Britain in Bloom 2010: the Finalists
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The RHS Community update Issue 01 • Spring 2010 www.rhs.org.uk/britaininbloom Britain in Bloom 2010: the finalists Trees for evacuees Guernsey remembers Fundraising: everything counts An inner-city success story Conservation gardening 02/ Welcome Your new magazine 02/ Welcome to your new magazine Welcome to Growing Communities, the new magazine for RHS community groups including RHS Britain in Bloom 03 News and RHS It’s Your Neighbourhood participants, and Creating a River of Green RHS Affiliated Societies. Entente Florale The aims of this new magazine are to: like to send us, please direct them to • Provide you with ideas and inspiration [email protected]. We need stories 04/05 through the feature articles that help us to highlight the environmental, • Update you on relevant news from the horticultural and community benefits of RHS Britain in Bloom 2010: The Finalists RHS, the regions/nations, the “in Bloom” community gardening, which would have a and It’s Your Neighbourhood groups, and broad appeal or interest and/or which tell the Affiliated Societies us about something genuinely innovative or 06/07 • Provide information about upcoming unique. In addition, we can include (in our Dig Together Day 2010 events or opportunities News In Brief section) quick updates about First Impressions count in Harrogate • Serve as a showcase for the great work special anniversaries and awards or other going on all across the UK through RHS similar items. News In Brief community gardening programmes We hope you enjoy this first edition of and schemes Growing Communities and we look forward This publication is about you and for to your comments, news and stories for the 08/09 In Focus you and so it will need your contributions next edition. Trees for evacuees: Guernsey remembers and feedback to be a success. If you have any comments, news or stories you would Best regards, The Editors 10/11 Fundraising success in inner-city London I am delighted to welcome you to the first edition of the new magazine for RHS community groups: 12/13 Growing Communities. Creating compost from garden waste This is a publication for and about quality and appearance of our environment. Nurturing native wildlife RHS Britain in Bloom and RHS It’s Your I would like to thank you for your important Neighbourhood participants and our contribution to horticulture and gardening, 14 News RHS Affiliated Societies. and for generously sharing your knowledge I have been inspired by the with your communities and the gardeners Sowing the seeds of interest wonderful work you are doing in your of tomorrow. for new generations communities, green spaces and gardens, I look forward to reading more about and by the impressive number of young your achievements in future editions of people who are joining in. Growing Communities, so please do keep 14/15 Special Offers Last year there were 1,073 us informed of what you are doing. communities participating in “in Bloom” in their region/nation and 67 RHS Britain Wishing you a fruitful 2010, 16 in Bloom UK Finalists. RHS It’s Your Neighbourhood In addition, there were 891 groups participating in RHS It’s Your Neighbourhood (formerly Neighbourhood Awards) and the Growing Communities is published by RHS Affiliated Societies programme had RHS Community Horticulture, 80 Vincent a membership of 2,857 local gardening Gordon Seabright Square, London SW1P 2PE Tel 020 7821 3651 clubs and horticultural societies. Acting Director General Email [email protected] Collectively that is a tremendous number Royal Horticultural Society ©2010 The Royal Horticultural Society of people all dedicated to improving the Growing Communities • Spring 2010 RHS Community News /03 Campaigns launch 2010 Congratulations to – creating a our representatives River of Green in Europe The UK is a member of, and participant in, Entente Florale Europe, a “Bloom-like” campaign focusing on the greening of towns and villages, ecologically and environmentally sensitive development, the management of green spaces and education and communication initiatives which promote environmental awareness. Twelve European countries participate in And last but not least… Entente Florale Europe and each year each We have one final announcement: country may nominate two communities our seasoned Entente Florale jury member, to represent them. In 2010 the UK’s Clive Addison, has been selected as the representatives are St. Brelade (Jersey; Chairman of the Entente Florale Europe jury 2009 RHS Britain in Bloom Gold & Category by a landslide vote. RHS Britain in Bloom and RHS It’s Your Winner, Coastal 12k and below) and Many congratulations to Clive! Neighbourhood kick off the year on 27-28 Stockton-on-Tees (Northumbria; 2009 March 2010 in communities all across the UK. RHS Britain in Bloom Gold & Category The theme for this year’s launch event Winner, City). is “Creating a River of Green” or “mass Congratulations St. Brelade and greening” so we have asked groups to focus Stockton-on-Tees! their launch event activities on planting or greening up activities. We will also be The UK’s participation in Entente Florale trying to link into the fact that 2010 is the is managed by the RHS as part of its International Year of Biodiversity. stewardship of Britain in Bloom. In addition The RHS is organising the Press Launch to having two communities participate in the which is being held on 24 March in London campaign, the UK also has a member on the and we hope to really kick things off with a Entente Florale Board and two jury members. bang and grab the media’s attention so that The jury members are former members of the the buzz will trickle down to regional and local RHS Britain in Bloom UK Judging Panel and media and help all the participating groups are selected by the RHS and the Chairman of get plenty of coverage of their own events. the Judging Panel. This year we would like to The RHS is providing groups with support welcome Sue Rodrigues as one of our new materials to help them promote their events jury members. locally so keep your eyes open for information about events near you. Congratulations Sue! www.rhs.org.uk/britaininbloom 04/ RHS Britain in Bloom Congratulations RHS Britain in Bloom finalists 2010! The RHS Britain in Bloom 2010 Finalists have been Category: Champion of Champions confirmed and are already hard at work cleaning up and Entry Name Region / Nation greening up cities, towns, villages, coastal resorts and Falkland Scotland urban communities all across the UK. Congratulations to Grouville Jersey them for having achieved the honour of being nominated Harrogate Yorkshire to represent their region/nation – that alone places them Pitlochry Scotland amongst the best! Category: City Entry Name Region / Nation Aberdeen Scotland London Borough of London Islington The 2010 Northampton East Midlands Solihull Heart of England finalists are: Tameside North West Category: Coastal (12k and above) Entry Name Region / Nation Bangor Northern Ireland Scarborough Yorkshire Category: Coastal (12k and below) Entry Name Region / Nation Hunstanton Anglia Lytham North West Mablethorpe East Midlands North Berwick Scotland St Ives & Carbis Bay South West Tenby Wales Category: Large City Entry Name Region / Nation Bristol South West Leeds Yorkshire Sunderland Northumbria Growing Communities • Spring 2010 /05 Congratulations RHS Britain in Bloom Clockwise, from left: Bangor, Islington, finalists 2010! Falkland & Stanghow Category: Small Town Category: Urban Community Entry Name Region / Nation Entry Name Region / Nation Ahoghill Northern Ireland Beighton (Sheffield) Yorkshire Cricklade South West Didsbury North West Garstang North West (Manchester) Hunmanby Yorkshire Dyce (Aberdeen) Scotland Keswick Cumbria Eston Northumbria (Middlesborough) Long Sutton East Midlands Moor (Oxmoor) Anglia Category: Large Town / Small City (12-35k) Sedgefield Northumbria Moseley Heart of England Entry Name Region / Nation (Birmingham) Bicester Thames and Category: Small Village Port Marine & Village South West Chilterns Entry Name Region / Nation Quarter (Portishead) Bury St Edmunds Anglia Stanghow Northumbria Spondon (Derby) East Midlands Coleraine Northern Ireland Wolfscastle Wales Walthamstow London Colwyn Bay Wales Village (London) Category: Town Durham Northumbria Entry Name Region / Nation Perth Scotland Category: Village City of London London Whitehaven Cumbria Entry Name Region / Nation Cupar Scotland Bulphan Anglia Category: Large Town / Small City (35-100k) Douglas Isle of Man Muthill Scotland Entry Name Region / Nation Halstead Anglia Norton Heart of England Bedford Anglia St Saviour Jersey Scarva Northern Ireland Crawley South East Wetherby Yorkshire Derry City Northern Ireland Fareham South Category: Large Village Entry Name Region / Nation Cayton Yorkshire Comrie Scotland Market Bosworth East Midlands St. Pierre du Bois Guernsey Tatsfield South East Wedmore South West Woolton North West www.rhs.org.uk/britaininbloom 06/ RHS Community News Dig Together Day 2010 UK put on local Dig Together Day events. and resources much more on getting even The theme for this year’s event is going to more national and regional press coverage. be “Growing as a Community.” We are asking In addition, our press team will be able to those participating clubs/societies to organise provide a bit more support to you in getting an event/activity that the whole community local press coverage of your event. Since this can get involved with and get their hands is where we will be focusing our resources we dirty gardening together. You might choose will not be organising a press launch event to make a start on a larger project that will as we did last year; previous participants continue after DTD or to pick a project that suggested that better national and regional can be completed on the day; the important press coverage would be much more valuable. things is to bring your community together There is already information available 2009 saw the unveiling of a new initiative, and get them gardening! Not sure what to you on the RHS website at www.rhs.org.