South & South East in Bloom Results 2011

Blooming Wonderful Result!

The Deputy Chairman of Gosport Borough Council's Community Board, Councillor Derek Kimber, joined Officers from the Authority at Fontwell Racecourse to receive no less than 10 awards at the South & South East in Bloom Awards Ceremony 2011.

Awards received were accepted on behalf of the Council and several local groups in the Borough including:

It's Your Neighbourhood Awards:

• RHS Level 3 - Friends of Leesland Park

• RHS Level 4 - Lee-on-the-Solent Residents Co. Ltd

• RHS Level 5 - Friends of Crescent Gardens

South & South East in Bloom Chairman's Award

• St Marks Churchyard, Alverstoke

Conservation Area of the Year

• Wildgrounds Nature Reserve (Gold & Overall Catergory Winner)

Park of the Year Award - Large Park

• Leesland Park (Silver)

Park of the Year Award - Small Park

• Crescent Gardens (Gold & Overall Category Winner)

Large Village of the Year

• Alverstoke Village (Bronze)

Coastal Resort of the Year (pop. under 12001) 

• Lee-on-the-Solent (Silver)

Small City of the Year Award

• Gosport (Silver)

"I was delighted to accept the awards and staggered by how many we collected, we really have done incredibly well, especially during these difficult financial times when money is something we don't have a lot of," said Councillor Derek Kimber.  "It gave me great pleasure to accept awards presented not only to the Council, but to groupd such as the Friends of Leesland Park, Crescent Gardens, St Mark's Cemetery and the Lee Residents Co.Ltd, who have all worked incredibly hard in their areas.  Crescent Gardens winning Level 5 was an incredible result, the highest level possible to achieve, outstanding!  Our thanks go to them all for their dedication, and of course to Sodexo, our new Grounds Maintenance Contractors who have taken over the role of maintaining our parks, open spaces, flower borders and roundabouts."