Anglia in Bloom Gold award 2022

Bury St Edmunds makes it eleven times gold award winner of Anglia in Bloom

Bury St Edmunds picked up the Gold Award at Anglia in Bloom in the Large Town category and a ‘hatful’ of other prizes and trophies.

The Anglia in Bloom Awards took place at Orsett Hall nr Grays in Essex on Wednesday 7^th September and proved to be a big day for Bury St Edmunds. The competition that covers the six counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, and Bedfordshire is hotly contested especially in the Large Town Category.

2022 Awards in full:

Gold Award & Trophy Large Town category – Bury St Edmunds

Gold Award & Trophy Wildlife and Conservation Category – Bury Water Meadows Group

Award winner & Trophy Best Community Project Bury in Plume Peacock in the Park – Crafty Foxes

Gold Award & Trophy in Cemeteries & Crematoria Category – West Suffolk Crematorium

Silver Gilt Award Parks Category – Abbey Gardens

Silver Award Care Homes Category – Glastonbury Court Care UK

Silver Award Parks Category Nowton Park

David Irvine, Coordinator of Bury in Bloom, who attended the awards with a small team from the town said:

‘We are delighted to have come home with so many awards for our beautiful town that recognise the efforts put in by our supporters and the hundreds of volunteers involved. They should be rightly proud. We now look forward to the national RHS Britain in Bloom awards in London on the 10^th October in which Bury St Edmunds qualified as finalist in the BID Town Centre and City Centre category.

David said ‘It would be a nice to go out on a high by picking up some Britain in Bloom awards as I end my tenure as Bury in Bloom coordinator later this year, however the Anglia in Bloom awards puts a big smile on our face at Bury in Bloom’