Hard working It’s Your Neighbourhood group members have efforts recognised
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LOUGHBOROUGH in Bloom’s hard working It’s Your Neighbourhood (IYN) groups, have had their efforts recognized at Covid friendly outdoor presentations across the town.
Twenty-eight groups received their awards from Helen Burgess, the main East Midlands in Bloom (EMIB) local assessor, on behalf of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) at small presentation events at Forest Road Green Belt, Thorpe Acre Village Green, Queen’s Park and Fearon Hall.
IYN is a non-competitive part of Britain in Bloom, promoted by the RHS, and each award comprised a certificate, graded from one to five: Establishing, Improving, Developing, Thriving and Outstanding; the Assessor’s Citation and a Gardening Gift Token.
Mike Jones, Chair of Loughborough in Bloom Community Participation Group, thanked all those concerned, firstly for entering IYN in the first place, secondly for their efforts during the year and finally for turning out to receive their awards in uncertain weather.
Helen responded by echoing these comments on behalf of the EMIB and RHS and went on to stress the value of local people working together to make Loughborough an even better place to live, work and visit.
She said: “Long may it continue.”
Seen with Mike Jones and Helen Burgess on Queen’s Park are left to right, Stephanie Gandy (Sacred Heart Church) Stephen Pearce (Falcon Centre Allotment Project) Trainee Martyn (Glebe House Skills Project) Patricia Drake (Friends of Loughborough Cemetery) Carol Harding (Friends of Queen’s Park) and Diane Lockwood (Chapman Street Gardening Association)
At the Fearon Hall presentation, Mike Jones and Helen Burgess join IYN stalwarts with their awards from left to right, Li Simmons (Loughborough Students Landscaping & Gardening Society - LAGS) Dawn Page (Fearon Hall Community Garden) Tim Marren (Peter le Marchant Trust) Jez Trivett (Rainbows Hospice) Jason Hamilton-Smith (Transition Loughborough Community Allotment) Suman Suri (LAGS) Martha Worsching (Fearon Wildlife Garden and LAGS) and Minara Rahman, (Wolsey Way Gardeners)
Proudly displaying their certificates at Thorpe Acre Village Green, flanked by Helen Burgess and Mike Jones are left to right, Brenda Needham (Men and Women in Sheds) June Bush (Thorpe Acre Community Association) Ann Parsons (Loughborough Lions Hospital Project) Ann Green (Knightthorpe Methodist Gardeners) Derrick Hurrell (Garendon Green Gardeners) and Jayne Kirkland (Friends of Stonebow Washlands)
Seen at the presentation on Loughborough’s Forest Road Green Belt are left to right, Pat Cook, newly elected chair of Loughborough in Bloom board, Marion Mickleburgh (Ronald West Court) Veronica Roe (Loughborough Baptist Church) Richard Trevarthen (Hardwick House School) Helen Burgess (Assessor) Keith Harrold (Forest Road Green Belt) Andrew Hull (John Storer House Cottage Garden) Neil Clarke (John Storer Charnwood thyme Project) and Mike Jones.