Oakham in Bloom Awarded consolation prize of Silver Gilt, Well Done to Uppingham in Bloom for Gold.
Oakham in Bloom volunteers do a grand job (not the committee members) and I would
like to thank them for their efforts as I always have.
I repeat my thanks due to a statement that was read out by Cllr Lucas before the start
of Oakham Town Councils meeting last night. Although no name was given by Cllr
Lucas is was obvious to me and to those who could be bothered to listen she was once
again attacking me and falsely accusing me of attacking Oakham in Bloom.
The In Bloom news has been reported in the press and on Rutland Radio.
Chris Morten Chairman of Oakham in Bloom on Rutland Radio reminded us all
of the road works Chris and his wife work hard weeding and planting along with
other volunteers. Chris said the theme was Bloomin Roadworks and it did not
hamper their efforts and it had made the team gel/ I assume he is only refering
to those members who like him actually do the work and not the committee members.
Who spent the summer fighting, the result being broken friendships and resignations.
Which included their fundraiser and long serving Press Officer.
Oakham in Bloom always won an extra Award for the best new permanent landscape – Lands End Way border, in Oakham which was created and planted in 2015.
From Oakham in Bloom Website, At the top of Lands End Way at the bypass roundabout junction, Oakham In Bloom have maintained a wildflower bed for several years.
http://oakhaminbloom.org.uk/projects/bypass-roundabouts/lands-end-way-flowerbed/
East Midlands in Bloom winners received their awards at an event hosted by the Boston Stump and organised by Boston Borough Council and the Boston in Bloom teams.
This year’s results were as follows:
SCHOOL GARDEN AWARD: Best Fruit and Vegetable garden, Spalding St John the Baptist Church of England Primary;
Best Ornamental garden, Desford Community Primary School, in Leicestershire;
Best Wildlife garden, Holy trinity Catholic Academy in Newark;
Overall Winner, Blidworth Oaks Primary School, in Nottingham.
SMALL VILLAGE: Elmton (silver gilt), Little Cawthorpe Parish Council (silver), Ranby (silver), St Crispin Village (silver gilt) and Tattershall Thorpe (silver gilt). Overall winner was Elmton.
VILLAGES: Eastoft Gardening Club (silver), Friends of Dallington Village (silver) Harbrough in Bloom (silver gilt), Lark Gill Village (silver gilt), Middleton by Wirksworth (silver) and Wessington Parish Council (silver). Overall winner was Middleton by Wirksworth.
LARGE VILLAGES: Barrow on Humber (silver gilt), Burgh-le-Marsh (silver), Laceby in Bloom (silver) and Market Bosworth (gold). Overall winner was Market Bosworth.
SMALL TOWNS: Alford (bronze), Bakewell (silver gilt) Blidworth (silver gilt), Breaston in Bloom (silver), Brigg (certificate of achievement), Darley Dale (gold), Desford in Bloom (gold), Draycott in Bloom (gold), Holbeach (gold), Long Sutton (silver gilt), Quorn (gold), Uppingham (gold), Waddington (bronze) and Winterton in Bloom (silver). Overall winner was Draycott in Bloom.
TOWNS: Bourne (silver), Desborough (bronze), Earl Shilton (silver), Immingham (gold) and Oakham (silver gilt). Overall winner was Immingham. LARGE TOWNS: Belper (gold), Boston (gold), Gainsborough (silver), Ilkeston (gold), Long Eaton (gold), Market Harborough (gold), Melton Mowbray (silver gilt), Newark (gold), North Hykeham (silver), Spalding (gold) and Syston (silver). Overall winner was Belper.
SPECIAL AWARDS: Frank Constable Award for the best residential garden – Jonathan and Amanda Brookes, of Market Harborough; EMiB Award for Horticultural Excellence within Parks – The Memorial Gardens in Quorn; EMiB award for best Wildflower and Conservation Area – Straw’s Bridge Nature Reserve Ilkeston; EMiB Award for the least littered environment – Desborough; EMiB Award for the best new permanent landscape – Lands End Way border, in Oakham;
the EMiB best hotel/pub garden or display – The White Lon Inn, Whissendine; the EMiB best retail/commercial premises – Wheatsheaf Courtyard, Market Bosworth; EMiB Committee awards – Harry and Pat Cook, of Loughborough and Clive Hebden, of Ranby; Most Improved Entrant – Ranby.
IT’S YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD: Flinders Founders of Donington (Level 5 Outstanding), Oasis Gardens of Kilton Estate, Workstop (Level 5 Outstanding), Sutton-on-Sea Gardening Group (Level 4 Thriving).
URBAN COMMUNITY: Old Clee in Bloom (silver), Littleover in Bloom (silver), Evington in Bloom, Leicester (silver gilt). Evington was also overall winner.
COASTAL RESORTS: Mablethorpe (silver gilt), Cleethorpes (gold). Overall winner was Cleethorpes.
