Discretionary Awards
Guidelines
Discretionary awards are to be introduced primarily to simplify the awards system and enable the various judging teams to use their judgement to bring suitable entries forward for awards. The discretionary awards will be submitted by each Judging Team to the co-ordinator when sending in their results and must be accompanied by relevant photographs to support the bid.
Each Judging Team must only bring one nomination forward for each award and only then if they are convinced it is a worthy case. If no nomination comes forward from any of the teams, then no award will be given for that year.
The Executive Committee of Yorkshire in Bloom will decide through mutual agreement the final list of commendation awards. In the event of a tie, or if the executive feel there are more than one deserving case, two or more awards may be given in any one year.
The Yorkshire Rose Spring Floral Award
Presented to the entry which demonstrates the best floral displays throughout the entry in Spring.
The Yorkshire Rose Summer Floral Award
Presented to the entry which demonstrates the best floral displays throughout the entry in Summer.
The Yorkshire Rose Permanent Landscaping Award
Presented to the entry who demonstrates new and innovative permanent landscaping completed within the last five years.
The Yorkshire Rose Commercial Award
Presented to the entry who demonstrates the best involvement from the business and retail sector.
The Yorkshire Rose/Yorkshire Water Environmental Quality Award
Presented to the entry demonstrating the highest levels of environmental quality and cleanliness.
The Yorkshire Rose Conservation Award
Presented to the entry who demonstrates high levels of conservation and a commitment to sustainable development.
The Yorkshire Rose Tourism Award
Presented to the entry who demonstrates an outstanding effort to promote tourism in their area
The Yorkshire Rose Public Park Award
Presented to the entry containing a park designed and maintained to the highest standard
The Yorkshire In Bloom Community Award
Presented to the entry deemed to have demonstrated that all sectors of the community have worked together to promote the area.
The Yorkshire Rose Memorial Award
Presented to the entry who’s village, town or city war memorial is maintained to the highest standard.
The Yorkshire Rose Town or City Centre Award
Presented to the entry who has encouraged high levels of floral enhancement and environmental quality within the town or city centre.
The Yorkshire Rose Place of Worship Award
Presented to the entry whose place of worship includes grounds maintained to the highest standard.
Presented to the community that best encourages activities and links between their unique local history and cultural diversity within their community and demonstrates this through Bloom community activities, planting styles and themes. ( see separate guidelines)
The Yorkshire Rose Best New Entry Award
Presented to the entry, new to the competition which has demonstrated a strong commitment to the campaign, benefiting the community it represents.
The Yorkshire Rose Sawley Arms Award
Presented to an individual working within the retail or commercial sector who has made an outstanding contribution to the promotion of the Yorkshire in Bloom campaign.
The Yorkshire Rose Young Persons Award
Presented to the young person or group of young person who, by their action(s) has/have contributed significantly to the “In Bloom” campaign.
The Yorkshire Rose Chairmans Award
Presented to an individual or community who have made outstanding efforts to promote all aspects of the various In Bloom Campaigns. This unique award is purely at the discretion of the Chairman.
The Yorkshire Rose “Local Roots” Discretionary Award
The Yorkshire in Bloom Local Roots theme aims to recognise the efforts made by Yorkshire in Bloom communities to encourage activities and links between their unique local history/heritage OR cultural diversity within their community.
About The Theme
Yorkshire in Bloom has decided to follow the Royal Horticultural Society and in 2009 and 2010 the theme of “Local Roots” will be continued in order to allow communities to truly develop the theme.
‘In Bloom’ entries are invited to engage with the theme via their planting styles and themes, projects, fundraising events, publicity exercises and any other community activity that may be appropriate. Yorkshire in Bloom will consider two special Discretionary Awards for the theme; one to the entry that the judges feel has best encouraged activities and links between their unique local history/heritage and the other for links with cultural diversity within their community.
The In Bloom campaign is primarily a community based. Celebrating the local community means both remembering the past and embracing the future. Yorkshire in Bloom entries this year are encouraged to find what makes their community unique and incorporate these features into their work, whether through floral displays, community activities, planting styles, educational events or art features.
Some examples of what entries might do are:
A ‘One World’ planting project, a garden with trees or plants to represent the different cultural groups within the area. Herbs and vegetables specific to cultures might be grown and used in cooking by groups to demonstrate the range of foods used by cultures.
Sensory Garden for disabled people within the community to experience the joys of growing and to smell, taste and touch plants
Floral displays to artistically celebrate a key moment in the history of an area (perhaps a famous figure lived there or an important event took place in the area).
Hold local seed collecting events of trees and wildflowers and seed sowing events.