Improving our local environment for all those who live, work or visit Bath & North East Somerset
Sponsored by Rotork, Wessex Water, Bath Independent Guest Houses Association, Bath Chronicle, Sainsburys, Cross Manufacturing, B&NES Department of Tourism, Leisure and Culture, The Charter Trustees of Bath.
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Bath in Bloom Competition is open to all residents, businesses, schools, institutions or community groups within the boundary of Bath & North East Somerset.
Bath in Bloom is a competition to encourage the community to take a pride in Bath & North East Somerset, making it attractive with flowers, landscaping or an environmental project.
Notes:
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Each entrant may choose one category only from the list below (with the exception of Town or Village and Tallest Sunflower, which may be entered in addition to another category).
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Categories for Community Groups |
| 1 |
Schools or other groups of young people (including school allotments and wheelbarrows.) |
| 2 |
Horticultural achievementroup |
| 3 |
Places of worship |
| 4 |
Town or Village* |
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5 |
Best allotment by Community Group or School |
| 6 |
Environmental project - community group or private individual |
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Categories for Private Individuals |
| 7 |
Best horticultural achievement by a school pupil (6-11 years) |
| 8 |
Large garden visible from pavement over 500 square feet |
| 9 |
Small garden visible from pavement up to 500 square feet |
| 10 |
Area visible from pavement with container planting |
| 11 |
Hanging basket visible from pavement |
| 12 |
Best allotment by private individual |
| 13 |
Aspiring young gardener of the Year (12 - 18 years of age) |
| 14 |
All year round garden, visible from the pavement |
| 15 |
Large garden not visible from pavement over 1500 square feet |
| 16 |
Medium garden not visible from pavement between 1000 and 1500 square feet |
| 17 |
Small not visible from the pavement below 1000 square feet |
| 18 |
Tallest Sunflower, 11 years and under* |
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Categories for Businessess |
| 19 |
Business premises with container planting |
| 20 |
Business premises with garden |
| 21 |
Gardens maintained by professional gardeners |
| 22 |
Best pub and garden |
| 23 |
Best pub (without garden) |
| 24 |
Cleanest shop/business frontage and pavement with floral display |
| 25 |
Cleanest street with flowers |
* Town or Village and Tallest Sunflower categories may be entered in addition to one other category
For the majority of categories the judges will be marking your entry on the following criteria:-
There are different judging criteria for schools, town or village, environmental project, allotments. If you have any queries regarding the criteria or the competition, please telephone Barry Cruse on 01225 310095 or Leila Wishart on 01225 837885.
Please complete the entry form and indicate the number and name of the category most suited to your display. Please email your entry to BathinBloom@bathnes.gov.uk or post or deliver your entry to Neighbourhood Services, 9 - 10 Bath Street, Bath, BA1 1SN to arrive no later than 5.00pm Monday, 11th June 2012.
Judging of school's entrants will take place between Tuesday 3rd July and Friday 6th July 2012. All other categories will judged between Saturday 7th July and Sunday 15th July 2012, with the exception of Tallest Sunflower which will be judged in the final week of August 2012. Only sunflowers over 6ft high will be measured. Please telephone Barry Cruse on 01225 310095 if your sunflower reaches this height.
There is no need to be at home, as judges will leave their calling cards to let entrants know they have visited. If the judge needs to gain access to garden they will contact you to do this. The judges decision will be final.
Community Groups
Schools, youth groups, places of worship, residential areas, sheltered accommodation etc. - work together to enhance your surroundings or take part in an environmental project.
Private Entrants
Private gardens large and small, an area with container planting (e.g. basement, balcony, window box), allotments, hanging baskets - have fun making the most of your own patch. We are particularly keen to encourage young gardeners.
Businesses
Business premises large and small, e.g. shops, hotels, guest houses, public houses, etc. Floral displays will enhance your surroundings and it's good for business too! This year we are encouraging business to improve the streets in Bath by awarding 'the cleanest shop/business frontage and pavement with floral display", and "cleanest street with flowers".
Town or Village
A chance for private individuals, businesses and community groups to all work together to make the very best of your own Town or Village.
Award Winners will be invited to a Gala Evening on September 11th 2012 . Results will be announced at the Ceremony and published in the local press shortly afterwards.
First prize winners will go forward to one of our three winners categories for 2012, these are:-
Best Community Winner
Best Private Winner
Best Business Winner
Judging Criteria Schools and other groups of young people
Criteria used for judging
Criteria for Schools and Community Groups
Some actions schools have taken to promote awareness:-
- Clean Teams, litter monitors and litter picks
- Active participation in recycling schemes
- Setting an example
- Litter patrols and reporting littering
- Litter education (including Eco Schools)
- Environmental groups and School Councils
- Posters
- Assemblies
- Whole staff and caretaker involvement
- Parental involvement/PTA and local community/village involvement
- Punishing bad behaviour through litter picking
- Caring proactively for the school grounds by making them look nice, (conservation areas, flower beds allotment area etc)
- Secondary pupils employed by school to keep it clean (incentive to keep it tidy in first place)
- Set clear up times
- Putting litter out themselves
Town or Village
Criteria used in Judging
Criteria for Town or Village Category 2012
Environmental project
Criteria Used in Judging
Criteria for Environmental Project 2012
Allotments
Criteria used in Judging
Criteria for Best Allotment Category 2012
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Bath in Bloom Entry Form 2012 (Word - 637KB)