As part of Northumbria in Bloom competition 2018 communities from across the

North East came together on Wednesday 26th September 2018 at The

Lancastrian Suite, Gateshead for the award ceremony which was compered by

Marian Foster, BBC Radio Newcastle Garden Mania presenter.

Over 400 representatives of this year’s entrants were at the event to receive their

awards which were presented by Jim Buttress, the ‘Queen’s Gardener’ (as

former Superintendent of the Royal Parks in London), Senior Judge at RHS

Chelsea Flower Show and on BBC’s Great Allotment Challenge programme.

 

The entries put forward by Belmont Parish Council did extremely well, coming

away with three best in category, three golds and two silver gilts

 

Results as follows:

Belmont Allotments – Gold and Best in Category for Allotments

Ramside Hall Hotel – Gold and Best in Category for Pubs and Hotels

Belmont Parish – Silver Gilt and Best in Category for Urban Community

Belmont Scrambles – Gold in Conservation Category

Belmont Cemetery – Silver Gilt in Religious Establishment Category

Belmont Allotments also won the Judges Discretionary Award for Innovation in

Water Conservation.

 

The Parish Council would like to pass on their congratulations to all involved and

to say a special thank you to Mr Eddie Malarkey for all his continued hard work in

making the parish flowerbeds so attractive and much admired.

The theme for this years annual art competition was ‘Summer’ and as always the standard of work was very high. The artwork chosen from each of the five schools which took part was displayed in Belmont Library and the Award Ceremony took place there on the 21st of June.

We would like to thank the Mayor of Durham, Councillor John Lethbridge for presenting the prizes and also the staff from Belmont Library who had the difficult task of choosing the winners.

To see more photographs from the award ceremony visit our Photo Gallery

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AgendaBoardMeeting22.01.19 An AAP Board meeting which will be held on Tuesday 22 January 2019 at 6.00 pm in Durham Town Hall.

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We are delighted to announce that at the NIB Awards Ceremony held on the 13th September at the Lancastrian Suite in Gateshead, the Belmont Parish entries collected three gold awards, three best in category and a silver gilt.

Results are as follows:
Belmont Allotments – Gold Award and Award for best in Category
Belmont Scrambles – Gold Award and Award for Best in Category
Belmont Cemetery – Gold Award
Belmont Parish – Silver Gilt and Award for Best in Category
Ramside Hall Hotel – Gold Award

These have been our best results so far and are testament to the hard work and enthusiasm of all those involved – Congratulations to everyone who took part!

We would also like to the thank the following businesses and residents for their kind donations towards the upkeep of the parish flowerbeds.

Bainbridges Fruit and Veg
Belmont Post Office
Belmont Super News
Blue Bow Bridal
Clarks Chemist
Paul Bowden Hairdressers
The Beauty Centre
Resident Moor End Terrace

A special thank you also to Mr Eddie Malarkey whose dedication to the job of looking after the Cemetery and flowerbeds around the parish ensures that they are always in pristine condition and much admired.

More photographs of the award winning entries can be found on the Northumbria in Bloom Photo Gallery Page