Southwest in Bloom

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Britain in Bloom Categories

Category A
Small Village - 300 and under.
Village - 300 to 1000
Large Village - 1001 to 2500
Category B
Small Town 2501 to 6000
Town - 6001 to 12000
Large Town - 12001 to 35000
Category C
Small City - 35001 to 100000
City - 100001 to 200000
Large City - 200001 and over

SPONSERS

Vist the Website

CONTACTS

T A Porter
Tel: 01934 813399

Robert Bolt
Attwyll Avenue
Exeter
Devon
EX2 5HW
Tel: 01392 431271

If you are thinking about getting started

If you’ve come to this page you already have the motivation and enthusiasm to improve your environment, breathe life into your area and get your community active and involved. It’s easy to get started in Britain in Bloom. First, identify where you think you fit into the campaign and then scroll down to find your first steps

Bloom categories

Are you a group or individual wanting to improve your town, village, city, or urban community? Are you representing the local authority in the area or part of a small group of concerned residents? Are you determined to harness community support and brighten your hometown? Depending on your population size you will no doubt fit into one of your region’s or nation’s Bloom categories. As you can see at the side of the webpage, the categories are listed so you should have an idea of where you will fit.

Be inspired to get started by looking at some real life stories of Bloom groups who were once just starting from scratch and who grew to transform their areas and become true Blooming success stories! Visit the Britain in Bloom website to read the getting started in Bloom stories.

Neighbourhood Awards

Are you a small group of residents, a few local neighbours or an individual wanting to improve your local streets, or focus on a particular project such as a park or an open space? If so, you will fit into our Neighbourhood Awards category. This category is for resident-led groups cleaning and greening up their patch, read more about neighbourhood awards. You can always read some inspirational stories from Neighbourhood Awards participants.

First steps

The first step is to download a starter pack. These will give you vital information for getting started. These following links will take you to the relevant information on the RHS Britain in Bloom website.

Download the Britain in Bloom starter pack (1.3MB Adobe Acrobat pdf)
Download the Neighbourhood Awards starter pack (1.4MB Adobe Acrobat pdf)
Find out about where to go to fund your projects (94KB Adobe Acrobat pdf)

Please note: funding information contained in the starter packs has now been updated; please download the new funding information here

Second steps

As a completely new entrant, your next step will be to get in touch with your regional co-ordinator and make an application for your local campaign. Both the emails (Mr T. A. Porter or Mr. R Bolt) in the left hand column are available to use.

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Britain in Bloom, supported by Shredded Wheat, invites you to join more than 1,000 communities already taking part in the largest horticultural campaign of its kind in Europe.