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Britain in Bloom 2011 the WINNERS The RHS Community update Issue 07 • Autumn 2011 www.rhs.org.uk/communities Britain in Bloom 2011 THE WINNERS Mind the moths Asian Pest Reaches the UK Coping with the Cuts “in Bloom” weathers the storm Interview: Rachel de Thame 02/ Welcome Image: RHS Julian Weigall Your magazine Welcome to the autumn issue of Growing Communities, 02 2012 Bloom launch the magazine for all RHS “in Bloom” and It’s Your Wild about Wildflowers Neighbourhood participants and RHS Affiliated Societies. 03 RHS Britain in The judges have made their visits and we are Awards Ceremony, Rachel de Thame, about delighted to reveal the long-awaited results her journey into horticulture (page 11). Bloom 2011 Awards of this year’s RHS Britain in Bloom UK Finals As ever, we’re always looking for groups’ Ceremony (pages 4-6). In these financially straitened stories to publish. Please send your news times, we bring you ideas from groups around and ideas to [email protected] / 04/06 Britain in Bloom the country who are making their “in Bloom” 020 7821 3118. 2011: the Results campaigns work despite the downturn (pages Many thanks, Sophie Dawson, Editor 12 – 14). We also speak to garden designer All the medal-winners, by category and host of this year’s Britain in Bloom 06 Entente Florale 2011 Tameside celebrates success in Europe 07 News 2012 RHS Britain in Bloom launch Following this year’s successful tree-planting launch, next year we 08 RHS Science will be offering groups the chance to sow wildflowers as part of a & Advice nationwide “in Bloom” celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. An Asian pest & the beauty of grasses 10 RHS Campaign for School Gardening Northumbria leads the way for young gardeners 11 RHS Interview Rachel de Thame 12/14 Coping with the cuts “in Bloom” weathers the storm Image: RHS Julian Weigall Above: Chepstow Drive Local Park – Milton Keynes in Bloom 2011 15 RHS Affiliated ‘Wild about Wildflowers’ is open to sow your wildflowers, visit www.rhs.org. Societies all registered “in Bloom” and It’s Your uk/britaininbloom Please note that you Mold Gardening Club Neighbourhood groups, as well as RHS must be a registered “in Bloom” (national Affiliated Societies. Groups can apply for a or regional) or It’s Your Neighbourhood free pack of UK wildflower seeds to cover group, or an RHS Affiliated Society in order an area 10m2 for planting in April 2012. to take part. Cover: Children working on the beds at St Mary To register your group for a free pack To request a registration form and a and St Giles Junior School Gardens – Stony of wildflower seeds and to download the copy of the wildflower support pack by Stratford in Bloom 2011 Wild about Wildflowers support pack, post, please call 020 7821 3118. Image: RHS Julian Weigall with all the information you need to help Growing Communities is published by RHS Community Horticulture, 80 Vincent Square, London SW1P 2PE The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity dedicated to advancing Tel 020 7821 3069 Email [email protected] horticulture and promoting gardening. Our goal is to help people share a passion for plants, to encourage excellence in horticulture, and inspire all those with an interest in gardening. ©2011 The Royal Horticultural Society Our community campaigns support more than 5,000 groups in creating greener and more Registered Charity interconnected communities. For more information about RHS Britain in Bloom, RHS It’s Your no: 222879 / SC038262 Neighbourhood and RHS Affiliated Societies, please visit www.rhs.org.uk/communities Growing Communities • Autumn 2011 RHS Britain in Bloom 2011 Awards Ceremony /03 St Andrews welcomes RHS Britain in Bloom Image: Keith Jackson Image: Keith Above and below right: St Andrews Botanic Garden. Below left: Spring colours and civic pride St Andrews in Scotland was proud to host the 2011 Britain in Bloom Awards Ceremony on 25 September 2011 at the Fairmont Hotel. happens in St Andrews and this is in common event. I would also like to thank our sponsors with the rest of Fife in general, with many for this year’s RHS Britain in Bloom Awards towns and villages throughout the region Ceremony, Amberol and Amethyst Horticulture making innovative and attractive changes to for their generous support.” their own environments. The most famous St Andrews represented Scotland in the of these is Falkland, who last year won the Coastal Town category of the UK Finals Champion of Champions category in Britain in 2009 and of course has a tremendous in Bloom for an unprecedented second amount to offer the visitor. Further successive year.” information can be obtained from Image: St Andrews in Bloom Image: St Andrews Fife Council Parks and Community Events www.standrews.co.uk, facebook.com/visit. Officer and founder member of Falkland st.andrews or Twitter.com/visitstandrews. busy tourist destination and ancient in Bloom, Keith Jackson, explained, “We university town, St Andrews has a are delighted that so many communities, A proud horticultural heritage evidenced including St Andrews, participate in Beautiful by one of the region’s best kept secrets: Fife, which has grown from only 30 entries in St Andrews Botanic Garden. 2008 to 55 in 2011. The campaign mirrors The Gardens were founded in 1889 for the judging criteria and categories of Britain teaching, research and experimental plant in Bloom in order that, should an entrant breeding purposes and have, since 1987, progress to Beautiful Scotland and beyond been managed under lease by Fife Council. that to RHS Britain in Bloom, they do not The original aims are still very much adhered have to familiarise themselves with differing to, with the St Andrews Botanic Education assessment topics.” Trust, The Friends of the Botanic Garden and Twenty percent of Beautiful Fife Jackson Image: Keith other voluntary groups all contributing to the participants currently take part in the garden’s educational programmes. national Beautiful Scotland campaign Martin Troughton, of RHS Britain in Bloom and many are also successful in the UK sponsor, Anglian Home Improvements, said, Finals. “Fife has a proud recent history of Fife has a proud recent history “St Andrews was the perfect location for the participation in the Britain in Bloom Finals, of participating in the RHS RHS Britain in Bloom Awards Ceremony, as with local communities representing Scotland Britain in Bloom Finals... a town with such rich horticultural heritage. on seven occasions over the past four years,” Keith Jackson, The event was a wonderful celebration of the said Keith. “We hope to continue encouraging Fife Council Parks ands hard work of this year’s 76 finalists.” and developing our communities in order to Community Events Officer Councillor Brian Goodall, Chair of Fife continue this trend and the award ceremony Council’s Housing and Communities said, itself has provided some of them with the “The community plays a large part in what opportunity to assist in the preparation of the www.rhs.org.uk/communities 04/ RHS Britain in Bloom 2011 RHS Britain in Bloom Awards 2011 Congratulations to all those who took part in this year’s RHS Britain in Bloom UK Finals. We bring you the results, arranged by category. Small Town Entry Name Region / Nation Medal Ahoghill Ulster Silver Gilt Dunnington Yorkshire Silver Gilt St Martin Guernsey Gold & Category Winner Stony Stratford Thames & Chilterns Silver Tetbury Heart of England Silver Gilt Wareham South & South East Silver Gilt Image: RHS Julian Weigall Above: The Wheel Garden, Luddenden in Bloom 2011. Volunteers left to right: Brenda McArdle, Joan Oaten, Barry McArdle. Below: Cricklade Town Entry Name Region / Nation Medal Small Village Forres Scotland Gold Entry Name Region / Nation Medal Freckleton North West Silver Gilt Coldred South & South East Silver Halstead Anglia Gold Great Whittington Northumbria Silver Gilt Holyhead Wales Silver Gilt Loughgall Ulster Silver Gilt & Ilkley Yorkshire Silver Gilt Category Winner Oakham East Midlands Silver Gilt Scotlandwell Scotland Silver Gilt Rustington South & South East Gold & Category Winner Village St Saviour Jersey Silver Gilt Entry Name Region / Nation Medal Thornbury South West Gold Berrynarbor South West Gold Elswick North West Silver Gilt Large Town Filby Anglia Gold Entry Name Region / Nation Medal Luddenden Yorkshire Gold & Category Coleraine Ulster Silver Gilt Winner Colne North West Silver Gilt Newcastleton Scotland Silver Gilt Glenrothes Scotland Gold & Category Rosliston East Midlands Silver Gilt Winner Huntingdon Anglia Gold Large Village Whickham Northumbria Silver Gilt Entry Name Region / Nation Medal Whitehaven Cumbria Silver Gilt Broughshane Ulster Gold & Category Winner Cemaes Bay Wales Silver Donington East Midlands Silver Kirkby Stephen Cumbria Silver Shadwell Yorkshire Silver Gilt Upton upon Severn Heart of England Silver Warkworth Northumbria Silver Gilt Growing Communities • Autumn 2011 /05 Above: School children visit Perth in Bloom nursery Coastal up to 12k Entry Name Region / Nation Medal Grange-over-Sands Cumbria Silver Grouville Jersey Silver Gilt Hunstanton Anglia Sliver Rothesay Scotland Silver Saltburn by the Sea Northumbria Silver Tenby Wales Silver Gilt Whitby Yorkshire Gold & Category Winner Above: Bath Coastal over 12k Entry Name Region / Nation Medal Small City Bangor Ulster Silver Gilt Entry Name Region / Nation Medal Cleethorpes East Midlands Gold & Category Bath South West Silver Gilt Winner Bedford Anglia Silver Plymouth South West Silver Gilt Coatbridge Scotland Bronze Southport North West Silver Darlington
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