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Perth & Pitlochry are two of four Scottish entries to
share top environmental prize
For the first time in its 47 year history, Beautiful Scotland’s
prestigious Rosebowl Trophy has been won by four equally
outstanding entrants.
At an award ceremony in Aberdeen held on Friday 6 September, Lord Purvis,
Ambassador for Keep Scotland Beautiful, announced that Beautiful Perth and
Pitlochry in Bloom had achieved the same overall top mark as Dufftown in Bloom
and St Andrews in Bloom, beating fifty other entrants in the highly contended
Beautiful Scotland competition.
Beautiful Perth also went home with the Large Town Trophy and the Wright
Sustainability Award for the Friarton Recycling Education Project, and Pitlochry in
Bloom scooped the Small Town Trophy. In addition, a number of other Tayside
entrants scooped the following top awards:
Carnoustie Community Council – Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society Trophy,
for the War Memorial;
Comrie in Colour – Community Horticulture Award
Muthill in Bloom – Small Village Trophy;
In total, nine entrants from Tayside competed. All received a medal certificate for
their efforts. For the full list of Tayside entrants and their achievements, see the list at end of
the press release.
The expert volunteer judges who visited the Rosebowl winners this year commented:
‘Perth in Bloom has a strong link with the local council. The partnering and liaison
with other groups and organisations within the city makes for a vibrant and proactive
whole, which works very positively for the city. A new heather collection is vying for
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the position as the largest in Scotland. The recycling centre at Friarton is like all
others - well laid out, busy etc. What sets it aside and makes it different is the
education element. There is a special visitors drop off point and, from here, a
member of the team will take you around the centre to see what is happening and
explain why it is happening. The route is taken not through the centre but above it on
a special elevated walkway which keeps the visitor away from any danger but allows
a great overview of what goes on in the centre. The beauty of this is that the walk
can be guided or you can do it on your own. The landscaped areas around the depot
have been retained by used tyres, and the plant material is sustainable with a good
selection of shrubs which are well looked after and cover the ground minimising the
need for maintenance. Throughout Perth, sustainable planting is augmenting and in
some cases replaces annual bedding. Of special mention is Needless Road which
has a clever mix of annuals, with a backbone of good perennial planting. There are
also very good planting schemes in the Rodney Gardens & Riverside Park.’
‘Pitlochry makes a welcome and successful return to Beautiful Scotland after a year
out and success in the Britain in Bloom champions group. Tourism is a vital part of
the local economy and the group makes a significant contribution to the
attractiveness of the town to the many visitors. Links with, and support from the
business community are particularly strong in Pitlochry. Events are organised all
year round to extend the tourist season and enhance the quality of life for local
residents.’
Beautiful Scotland is a competition run by the independent charity Keep Scotland
Beautiful in partnership with the Royal Horticultural Society. Entrants are judged on
their year-round horticultural achievement, environmental responsibility and their
community participation.
The award ceremony is the climax of a year of continuous work by local people
throughout Scotland and was attended by almost 150 people.
Awards were
presented to a wide range of communities, all of whom had achieved the highest
scores in their categories. In addition, Discretionary Awards were given out to those
who demonstrated excellence in their commitment to the campaign.
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All the community groups who tirelessly seek to improve their local environments as
part of the Beautiful Scotland campaign also received medal certificates to applaud
their efforts.
Lord Purvis, who hosted the ceremony, said: “Keep Scotland Beautiful is delighted
that Beautiful Perth and Pitlochry in Bloom have scored so highly this year – it is a
fantastic result and an extremely positive news story for the whole of Scotland that
we have four entrants achieving such a high standard.
“I would like to congratulate everyone who was involved in achieving these results
for Perth and Pitlochry, and would also like to commend all of the entrants helping to
make Tayside, and Scotland a cleaner, greener place for us all to enjoy today and
tomorrow - through floral enhancement, community participation, and taking
responsibility for tackling the criminal activity of littering and dog fouling, Beautiful
Scotland groups make a massive difference to our country.”
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Notes to editors
1. Keep Scotland Beautiful is Scotland’s leading force acting, campaigning and
training others to clean up local environments and to change the behaviour
which blights our urban and rural landscape; it is part of its work to help make
Scotland clean and green, today and tomorrow. Further details at
www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org
2. Beautiful Scotland is a long-established community environmental
improvement campaign run in partnership with the Royal Horticultural Society.
Previously known as Beautiful Scotland in Bloom, the programme supports
community groups across Scotland as they seek to improve and enhance
their
local
environment.
Further
details
at
www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/beautifulscotland
3. In addition to a number of discretionary awards, the class awards are based
on the following categories, determined by population size:
 Wee Village Trophy
 Small Village Trophy
 Large Village Trophy
 Small Town Trophy
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 Medium Town Trophy
 Large Town Trophy
 Small City Trophy
 City Trophy
 Flatted Community Trophy
 Urban Community Trophy
 Coastal Village Trophy
 Coastal Town Trophy (The David Kerr Coastal Resort Trophy)
 Business Improvement District Trophy
4. Media enquiries to Andy Maciver on 07855 261244.
Tayside 2013 Results
Category
ANGUS
Group Name
Medal
Special Awards
Coastal Town
Carnoustie Community Council
Silver
Royal Caledonian Horticultural
Society Award - for War Memorial
Coastal Town
Monifieth Eco Force
Silver
City
Bonnie Dundee
Silver
Coastal Town
Broughty Ferry in Bloom
Silver Gilt
DUNDEE CITY
PERTH &
KINROSS
Large Town
Beautiful Perth
Gold
ROSEBOWL; Large Town Trophy;
The Wright Sustainability Award Friarton Recycling Education Project
Large Village
Comrie in Colour
Gold
Community Horticulture Award
Medium Town
Crieff in Leaf
Silver
Small Village
Muthill in Bloom
Gold
Small Village Trophy
Small Town
Pitlochry in Bloom
Gold
ROSEBOWL; Small Town Trophy