RHS Britain in Bloom Gold 2022

A Gold Award certificate was presented to Bury in Bloom at the RHS UK Finals Awards Ceremony held at RHS Lindley Hall in Westminster on Monday 10th October
Bury in Bloom won the Gold Award for the BID Town Centre and City Centre category, competing with seven other towns and cities around the United Kingdom.
Judges were particularly impressed with being 100% ‘Peat-Free’ since 2021 following two years of trials as well as the installation of a major rainwater harvesting scheme which enables them to be self sufficient when it comes to watering the nearly 500 hanging baskets and floral displays.
Despite the incredibly hot weather the judges were treated to a tour of the Abbey Gardens by Bury Rickshaw team as they viewed the Peacock in the Park (Bury in Plume) community art project, the Central Beds, and the Floral labyrinth.
David Irvine Bury in Bloom Coordinator said:
‘The overall impression we tried to create was one of a floral town tackling challenges in a changing climate while embracing 21st Century technology’. Bury in Bloom enjoys massive ‘Goodwill’ and is supported by the BID ‘Our Bury St Edmunds’, local business sponsors, the Town & District council as well as hundreds of volunteers.
“Nowadays it’s much more than horticultural achievement and floral displays. In fact, the Community and Environmental projects make up 60% of the judging score and our high level of involvement in these areas was a major contribution to winning the Gold”. The judges particularly mentioned the huge ‘Front Garden’ competition called Certificates of Merit that in 2022 involved 80 judges visiting nearly 20,000 front gardens in Bury St Edmunds and handing out nearly 1600 of the highly sought-after Certificate of Merit.
The Greenfingers competition (for Schools, Nurseries and Care Homes) and the Britannia in Bloom at Britannia House (A Sheltered House for abused adults) as well as Bury in Plume community project by the ‘crafty foxes’ all received special comment.
The Britain in Bloom Gold Award follows immediately behind success in the Anglia in Bloom awards where Bury St Edmunds received four Gold Awards, one Silver Gilt and two Silver Awards and confirms Bury St Edmunds status at a Jewel in the Crown of Suffolk.
Smiling, Coordinator David went on to say;
“We may need a bigger awards cabinet, a lovely problem to deal with. Bury St Edmunds has a right to be proud of itself.”




For more information about RHS Britain in Bloom or to find a community gardening group near you please visit: https://www.rhs.org.uk/get-involved/community-gardening
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