Bradley Stoke in Bloom
RHS Britain in Bloom is one of Europe's largest horticultural campaigns. More than 1,100 cities, towns and villages participate each year to show off their achievements in environmental responsibility, community participation and horticultural achievement. The RHS Britain in Bloom campaign is a year-round initiative, which sees communities the length and breadth of the UK working to improve their local environments. Communities of all sizes take part, from small villages to large cities. Some groups are entirely voluntarily run and some work in partnership with their local council. For further information about the campaign, please visit the RHS Britain in Bloom website.
Bradley Stoke Town Council initially held a series of meetings with the aim of involving local groups, organisations, residents and businesses in creating a Britain in Bloom entry for the town Following the successful meetings which were well attended by an enthusiastic group of residents and representatives from local organisations and groups, a Steering Group was formed.
The Steering Group has now taken over the running of the project.
For more information, please visit the following website: www.bradleystokeinbloom.com
Bradley Stoke in Bloom 2022 Best Front Garden Competition
The Bradley Stoke in Bloom Best Front Garden competition has been running for 10 years, we started back in 2013 with just 5 gardens & our first winner was Maureen Hopkins. We now have 2 main categories large and small gardens as we felt it seemed a little fairer & now we have 2 annual shields for our winners to polish as well as glass trophies for them to keep. We've added a Facebook favourite so that the public can vote for their favourites too & we now also have a Greenest Garden category so there are plenty of opportunities to take something home.
Our competition is well supported, each year Almondsbury Garden Centre donates vouchers, both the Aztec Hotel & Spa & The Hollow Tree pub each donate 2 prizes & the 'Greenest Garden' trophy & voucher are donated by Bradley Stoke Zero Carbon group & this year were awarded by Mayur Desai.
Last year we had 24 entries but my feet are pleased to say this year we had just 15 with 3 of those being newcomers. The extreme weather caused many to drop out but also 'have moved / moving' 'just had a baby' 'been abroad for 6 weeks' 'will be on honeymoon' also seemed like reasonable reasons to give it a miss this year!
Facebook Favourite
| Garden | Name | Place | Prizes |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | Samantha Cornock | 1st | framed certificate medal rose soap £10 AGC voucher |
Greenest Garden
| Garden | Name | Place | Prizes |
|---|---|---|---|
| L | Paul & Judy Johnson | 1st | framed certificate engraved medal glass trophy £10 AGC voucher |
Small Garden
| Garden | Name | Place | Prizes |
|---|---|---|---|
| H | Lewis Warnes | 1st | framed certificate engraved medal Annual shield glass trophy £25 AGC voucher Friday night event for 2 at Aztec Hotel & Spa |
| M | Jon & Karen Lane | 2nd | framed certificate engraved medal glass trophy £15 AGC voucher meal for 2 with wine @ The Hollow Tree |
| I | Maureen Hopkins & Evelyn Coates | 3rd | framed certificate engraved medal glass trophy £10 AGC voucher |
Large Garden
| Garden | Name | Place | Prizes |
|---|---|---|---|
| L | Paul & Judith Johnson | 1st | framed certificate engraved medal Annual shield glass trophy £25 AGC voucher tea for 2 at Aztec Hotel & Spa |
| F | Jitesh Mistry (collected by his daughter Henna) | 2nd | framed certificate engraved medal glass trophy £15 AGC voucher meal for 2 with wine @ The Hollow Tree |
| J | Krishnan Rambadhran | 3rd | framed certificate engraved medal glass trophy £10 AGC voucher |
Runners up (in alphabetical order)
| Garden | Name | Place | Prizes |
|---|---|---|---|
| E | Alisa & Richard Aquilina | 4th | framed certificate engraved medal |
| O | Anil Mathew | RU | framed certificate engraved medal |
| P | Catherine O'Shea | RU | framed certificate engraved medal |
| D | Christine Price | RU | framed certificate engraved medal |
| C | David Neale & Jenny | RU | framed certificate engraved medal |
| K | Elizabeth Mathew | RU | framed certificate engraved medal |
| G | Fred J Hillberg | RU | framed certificate engraved medal |
| N | Gillian Keeler | RU | framed certificate engraved medal |
| B | Samantha Cornock | RU | framed certificate engraved medal |
It's Your Neighbourhood
The Royal Horticultural Society's It's Your Neighbourhood campaign is part of the wider Britain in Bloom initiative, providing an opportunity for smaller community groups to get involved.
RHS It's Your Neighbourhood is a unique scheme for volunteered led community gardening projects/groups who are focused on improving their local environment through community gardening. They can be working in their local street, estate where they live, a back alley they share with their neighbours, or the local community centre's outdoor space. Almost any outdoor site being looked after by the local community qualifies for this scheme. RHS It's Your Neighbourhood is an inclusive, non-competitive scheme, a group can be made up of any number of community volunteers.
In 2019, Bradley Stoke in Bloom were very pleased to announce they had been awarded a Level 5 Outstanding Award in the It's Your Neighbourhood category
