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Bury in Bloom was founded by the Bury Society in 1986 and is instrumental in confirming Bury St Edmunds as one of the country’s foremost Floral Towns. A walk through the town centre, particularly during the summer months, leaves no doubt that this accolade is well and truly earned.
Bury in Bloom’s awards and plaudits are too many to list, with numerous Gold Awards from the RHS Britain in Bloom and Anglia in Bloom.
But you will probably be able to get an idea from the photos below, taken of the Bury in Bloom Honours Boards hanging in the Athenaeum on Angel Hill.
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Mikes Ames, Chair
of Bury in Bloom with St Edmundsbury Area Parks Officer, Caroline Brown and
Campaign Manager, Julia Rackowe picking up the Gold Award for Best Large
Town/Small City from actress Susan Hampshire at the RHS Britain in Bloom
Awards ceremony at Coventry Cathedral October 2007.
Executive members with singer and garden designer, Kim Wilde, at the launch of Bury in Bloom 2007 – the year we won a Gold Award in Anglia in Bloom and top prize for Best Large Town/Small City in the RHS Britain in Bloom Awards
Rightly famous for
its magnificent hanging baskets that festoon the centre of town, today’s
Bury in Bloom has grown to embrace the whole community.
Floral and environmental projects involving the very young, school
and college students, the elderly, businesses, allotments and more, are
instigated and supported by the Bury in Bloom Executive.
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Funding for projects is raised from the corporate sector by allowing signage on roundabouts and other planted areas; from Bury St Edmunds Town Council and Bid4Bury.
Practical support and advice is given by St Edmundsbury Borough Council through its Parks department and by the management of the world famous Abbey Gardens.
A highlight of the Bury in Bloom 2005 season was the presentation to HRH the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall of the St Edmund’s Rose. This rose was specially created by Cants of Colchester to mark the completion of the Cathedral Tower, and ten rose bushes were donated by the company for planting at Highgrove.
Members of the committee
Simon Pott – Chairman
Julia Rackowe – Campaign Manager
Roy Proctor – Treasurer
Colin Taylor - Secretary
Mike Ames – Bury Society representative
Diane Knights – Hidden Gardens organiser
Damien Parker – St Edmundsbury Parks Manager
Caroline Brown – St Edmundsbury Parks Officer
Cllr Patrick Chung – Town Council and Borough Council representative
Sharon Fairweather – Tourism Manager
Sue Herriott – Schools co-ordinator
Errol Lovick – Sponsor representative
Cllr Stefan Oliver – Town Council representative
Mark Cordell – Bid4Bury Chief Executive
Wendy Wells – Portfolio co-ordinator
Jo Sweetman – Photography