A look at this year’s winners...
• Small Village
Bronze: 118 points - Wessington (first time entrant)
Judges Award: Wessington – For the cooperation between the pupils and parents of Wessington Primary School and the work of the Wessington Nature Reserve Group
Silver: Elmton
• Village
Silver Gilt: 156 points - Middleton by Wirksworth
Judges Award: Middleton by Wirksworth – To Middleton School for inspiring children’s interest in their grounds, the local allotment and street planters
• Large Village
Silver: 125 points - Little Eaton (first time entrant)
Judges Award: Little Eaton – For a well organised promotional campaign creating strong “Bloom awareness”
• Small Town
Silver Gilt: 154 points - Draycott (first time entrant)
Judges Award: Draycott – Welly-boots and Wheelbarrows
Silver Gilt: 164 points - Darley Dale
Judges Award: Darley Dale – The new garden at RBS and support from RBS employees
Silver Gilt: 168 points - Bakewell
Judges Award: Bakewell – The Riverside Garden
• Large Town
Silver Gilt: 151 points - Buxton (re-entry, last entered 2009)
Judges Award: Buxton – Serpentine Project
Gold: 171 points - Ilkeston, Derbyshire
Judges Award: Ilkeston – Children and staff at Chaucer School
Gold: 172 points - Long Eaton, Derbyshire
Judges Award: Long Eaton – rEvive project utilising empty shops
Gold 177 points: Belper, Derbyshire
Judges Award: Belper – WW1 Poppies
• Urban Community
Silver: 130 points - Littleover, Derby
• Small City
Silver Gilt: - 156 points - Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Judges Award: Chesterfield – St Marys Primary School for their efforts to commemorate the First World War
*ALSO BEST SCHOOL GARDEN SPECIAL AWARD see below
• East Midlands in Bloom Regional Finalists - Britain in Bloom 2014
Belper – Large Town-Silver Gilt
• Best School Garden Special Awards
Western Power Distribution East Midlands in Bloom Best School Ornamental Garden Award
Presented to:
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Chesterfield - Gold and Best Ornamental Garden 2014
• Best School Garden Special Awards (others that were entered in Derbyshire)
Chaucer Junior School, Ilkeston - Silver Gilt - 81
Darley Churchtown C E Primary, Darley Dale - Silver - 67
Grassmoor Primary School, Grassmoor, Chesterfield - Silver Gilt - 84
Middleton Community Primary School, Middleton-by-Wirksworth - Silver Gilt - 83
Ridgeway Infant School, Littleover - Silver Gilt - 75
Rosliston C E Primary School, Rosliston - Silver - 67
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Chesterfield - Gold & Best Ornamental Garden - 87
St Peter’s C. E. Junior School, Littleover - Silver Gilt - 79
• East Midlands in Bloom Frank Constable Award for Best Residential Garden
153 Moorland View, Chesterfield - Gold
95 Brayfield Road, Littleover, Derby - Silver
• East Midlands in Bloom Best Hotel/Pub Garden or Display
Coach and Horses, Draycott - Silver Gilt
The Half Moon Inn, Littleover - Bronze
Ringwood Hall Hotel, Brimington, Chesterfield - Gold
• East Midlands in Bloom Best Retail/Commercial Premises
Haddon Hall Care Home, Buxton - Silver Gilt
T. C. Harrison Group Ltd, Milford House, Mill Street, Bakewell - Silver Gilt
• It’s Your Neighbourhood (Derbyshire entries 2014)
Taste Tideswell, The Courtyard, Commercial Road, Tideswell, SK17 8NY - Level 4 - Thriving
Byron Lodge, Flat 18, Byron Lodge, Byron Street, Buxton, SK17 6NR - Level 2 - Improving
Baslow Community Orchard Group, Howard Cottage, Eaton Hill, Baslow, Bakewell, DE45 1SB - Level 4 - Thriving
Clowne in Bloom, 13 Regent Street, Clowne, Chesterfield, S43 4LA - Level 2 - Improving
Millers Way Community Gardening Project, 60 Millers Way, Milford, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 0RZ - Level 3 - Developing
Draycott Village Fund - Fowler Street Improvements, Fowler Street, Draycott - Level 3 - Developing
• East Midlands in Bloom Children’s Art Competition
Sammie Oliver - Second - Reception, years 1 & 2 - ‘Lovely Lilac Lavender’ - Grassmooor Primary School, Chesterfield
Kacper Skiba - HC - Reception, years 1 & 2 - ‘April Showers’ - Bakewell C of E Infant School
Chloe Chaplin - HC - Reception, years 1 & 2 - ‘Beautiful Flowers in the Garden’ - Grassmooor Primary School, Chesterfield
Ella Forbes - HC - Years 3 & 4 - ‘Summer Joy’ - Buxton Junior School
Megan Finney - First - Years 5 & 6 - ‘Daisy Days’ - Buxton Junior School
Jessica Tugwell - HC - Years 5 & 6 - ‘3 Daisies Sitting in a Row’ - Buxton Junior School
Holly Wilson - HC - Years 5 & 6 - ‘The Daisy that Blooms Tomorrow’ - Buxton Junior School
Harry Walters - HC - Years 5 & 6 - ‘Pansy in Bloom’ - Buxton Junior School
Abbie O’Meara - HC - Years 5 & 6 - ‘Flower Power’ - Buxton Junior School
• East Midlands in Bloom Children’s Digital Photography Competition
Isabelle Fidler - First - Reception, Years 1 & 2 - ‘Water Lily’ - Spire Infant School, Chesterfield
Katie Waller - HC - Reception, Years 1 & 2 - ‘Spiky House Leeks’ - Spire Infant School, Chesterfield
Luca Sewell - HC - Reception, Years 1 & 2 - ‘Ceramic Flowers’ - Buxton Infant School
Charlie Whitehouse - HC - Reception, Years 1 & 2 - ‘Ripening Redcurrants’ - Spire Infant School, Chesterfield
Mya Jones - HC - Reception, Years 1 & 2 - ‘Weeding the Borders’ - Buxton Infant School
Amelia Rose Bambury - First - Years 3 & 4 - ‘Butterfly on Flower’ - Rosliston C E Primary
Kenzo Marbrow-Wright - First - Years 3 & 4 - ‘Waiting for Supper’ - Rosliston C E Primary
Darcie Skellet - First - Years 3 & 4 - Frog in Garden - Rosliston C E Primary
Jake Meacham - HC - Years 5 & 6 - Ladybird - Rosliston C E Primary
