Bury scoops top prize and gets silver-gilt at North West in Bloom

Date published: 03 November 2009

Yet again Bury has retained its winning stance in the 2009 North West in Bloom contest and, in the national Britain in Bloom finals, pulled off a silver gilt award; the highest score so far in the national contest.
Bury retains the regional title of ‘best large town in the north west’ for the 6th year in a row proving that Bury truly is a distinctive town of character, personality and success.
On top of these two great accolades North West in Bloom awarded Bury two discretionary awards ‘The Heritage Award’ and ‘The Local Roots Award’.
The Heritage Award was given in recognition of the recently refurbished Gallipoli Garden and the Land Rover feature display attributed to the Fusiliers’ Lancashire.
The Local Roots Award was given to acknowledge the numerous town centre feature displays embracing Bury’s history and local connections. These include the tribute to the East Lancashire Railway, the water wheel at Library Gardens and the market barrow feature at Market Place.
Britain in Bloom is the largest horticultural and environmental competition in Europe and demands extremely high standards. North West in Bloom is the voluntary regional organisation that runs the competition in Lancashire, Cheshire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside.
Councillor Dorothy Gunther, Executive Member for Environment and Transport said “It was an honour to collect this award on behalf of our communities. To continue to be at the forefront of the competition and retain a winning stance for six years running is an incredible achievement and one that everyone connected with Bury can take pride in.”
Neil Long, Assistant Director of Leisure Services said “This has been yet another successful year for Bury. Teamwork, dedication and community spirit are right at the heart of Bury in Bloom and at the root of its success. As well as commitment across a range of council services, Bury in Bloom has many volunteer supporters and I would like to thank each and every one of them for pulling together and achieving consistently fantastic results year on year.”
Bury Council is looking to widen the ‘in bloom’ campaign to other areas and will be pleased to hear from any resident, community group, school or business that want to take an active role in extending the campaign into their area. For more information phone 0161 253 5266.