Aims and Achievements for our Portfolio - your views please ?

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 AIMS FOR HALESWORTH IN BLOOM
We encourage everyone of all ages and challenges, especially young people, to participate and celebrate growing flowers, fruit and vegetables and our horticulture heritage to:

1. ·       Improve the unique beauty of the Halesworth
2. ·       Encourage local community horticultural projects that help improve the town 
3. ·       Support biodiversity and protect our precious resources especially water and peat
4. ·       Increase community participation

HALESWORTH IN BLOOM AWARDS 2013 - 2017
2017 up to April

• Suffolk Community Foundation Award and £5,000 towards improvements to the Town Park

2016 
·       Anglia in Bloom Town Gold Award (third year running)
·       ​Royal Horticultural Society Greening Grey Britain National Award
·       Community Green Flag award Halesworth Town Park
·       Halesworth Town Park Silver Gilt Award (Anglia in Bloom)
·       Halesworth Closed Cemetery Silver Award (Anglia in Bloom)
·       Special Award Nominations for Commercial Area; Biodiversity (Halesworth Millennium Green)
·       2015 
·       Anglia in Bloom Best Small Town, and Gold Award (second year running)
·       Halesworth Closed Cemetery Silver Award (Anglia in Bloom)
·       Special award Nomination Commercial Area
2014 
·       Anglia in Bloom Gold Award and Major Special Awards for Best Garden for Special Needs - Beech House Alzheimer’s Garden and Wootten's Drought Friendly Roundabouts.​
2013 
·       Best New Entry, Best Young Peoples project for Edgar Sewter Primary School Garden, Anglia in Bloom Silver Gilt Award​
·       Special award nominations for conservation (Halesworth Lakes); community business