The full list of winners for this year’s Cumbria in Bloom can now be revealed.
Rather than hold a large award ceremony, this year competition chiefs attended a number of small gatherings, reaching far more volunteers than would have been possible with the regular event.
The full list of organisations and individuals recognised is below:
Village & Large Village
Bootle in Bloom (Village)
Medal: Silver Gilt
Biodiversity: Gold
Woodland: Gold
Bothel Gardening Club Village
Medal: Gold
Cummersdale (Village)
Medal: Bronze
Biodiversity: Silver
Irthington Village (Village)
Medal: Silver Gilt
Kirkoswald (Village)
Medal: Silver Gilt
Dalston Village (Large Village)
Medal: Gold
Biodiversity: Gold
Town and Large Town
Penrith (Large Town)
Medal: Gold
Biodiversity: Gold
Ulverston in Bloom (Town)
Medal: Gold
Biodiversity: Silver Gilt
Woodland: Silver Gilt
Ulverston BID (Business Improvement District)
Medal: Silver Gilt
Workington (large town)
Medal: Gold
Biodiversity: Gold
Woodland: Gold
Tourism Category
The Blue Bell (1 Public House)
Medal: Silver Gilt
The Galloping Horse (1 Public House)
Medal: Silver Gilt
Greyhound Inn (1 Public House)
Medal: Bronze
Seatoller House (2 Bed & Breakfast)
Medal: Gold
Dandelion & Hoglet Holiday Cottages
(5 Self Catering)
Medal: Silver Gilt
Park Cliffe (5 Holiday Park)
Medal: Gold
Biodiversity: Silver Gilt
Woodland: Silver Gilt
Carlisle Golf Club (6 Visitor Attraction)
Medal: Gold
Biodiversity: Gold
Woodland: Gold
World of Beatrix Potter Attraction (6 Visitor Attraction)
Medal: Gold
Brockhole Visitor Centre (6 Visitor Attraction)
Medal: Silver Gilt
Biodiversity: Silver Gilt
Woodland: Silver
Lowther Castle and Gardens (6 Visitor Attraction)
Medal: Gold
Biodiversity: Gold
Woodland: Gold
It’s Your Neighbourhood Awards
Friends of Lightburn Park, Ulverston (category 4)
Level achieved: Thriving
Biodiversity: Silver
Woodland: Silver
Poplar Grove Allotments, Ulverston (category 4)
Level achieved: Thriving
Gill Banks Action Group, Ulverston (category 4)
Level achieved: Thriving
Biodiversity: Silver Gilt
Woodland: Silver
The Plot Organic Community Garden, Ulverston (category 3)
Level achieved: Advancing
St Mary’s Parish Church Gardeners, Ulverston (category 4)
Level achieved: Thriving
Biodiversity: Silver Gilt
Woodland: Silver Gilt
Hart Street Residents, Ulverston (category 1
Level achieved: Establishing
The Grange Gardeners – Dalston Surgery (category 4)
Level achieved: Thriving
Dalston Square Gardeners (category 4)
Level achieved: Thriving
Libby at Nook Lane, Dalston (category 4)
Level achieved: Thriving
Jubilee & Millennium Gardeners, Dalston (category 4)
Level achieved: Thriving
Forge Green Gardeners, Dalston (category 4)
Level achieved: Thriving
Orchard Way Gardeners, Dalston (category 4)
Level achieved: Thriving
Friends of Penrith Railway Station (category 5)
Level achieved: Outstanding
Penrith CG Stricklandgate Fruit Garden (category 5)
Level achieved: Outstanding
Friends of Salvation Army Gardening Group (category 5)
Level achieved: Outstanding
Penrith Community Poly Tunnel and Raised Beds (category 4)
Level achieved: Thriving
Blue Jam Arts Space (category 3)
Level achieved: Advancing
Penrith Allotment Association, James Street (category 5)
Level achieved: Outstanding
Friends of Coronation Garden (category 5)
Level achieved: Outstanding
Cummersdale Allotments (category 3)
Level achieved: Advancing
The Crescent Residents Group, Cummersdale (category 3)
Level achieved: Advancing
The Copse, Cummersdale
Level achieved: Bronze
Kirkoswald Environmental Group – Bee Corridor (category 5)
Level achieved: Outstanding
Biodiversity: Gold
Allotment & Wildlife Area Group, Kirkoswald (category 5)
Level achieved: Outstanding
Kirkoswald Environment Group – Millie Bank (category 5)
Level achieved: Outstanding
Smeaton Street Community Garden, Barrow (category 3)
Level achieved: Advancing
Green Heart Den, Barrow (category 4)
Level achieved: Thriving
Bothel Village Hall (category 5)
Level achieved: Outstanding
Bothel Gardening Club – Broadwell (category 4)
Level achieved: Thriving
Bootle Station Adopters (category 3)
Level achieved: Advancing
Fair Oak Housing Association, Kendal (category 3)
Level achieved: Advancing
Legendary Landscape Trail, Kendal (category 3)
Level achieved: Advancing
Ghyllside Residents Planter Project, Kendal (category 4)
Level achieved: Thriving
Rinkfield Community Allotments, Kendal (category 4)
Level achieved: Thriving
Friends of Cark Station (category 5)
Level achieved: Outstanding
Biodiversity: Silver Gilt
Grange in Bloom Railway Station Group (category 5)
Level achieved: Outstanding
Grange Soroptimists Sensory Garden Group (category 5)
Level achieved: Outstanding
Biodiversity: Gold
Friends of Harrington Nature Reserve (category 5)
Level achieved: Outstanding
Biodiversity: Silver Gilt
Woodland: Silver Gilt
Friends of Siddick Ponds (category 5)
Level achieved: Outstanding
Biodiversity: Gold
Woodland: Gold
Gatesbield Housing Association (category 5)
Level achieved: Outstanding
Woodland: Gold
Keswick in Bloom, Lakes Road Underpass (category 4)
Level achieved: Thriving
Watchtree Nature Reserve (category 4)
Level achieved: Thriving
Biodiversity: Gold
Woodland: Silver Gilt
Appleby Edibles, Allotments & Community Garden
Level achieved: Improving
Appleby Hub (category 5)
Level achieved: Outstanding
Baldwin Street Allotments, Barrow (category 5)
Level achieved: Outstanding
Grange Station Adopters (category 4)
Level achieved: Thriving
South Workington Youth Partnership (category 4)
Level achieved: Thriving
Allotments
Barrow Baldwin Street
Level: Outstanding
Medal: Gold
Cummersdale 1
Level: Thriving
Medal: Silver Gilt
Cummersdale 2
Level: Advancing
Medal: Silver
Cummersdale 3
Level: Improving
Medal: Bronze
Cummersdale 4
Level: Thriving
Medal: Silver Gilt
Dalston Forge Green 1
Level: Advancing
Medal: Bronze
Dalston Sheep Dip
Level: Advancing
Medal: Silver
Kendal Rinkfield 8
Level: Advancing
Medal: Silver
Kendal Rinkfied 12
Level: Thriving
Medal: Silver Gilt
Schools Gardening
St Michael’s CE Primary, Bothel
Level: Silver Gilt
Broughton Moor Primary
Level: Participation
Wiggonby CE Primary
Level: Gold
Woodland: Silver
Castle Carrock Primary
Level: Bronze
Hayton CE Primary
Level: Gold
Biodiversity: Silver gilt
Woodland: Silver
Kingmoor Infants, Carlisle
Level: Silver Gilt
William Howard School, Brampton
Level: Gold
Biodiversity: Silver Gilt
Woodland: Silver Gilt
Waberthwaite CE Primary
Level: Gold
Biodiversity: Gold
West Lakes Academy
Level: Gold
Kirkoswald Primary
Level: Gold
Woodland: Silver Gilt
Churchwalk Primary School
Level: Bronze
Grange CE Primary
Level: Silver Gilt
Biodiversity: Silver Gilt
Woodland: Silver Gilt
Heron Hill Primary
Level: Gold
Biodiversity: Gold
Woodland: Gold
Sedbergh Primary
Level: Silver
St Mark’s CE Primary, Natland
Level: Silver
St Mary’s Catholic Primary
Level: Silver Gilt
Biodiversity: Silver
Woodland: Silver Gilt
Pennington CE Primary
Level: Gold
Dane Ghyll Primary
Level: Gold
Biodiversity: Silver Gilt
Woodland: Silver Gilt
Trophy
Sheila Hensman Trophy – School o/s achievement – Wiggonby CE Primary & Dane Ghyll Primary
Rex Mardon Shield – Enriching the Curriculum – Pennington CE Primary
Strikes Houghton Hall – Village o/s achievement – Dalston
Rickerby Ltd – Town o/s achievement – Ulverston
Cumbria Tourism Rose Bowl – Visitor attraction – Lowther Castle
Cumbria in Bloom Tourism Trophy – Carlisle Golf Club
Cumbria Tourism Chairman’s Trophy (Tray) – Park Cliffe Holiday Park
Lake District National Park Trophy – B & B Seatoller House, Borrowdale
Cavendish Trophy – Biodiversity & Woodland Copse – Workington
Continental Landscapes Trophy – Special Categories – Penrith Railway Station
Doreen Parson’s Young Persons Trophy – Danny Poland, Irthington
Community Champion Shield – Angela Good, SWYP Workington
RHS IYN Certificate of Distinction – Appleby Hub
RHS IYN Certificate of Distinction – Bothel Village Hall
RHS IYN Certificate of Distinction – Kirkoswald Environment Group – Bee Corridor
RHS IYN Certificate of Distinction – Kirkoswald Allotment & Wildlife Group