Bath won gold and was category winner in the Southwest in Bloom competition. The city also won the Sponsors Cup for the most meritorious entry and there were special 50th anniversary awards for Stan Hitt MBE and Bill Bailey, both formally of the Parks Department.
The city also won 11 ‘outstanding’ awards from 22 entries as part of the Royal Horticultural Society’s annual It’s Your Neighbour awards. It’s Your Neighbourhood is a grassroots community gardening campaign helping people to make lasting improvements to their local areas.
