awards
I'm just home from the Anglia in Bloom Awards in Gorleston and I'm very pleased to let you know that we won a silver gilt certificate and beautiful hand turned bowl for ' Best Woodland' in the woodland category throughout the Anglia region, so well done to you all. I was very proud to pick this award up on your behalf and I hope that you are all extremely proud of our achievement. Thank you all for your amazing support!
Kathleen Rowlands
Kathleen Rowlands
Anglia in bloom
As you may know, we have been entered into the Anglia in Bloom community awards this year for our work with the Friends of Danby Wood. This is in the woodland category and covers the entire region of Anglia.
On Sunday 16th July we had a team of 8 litter pickers out to do clearing up prior to the judges visit. It wasn't too bad actually and the litter we collected was all taken back to our individual domestic bins. The board got a good scrub too! It looks much improved. It all took less than an hour.
The judges arrived on Monday 17th July and Chris Higgins and I met up with them and took them through the wood explaining what had been done so far and our aims for the future. They were really amazed at the wood and its history. Eric and I had put together a glossy brochure for them which they went 'wow' at, obviously very impressed. Huge thanks to Eric for putting up with me and producing such a professional brochure. The judges remarked on how great it was that new steps had been put in to offer better access and we explained about our clearance and planting work. The results come out in September so fingers crossed. Recognition such as this would help when applying for grants, plants etc. in the future.
On Sunday 16th July we had a team of 8 litter pickers out to do clearing up prior to the judges visit. It wasn't too bad actually and the litter we collected was all taken back to our individual domestic bins. The board got a good scrub too! It looks much improved. It all took less than an hour.
The judges arrived on Monday 17th July and Chris Higgins and I met up with them and took them through the wood explaining what had been done so far and our aims for the future. They were really amazed at the wood and its history. Eric and I had put together a glossy brochure for them which they went 'wow' at, obviously very impressed. Huge thanks to Eric for putting up with me and producing such a professional brochure. The judges remarked on how great it was that new steps had been put in to offer better access and we explained about our clearance and planting work. The results come out in September so fingers crossed. Recognition such as this would help when applying for grants, plants etc. in the future.