Let’s celebrate Beautiful Perth
Awards for those to take pride in city
The PA sign in the flower bed at the Edinburgh Road and Glenearn Road junction. Picture: Beautiful Perth Local charity Beautiful Perth is running its annual awards scheme to celebrate the hard work and civic pride of people whose gardens, floral displays or projects are improving the environment in the Fair City.
The Beautiful Perth Awards are open to residents, businesses and community groups within the city boundaries and there are three types of award:
Residential Floral Awards These are available for annual floral displays, front gardens, senior citizens’ front gardens or multi-storey flats.
Non-Residential Floral Awards These are on offer to B&Bs/guest houses; hotels/inns; pubs/clubs; industrial/commercial frontages and garage forecourts.
It’s Your Neighbourhood Community Awards
These are open to projects that involve local action to improve the environment and benefit the community. This can include projects run, for example, by tenants’ associations, nurseries, schools, care homes, youth organisations, church groups, workplace voluntary projects etc.
Winners at last year’s Beautiful Perth Awards. Beautiful Perth chairman John “We award bronze, silver, silver gilt Summers OBE, himself a past winner and gold awards to celebrate all levels of a Community Champion Award from of achievement and you can get expert the RHS Britain in Bloom campaign, advice from our volunteers. We’re very wants to encourage as many people as grateful to the Perthshire Advertiser for possible to enter. its ongoing support of Beautiful Perth
He explained: “These awards aren’t and we look forward to receiving your about having ‘the best’ garden or project entries for the 2017 Awards.” – we want to celebrate the efforts being PA Editor Johnathon Menzies said: made by everyone who is helping make “The Beautiful Perth volunteers aren’t Perth live up to its name as the Fair City. just interested in floral displays, they
“It doesn’t matter if you’re a novice want you to help make Perth a cleaner, gardener, or just have a window greener, place to live, work and visit. box, or are in the early stages of your “This is something the PA environmental project. wholeheartedly supports.” Picture: PK Perspective
Are you making your garden, flat or business premises blooming beautiful? The judges are looking for gardens or floral displays that are clearly visible to passers-by from roads or public paths. Points will be awarded for attractiveness and visual impact, horticultural excellence and overall presentation. Please note that entries must relate to properties within Perth’s city boundaries. YOUR NAME: YOUR ADDRESS: TEL: EMAIL: