Loughborough in Bloom

See highlights of our 2011 entry in the specially made Loughborough in Bloom Video 

East Midlands in Bloom is an annual competition organised by the EMIB Regional Committee, and is the Regional Competition of 'Britain in Bloom'

The aim of the competition is to encourage the improvement of our surroundings through the imaginative use of trees, shrubs, flowers and landscaping. It also aims to achieve a litter free and sustainable environment. This links directly to the three RHS core pillars of
excellence which are:

• Horticultural Achievement
• Environmental Responsibility
• Community Participation

By taking on board the above criteria and using the whole community to get involved many communities have reported the following benefits:-

• Increase in Civic Pride through local people taking on the planning and management of their environment
• Long term improvement in their local environment through planting floral displays and improved cleanliness
• A boost to the local economy through increased tourism
• Regeneration of disadvantaged areas
• Stimulation of voluntary work and co-operation between community groups
• A means to address issues such as sustainability, recycling, minimising waste and conservation.

Why Not visit the new Loughborough in Bloom Community Website, where you can share ideas, hints and tips on grooming the perfect garden and upload videos or photographs of your projects as they take shape.

LOUGHBOROUGH ACHIEVED A GOLD AWARD IN THE 2011 EMIB COMPETITION - For details of all the results for Loughborough in Bloom 2011 following this link.

Campaign Support 2011

Some of the local competitions for 2011 have already been judged.  Click here for the results of the local competitions for 2011.

Some of the Supporters of the 2011 Loughborough Bloom Campaign are listed below:

Loughborough in Bloom Partnership

• Charnwood Borough Council
• Leicestershire County Council
• Loughborough Chamber of Trade and Commerce
• Loughborough Echo
• Loughborough Town Centre Partnership
• Loughborough University & Loughborough College

Nurseries 

• Greenleaf, London
• Hathern Nurseries
• Loughborough Road Nurseries, Quorn
• Suttons Seeds
• Thornton Nurseries, Thornton
• Wards Nurseries, Wisbech

Community Participation Support

• Abbeyfield – Westfield Drive
• Albert St Artists
• All Saints Parish Church Partnership
• Ashby Road Estates Community Association
• British Waterways
• CBC Access to Nature Offices
• Charnwood Arts
• Charnwood Big Knitting Group
• Charnwood Conservation Volunteers
• Charnwood Neighbourhood Housing
• Clear Cut Conservation
• Dignity Funerals Ltd – Loughborough Crematorium
• Emmanual Church
• Enviro-Boost – Loughborough University
• Fredrick St  United Reformed Church and Brownies.
• Friend’s of Queen’s Park
• Friends of Charnwood Water
• G and S Services
• Glebe House
• Great Central Railway
• Loughborough Fire and Rescue Service
• Loughborough Hospital
• Loughborough Mainline Railway Station
• Loughborough Scouts
• Loughborough Student Action
• Mario Tinenti Centre
• Mr Mike Jones
• Peter Le Marchant Trust
• Probation Service Community Payback
• Rectory Wildlife Gardeners
• RNIB Loughborough
• Rotary Club of Loughboough
• Sacred Heart Catholic School Green Team
• Senior Citizens Forum
• Shelthorpe Community Association
• Sidings Park Residents Association
• Soroptimist Society
• South Asian Women’s Project
• T.D. Morris Environmental Ltd
• Thorpe Acre Residents Association
• Three Close Tenants Association
• VAC Garden Project
• Warwick Way Action Group

Schools

• Boothwood
• Cobden
• Emma Taylor
• Holywell
• Loughborough Church of England School
• Mountfields Lodge
• Outwoods Edge
• Rendal St
• Robert Bakewell
• Sacred Heart Catholic School
• Shelthorpe
• St Mary’s
• Stonebow

• Thorpe Acre Infants

General Business and Commerce

• 3M Health Care Ltd
• Black Cat Ironworks
• Bluebell Flora
• Bonfields Estate Agents
• Brush
• Cambourne Financial Management
• Carillon Court Shopping Centre
• Chesterton Financial Planning
• Continental Landscapes
• Cound and Company
• Environmental Waste Controls Ltd
• Hawes Plant Hire
• Homebase
• Human Rights and Equalities Charnwood.
• JL Putts and Co
• John Skillen Martial Arts
• Lafarge Quarry Mountsorrel
• Loughborough Building Society
• Loughborough Post Office
• Margaret Hawkes
• Marlene Richardson
• Mo Marshall
• Mrs G Morley
• Newby Castleman
• Royal Bank of Scotland
• SERCO
• Sumnar Fencing Services Ltd.
• Sumners Fencing
• TBD Morris
• Teresa Upton
• Transfigure Beauty Works
• Tylers

• Wilkinsons

More Information

• Visit the EMIB website