Calne in Bloom Allotment and Garden Competition Presentation 2022

The Calne in Bloom Allotment and Garden Competition Presentation was held in October where we celebrated the efforts of our local community gardeners, schools and groups.  The standards of all entries was extremely high and the judges awarded more Gold awards this year than ever before despite the high temperatures and lack of rain which had a big impact on our gardens.

We welcomed Richard Budge from Truro City Council who gave a very interesting talk on how he started his gardening career and journey to become an RHS judge.

Deputy Town Mayor Cllr Robert MacNaughton also awarded our RHS It’s Your Neighbourhood Groups.  If you have a group which would like to enter the RHS It’s Your Neighbourhood Scheme you can find out more buy following the link:-

southwestinbloom.org.uk/Its-Your-Neighbourhood.aspx

Calne in Bloom will be sharing information regarding the 2023 Allotment and Garden Competition soon.

-Trudy King, Calne in Bloom Coordinator


Check out some of the event photographs below:

Deputy Town Mayor Cllr Robert MacNaughton with 
Calne Clean Up Crew

Deputy Town Mayor Cllr Robert MacNaughton with Calne Pocket Park

Deputy Town Mayor Cllr Robert MacNaughton with River Warriors Calne


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