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 NEWSLETTERS
Northumbria in Bloom plans to produce Newsletters for entrants and
potential entrants and we welcome all contributions. Please
e-mail any news to Marian
Foster.
The
Autumn newsletter for 2006 is available to read here: Autumn
2006 newsletter
(This
document is a pdf file (Portable Document Format) and you will need
Adobe Acrobat Reader® to download it. If you do not
have it installed on your computer, please click the link below for a
free download.)
Inaugural Meeting 2008
How
can you win a National Gold Medal for your village, town or city? How
difficult
is it to acquire a Green Flag Award?
What are the organisers of Britain
in Bloom planning next? All
three questions were answered last week when representatives from
ninety three
communities throughout the north east were welcomed by the Mayor to
Gateshead
Leisure Centre for the launch of Northumbria
in Bloom 2008. The
attractively arranged conference facility was adorned in part by groups
of the highly
scented Narcissus `Cheerfulness,` a cultivar whose name set the tone
for that
morning.
In
her address Mrs Eileen Burn,
chair
of Northumbria
in Bloom, outlined the successes of last year at both regional and
national
level and thanked everyone for their continuing efforts. Eileen`s
philosophy is
clearly that anyone who enters into the spirit of the event, be it
city, town,
village, minor or community award, is a winner anyway. Such an
effective
communicator, her parting message was, “Whatever happens,
enjoy yourselves.”
The
competition, which embraces all sections of the community and has been
running
for forty years in Northumbria,
continues to go from strength to strength. This was reflected in the
calibre of
guests invited to speak at the meeting comprising representatives from;
a
national gold medal winning village, The Green Flag scheme and the RHS
campaign
manager for Britain
in Bloom.
Mrs
Verna MacNaughton is so committed to the Earsdon village cause. Her
power point
presentation revealed exactly what it takes to win gold at national
level.
Total involvement of the whole community, a determination to succeed,
thorough
planning and teamwork were part of the message. Spontaneous applause
from an
appreciative audience suggested that her ideas would be put to good
use.
Alice
Patterson is the RHS Campaign Manager for Britain
in Bloom. Clearly impressed
by Northumbria`s performance record in The National Finals, she gave an
insight
to the aspirations of the event organisers. Their most recent campaign
to
promote children`s gardening interest in schools has long been embraced
by us
through the main and minor awards categories and an enviable Children`s
Painting Competition.
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