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Top environmental prize scooped by four Scottish
entries
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,
Dufftown in Bloom, Pitlochry in Bloom and St Andrews in Bloom had all
achieved the same overall top marks and beaten fifty other entrants in the highly
contended Beautiful Scotland competition.
Beautiful Scotland is a competition run by the independent charity Keep Scotland
Beautiful in partnership with the Royal Horticultural Society. Entrants are judged, by
a team of expert volunteer judges, 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 local authorities and 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.
All the entrants who tirelessly seek to improve their local environments as part of the
Beautiful Scotland campaign also received medal certificates to applaud their efforts.
For a list of all the 2013 winners, please see the end of the release.
Lord Purvis, who hosted the ceremony, said:
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“Keep Scotland Beautiful is delighted that not one, but four communities in Scotland
have scored so highly this year – it is a fantastic result and an extremely positive
news story for the whole of Scotland.
“I would like to congratulate everyone who was involved in achieving these results in
Dufftown, Perth, Pitlochry and St Andrews, and would also like to commend all of the
fifty four entrants who competed this year to make 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.”
ENDS
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
 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)
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 Business Improvement District Trophy
4. Media enquiries to Andy Maciver on 07855 261244.
2013 Results
Premier Award
The Rosebowl
Beautiful Perth, Perth & Kinross
Dufftown in Bloom, Moray
Pitlochry in Bloom, Perth & Kinross
St Andrews in Bloom, Fife
Class Awards
City – Aberdeen in Bloom, Aberdeen City
Small City – Beautiful Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire
Large Town – Beautiful Perth, Perth & Kinross
Medium Town – Burgh Beautiful Linlithgow, West Lothian
Small Town – Pitlochry in Bloom, Perth & Kinross
Urban Community – Dyce in Bloom, Aberdeen City
Flatted Community – Restalrig & Lochend House Residents Association, City of Edinburgh
Coastal Town – St Andrews in Bloom, Fife
Coastal Village – St Monans, Fife
Large Village – Dufftown in Bloom, Moray
Small Village – Muthill in Bloom, Perth & Kinross
Wee Village – Beautiful Kilconquhar, Fife
Business Improvement District – Kirkcaldy 4 All, Fife
Discretionary Awards
New Entrant Trophy – Growing Kirkcaldy, Fife
Community Horticultural Award – Comrie in Colour, Perth & Kinross
Jim Murdie Trophy for Permanent Landscaping – Aberdeen in Bloom (Duthie Park),
Aberdeen City
Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society Trophy – Carnoustie Community Council (War
Memorial), Angus
The Wright Sustainability Award – Beautiful Perth (Friarton Recycling Education Project),
Perth & Kinross
Visit Scotland Award for Tourism – Wigtown in Bloom, Dumfries & Galloway
Scottish Natural Heritage Biodiversity Award – Brighter Bothwell (Organic Community
Garden), South Lanarkshire
Community Involvement Award – Plains Community Futures Group (Community
Allotment), North Lanarkshire
David Welch Memorial for Something Special – Newburgh in Bloom (Edible Project), Fife