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South and South East in Bloom Award

The Carnegie Library Sensory Garden won 2 awards at the South and South East in Bloom awards in September 2008. We received a Britain in Bloom South Neighbourhood Award for Outstanding Achievement and the Chairman's Award. The judges were especially impressed by the community involvement both in creating the garden and maintaining it.

The Community Services Librarian, Annie Aust, took 2 members of the garden group, Peggy Norcross and Jean Clear to receive the award, presented by Chris Collins the BBC Blue Peter Gardener.

The South and South East in Bloom competition is organised by the Royal Horticultural Society. It encourages communities to enhance their local environment by creating floral features, permanent planting, wildflower meadows, and other gardening projects. Entries are invited each year across Sussex, Kent, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Surrey, Dorset and Wiltshire for communities to make positive and lasting sustainable improvements to their environments.

This year there were nearly 200 entries in 16 categories ranging from neighbourhoods to cities, and small villages to coastal resorts. There were 64 entries in the main categories and 19 discretionary awards were presented.

For more information on the award, please navigate to the SSEIB webpage under 'External links'.

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