Stockton on Tees - Gold award & category winner

This vibrant and bustling city boasts a rich and diverse cultural community who in recent years have taken the Bloom ethos to heart.  It continues to go from strength to strength.  

The city, steeped in heritage, is moving forward to embrace modernday life with a vast array of cultural activities and a very forward thinking approach to the environment.  Not only a floral city but a clean and green one, with a community to be proud of.

A visit to Stockton's high street is a joy to behold with baskets and barrier planters brimming with high quality plants bursting with colour amid a bustling vibrant retail area.

The standard of grass cutting is exceptionally high with numerous tree planting initiatives providing a lasting legacy to enhance the area.  

The nature reserve at Billingham Beck Country park with a high level of commuity support offered by the friends resulting in a superb facility which is both environmentally and educationally of the highest standard.