More than 1,600 cities, towns, villages and urban communities take part each year to show off their achievements in environmental responsibility, community participation and, of course, horticultural achievement.
The campaign runs year round and participating groups report a wide range of benefits such as cleaner, greener and safer surroundings, a growing sense of community pride, and increased commercial enterprise and tourism. Britain in Bloom: transforming local communities highlights the benefits that participation brings.
Communities of all sizes can take part, from small villages to large cities. Some groups are entirely run by volunteers and some work in partnership with their local council. Every summer participants are assessed for efforts in three key areas:
From the 1,600 communities that take part in the regional campaigns, roughly 80 are selected to go into the annual UK Finals - RHS Britain in Bloom.
What kind of things do Bloom groups do?Activities are selected by each group to meet local needs, but examples include:
The campaign runs year round and participating groups report a wide range of benefits such as cleaner, greener and safer surroundings, a growing sense of community pride, and increased commercial enterprise and tourism. Britain in Bloom: transforming local communities highlights the benefits that participation brings.
Communities of all sizes can take part, from small villages to large cities. Some groups are entirely run by volunteers and some work in partnership with their local council. Every summer participants are assessed for efforts in three key areas:
- Horticultural achievement
- Community participation
- Environmental responsibility
From the 1,600 communities that take part in the regional campaigns, roughly 80 are selected to go into the annual UK Finals - RHS Britain in Bloom.
What kind of things do Bloom groups do?Activities are selected by each group to meet local needs, but examples include:
- Caring for local parks and squares
- Helping to establish school gardens, run wildlife projects and school food-growing initiatives
- Planting trees and bulbs and creating floral displays in community spaces
- Organising clean up events, repairing street benches and running anti-litter campaigns
- Regenerating unused areas with the involvement of local people
- Creating wildflower meadows and maintaining conservation areas
- Encouraging people to adopt environmentally-aware activities such as recycling, composting and water harvesting
In Summary Kingsbridge in Bloom submission is made up of:
- Features and maintenance by the Town and District Councils. These include embankment planting and work in the Recreation Ground, Duncombe Park and other public areas
- Key projects which are planned and funded by the Committee, through fund-raising and grants
- Neighbourhood Projects which are run by local groups, with some support from the Committee
- Projects undertaken by local groups - such as the boats planted by the Boat Club and The WI
- Baskets and containers, funded by KIB, local businesses and groups
- The local garden competition, which encourages local people to show their gardens and win awards, including the top Award for Excellence
