Green Champion Award – Sponsored by Sustainable Facilities Management
A STALWART of Blooming Haddington, Rab can regularly be seen around the town making sure it is looking its best.
He puts in countless hours of time volunteering to water and maintain plants around the town, as well as being active in other community groups, including the town’s community council.
In 2021, the 79-year-old was recognised by the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society for his efforts.
LIBBY MORRIS
CHAIR of North Berwick in Bloom (NBIB), she has kept up the group’s unmatched record of horticultural success at major awards ceremonies.
Last autumn, Libby and
NBIB were joint winners of the prestigious Rosebowl at the Beautiful Scotland Awards for their work making the town look stunning.
In 2022, NBIB scooped a gold medal and also won the coastal category at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS)
Britain in Bloom Finals.
THE RIDGE PROJECT
RIDGE volunteers get stuck in to planting at the charity’s sensory garden to guard against drought in future years, thanks to a grant from Naturescot.
Recent hot, dry summers have been affecting the Ridge Community Gardens and volunteers applied to the fund for their ‘Sunny Dunny’ project – a planting scheme of droughtresistant plants to ensure the garden continues to thrive whatever the weather. It aims
to introduce more droughtresistant plants to combat the effects of climate change.
TRANENT WOMBLES
THE Wombles are a voluntary group which carry out litterpicking in Tranent.
Thanks to the tireless efforts
of the group, unsightly litter is removed from the streets and the town is left looking its best.
The Wombles also recently partnered with Froglife to help make Tranent more inhabitable for frogs and other amphibians and have opened a small garden space in the town.