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Results 2006

The 2006 Award Ceremony was held in Bradford on September 5th 2006 and the results were announced as follows. To view the results spreadsheet which lists the entries and the award they received please follow the Results link.

RESULTS

Also listed here are the Discretionary awards which were presented at the award ceremony.

DISCRETIONARY AWARDS

To read the comments from the judges please follow these links to each category, which will open pdf documents. (You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader® to open the documents. If you do not have it installed on your computer, please click this link for a free download.)

Category 1A Small Village

Category 1B Village

Category 1C Large Village

Category 2A Urban Community

Category 2B Small Country Town

Category 2C Small Town

Category 2D Town

Category 3 Large Town

Category 4 City

Category 5 Coastal Resort

Category 6 Public Private and Charitable Establishments

Category 7 Yorkshire Tourist Board - Public Houses and Restaurants, Businesses employing up to 10 full time staff and Businesses employing over 11 full time staff

Category 8 Yorkshire Tourist Board - Tourist and Visitor Attractions, Residential Accommodation, Caravan, Camping and Chalet parks and Country Houses, Estates and Gardens.

Category 9 Ben Bailey New Housing Awards

Category 10 Neighbourhoods

Category 11 Sir Richard Graham Youth Enterprise

Category 12 Universities, Colleges and FE Establishments.

Spring judging

The Spring Judging for 2006 took place in March and April and the judges reports to the entrants are available to download here:

Category 1A Small Village

Category 1B Village

Category 1C Large Village

Category 2A Urban Community

Category 2B Small Country Town

Category 2C Small Town

Category 2D Town

Category 5 Coastal Resorts - Spring Assessment

(You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader® to download these files. If you do not have it installed on your computer, please click the link below for a free download.)

YORKSHIRE IN BLOOM RESULTS 2005

The results spreadsheet and judges comments are available on the Results page, included here is the:

Award list which lists the overall winners of the categories.

The Yorkshire in Bloom award ceremony was held at the Cutlers Hall in Sheffield and here are the Yorkshire in Bloom Summer and Overall results:

Results spreadsheet

Judging comments - villages

Judging comments - towns

Judging comments - large towns and cities

Judging comments - coastal towns

Judging comments - special categories

Results of the 2005 Spring competition.

Spring Villages 2005

Spring Towns 2005

BRITAIN IN BLOOM 2005

Yorkshire in Bloom nominations to the Britain in Bloom 2005 campaign are:

Luddenden, Barwick-in -Elmet, Thirsk, Cleethorpes and Doncaster.

The Britain In Bloom judging will take place from 1st –12th August 2005 and the award ceremony will be held in Cardiff at the end of September.

BRITAIN IN BLOOM 2004

Yorkshire in Bloom are pleased to announce that Bridlington have won the Coastal category, Ilkley have won the Town Category and have both been awarded Gold Awards. Appleton Wiske won the village category with a silver-gilt award, Sheffield was awarded a silver-gilt medal in the Large City category and Swanland received a silver award in the small town category in the 2004 Britain in Bloom competition. Sheffield also received two Discretionary Awards, the Permanent Landscape Award for the Peace Gardens and they were joint winners of the Local Heritage Award (see below) along with Market Harborough. The judges comments are below:

Britain in Bloom Results 2004 – Yorkshire Entries - Judges comments

Appleton Wiske Overall Winner of the Village Category and Silver Gilt Award.

This village was a joy to visit. Community pride was highly evident and involvement of all sections of the community was order of the day. Their planting efforts were clearly enhanced by exceptional environmental quality and a team of extremely enthusiastic people, who with a little more effort in certain judging areas, could make this village a gold quality achiever in the future.

Swanland – Small Town Category Silver Award

Swanland is fortunate in that it boasts many roads of exclusive houses with fine gardens. Confusingly it is still known as a “village” and at its heart has the traditional village pond. The judges were impressed by the quality of the facilities for children and by the work of the community volunteers. Swanland in Bloom has made a considerable impression to the appearance of the area although there is more which can be done.

Ilkley – Overall Winner of the Town Category and Gold Award.

Nestling in Wharfedale this attractive town offers its visitors a delight to the eye in all departments. A well established Committee with its partners including Bradford Metropolitan Council. Its many volunteers have created floral, soft landscaping and conservation distinction. When this is added to the overall cleanliness and campaign awareness it is little wonder that the judges were impressed.

Sheffield – Large City Category Silver Gilt Award. Britain in Bloom Permanent Landscaping Award and the RHS Local Heritage Award.

Sheffield has witnessed a programme of investment since the collapse of the local economy and initial loss of the steel industry in the 1980’s. Recovery of the industry has been accompanied by major regeneration projects namely the Peace Gardens, (photo right) the Winter Gardens and the restoration of the Botanical Gardens. Work is in progress on the final phase of the Millennium Gallery. The extent and quality of permanent plantings, enhanced by placement of statuary reflect the importance of the steel industry and the sense of civic pride.

Bridlington Overall Winner of the Coastal Resort Category B and Gold Award

Tourism plays an important role in this seaside town, which has a long record of maritime heritage and is now a major contributor to the shellfish industry. Good work is being undertaken in the development of the tourist trade following a period of decline in the region. A significant programme of urban regeneration has commenced centreing on the seafront and harbour, in addition to a programme of redevelopment of the old town. There is much evidence of community pride and involvement at all levels. At the recent Bridlington in Bloom Award Ceremony Martin Burnhill YIB Executive member was presented with an award by Bridlington Town Council for dedicated work with “In Bloom” over the last 31 years. It is only the second time that such an award has been presented.

RHS Britain in Bloom Local Heritage Award

This year the RHS celebrated 40 years of Britain in Bloom. Participating villages, towns and cities were encouraged to reflect on their own uniqueness and individuality. The winner of this award was Sheffield famous for its steel industry. District Parks Officer, Melvyn Riley said that although Sheffield’s steel industry is still thriving vast tracks of land have been freed up and put to different use.

Sheffield has linked in with community art features in order to reflect our cultural heritage. Particularly impressive is the 3D floral sculpture called “Steel Man” showing a man pouring metal from his crucible. Amongst the highlights of Sheffield’s heritage are the Botanical Gardens, now with the Paxton Pavilions fully restored, the Peace Gardens – a stunning display of landscaping and now a focal point for many events and also the newly constructed Winter Gardens, planted with more than 2500 plants of 150 species to reflect regions throughout the world, leading onto the Millennium Galleries – a showcase for visual arts which celebrates Sheffield’s heritage of cutlery, silverware and Sheffield plate.

A full list of Britain in Bloom award winners can be found at:

http://www.rhs.org.uk/britaininbloom/winners2004.asp

ENTENTE FLORALE 2004

Harrogate and Darley, the only UK entries, have also won Gold Medals in the Entente Florale competition (European Bloom competition) in 2004.The Award Ceremony was held in Aix-les-Bains in France.

Comments taken from the Chairman’s speech

“From France we move to Darley in Great Britain. Aware of its location in the landscape of the Yorkshire Dales, Darley has successfully pursued a policy of sensitive and thoughtful enhancement of houses and gardens. The jury had no hesitation in awarding a Gold Medal.

Harrogate, again in Yorkshire represented Great Britain. With its trees and parks, including the Stray, its flowerbeds and hanging baskets Harrogate was truly a green and colourful city. We admired the city centre and the decorated roundabouts. We commend the integrated green plan for the city and we congratulate the city on its presentation. Harrogate is green by design and clean by hard work, awareness and the use of appropriate technology. Unhesitatingly and unanimously the jury made a Gold Award.