and Conservation Area Deeping Lakes, Deeping St James The Brooks Mayfield Award for the Most Improved Entrant in East Midlands in Bloom Barton in Fabis  East Midlands in Bloom Award for the Least Littered Environment Erewash Borough Council (Long Eaton and Ilkeston) East Midlands in Bloom Committee Award ~ Mavis Wollerton Frank Constable Award for Best Residential Garden ~ Nicola Kirsop, The Pinfold, Elmton Barcham Trees East Midlands in Bloom Award for the Best New Permanent Landscape Newark College Woodland Garden, Magnus Street East Midlands in Bloom Award for Best Jubilee Themed Bedding in East Midlands in Bloom Erewash Borough Council (Long Eaton and Ilkeston)  The Art Department East Midlands in Bloom Best Hotel/ Garden or Display The Grange Hotel, Newark  The Art Department East Midlands in Bloom Best School Garden Lisle Marsden Church of Primary Academy,  The Art Department East Midlands in Bloom Best Retail/Commercial Premises Springfields Festival Gardens and Retail Shopping Outlet, Spalding 2 East Midlands in Bloom Results 12th September 2012

Campaign Awards part 2 Small Town Silver Gilt and Category Winner Uppingham, Rutland Silver Gilt Bakewell, Derbyshire Silver Gilt Long Sutton, Lincolnshire Silver Deeping St. James Village, Lincolnshire Silver Blidworth, Nottinghamshire Silver Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire Silver , Lincolnshire Bronze , Lincolnshire Bronze Darley Dale, Derbyshire Judges Award: Uppingham – “The Community of Uppingham” Judges Award: Bakewell – The business sector of the town Judges Award: Long Sutton – The Eco-Warriors at Long Sutton Primary School Judges Award: Deeping St. James Village – The volunteers at Deeping Lakes Nature Reserve Judges Award: Blidworth – The Landscaping at Blidworth Leisure Centre Judges Award: Sutton Bridge –The dedicated “Bloomers” group Judges Award: Holbeach – The improvement works at the Holbeach Nature Reserve Judges Award: Crowland – The Abbey 345 pre-school Judges Award: Darley Dale – The restoration work at Whitworth Park

Town Gold and Category Winner Oakham, Rutland Gold , N E Lincolnshire Silver Gilt Bourne, Lincolnshire Silver Gilt Syston, Leicestershire Silver Ibstock, Leicestershire

Bronze Staveley, Derbyshire Bronze Burbage, Leicestershire Judges Award: Oakham – The floral displays around Oakham Library Judges Award: Immingham – The Immingham in Bloom Committee and Supporters Judges Award: Bourne – Willoughby Special School Judges Award: Syston – St Peter and St Paul’s School Judges Award: Ibstock – For the Ibstock in Bloom Poetry competition Judges Award: Burbage – The Horsepool Site Judges Award: Staveley – Ringwood Hall

Large Town Gold and Category Winner Belper, Derbyshire Gold , Leicestershire Silver Gilt Spalding, Lincolnshire Silver Gilt , Lincolnshire Silver Gilt Ilkeston, Derbyshire Silver Gilt Long Eaton, Derbyshire Silver Gilt Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire Silver Gilt Louth, Lincolnshire 3 East Midlands in Bloom Results 12th September 2012

Silver Newark, Nottinghamshire Silver Boston, Lincolnshire

Bronze Gainsborough, Lincolnshire Judges Award: Belper – Wyver Lane Nature Reserve Judges Award: Market Harborough – St Nicholas’ Churchyard Judges Award: Sleaford – Greylees Estate Judges Award: Spalding – For the floral displays in the Crescent, Francis Street and Vine Street Judges Award: Ilkeston – The General Havelock Public House Judges Award: Long Eaton – Long Eaton Eco-School Judges Award: Melton Mowbray – The Yew Tree Community Garden on Scalford Road Judges Award: Louth – The Spout Yard Park Judges Award: Newark – The Old English Garden at the Parish Church Judges Award: Boston – The Friends of Witham Park Judges Award: Gainsborough – Marshall’s Yard

Coastal Resort Gold and Category Winner , Lincolnshire Silver Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire Silver , Lincolnshire Judges Award: Cleethorpes – Art in the Landscape Judges Award: Mablethorpe – The volunteers who created the Galleon Bed Judges Award: Skegness – Sea View Walk

Urban Community Silver Gilt and Category Winner The Meadows, Nottingham Silver Evington, Leicester

Silver Littleover, Derby Judges Award: The Meadows – The Library Garden Judges Award: Evington – The Burnaby Gardens in Evington Park Judges Award: Littleover – The Friends Group

Small City Gold and Category Winner Loughborough, Leicestershire Gold Oadby & Wigston, Leicestershire Gold Grimsby, N E Lincolnshire Silver Gilt Chesterfield, Derbyshire Silver Mansfield, Nottinghamshire

Certificate of Achievement Daventry, Northamptonshire Judges Award: Loughborough – Chapman Street Horticultural Club Judges Award: Oadby & Wigston – Two Steeples Oasis floral displays Judges Award: Grimsby – Scartho Community Eco Garden Judges Award: Chesterfield – The Britannia Inn Judges Award: Mansfield – Maun Conservation Group Judges Award: Daventry – Drayton Residents Association

City ~ Silver Gilt and Category Winner Northampton Judges Award: Northampton – Bradlaugh Fields

Large City ~ Gold and Category Winner Nottingham Judges Award: Nottingham – Nottingham City Castle Grounds 4 East Midlands in Bloom Results 12th September 2012

EMiB Regional Finalists Britain in Bloom 2012

Market Bosworth – Large Village Belper – Large Town Loughborough - Small City Northampton - City Cleethorpes – Champions (Large Coastal, by invitation from the RHS)

Results will be announced on 6th October at the Britain in Bloom National Awards Presentation in St Peter Port, Guernsey

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