Gainsborough in Bloom

Gainsborough In Bloom is delighted to announce the results of this year's entries were as follows:

  • Large Town Entry – Silver Award with an increased score of 70 points.
  • The Special Award went to Amanda Clarke for her work across the allotments in Gainsborough, encouraging community participation in growing.
  • Best Retail Park entry – Marshalls Yard GOLD award with a score of 87.
  • Best Pub/Hotel entry – Hickman Hill Hotel GOLD award with a score of 90.
  • The icing on the cake was both Marshalls Yard and Hickman Hill Hotel were shortlisted for the best entry in their categories and BOTH WON!
 
More details and reports follow on the website shortly.
 
Huge thanks to everyone who helped and supported GIB this year to make these results possible. A great achievement for the town and the group.

Photos show Vaughan Hughes and Linda Hedison collecting the awards last Wednesday at the East Midlands Awards ceremony held at Grimsby Town Hall.

Mel Cutforth – Manager of Marshalls Yard which achieved a Gold award and was outright winner of the East Midlands in Bloom category for Best Retail Park

Rob and Dot Ewens – owners of Hickman Hill Hotel who achieved a Gold award and were outright winners of the Best pub/hotel category in the East Midlands.

Amanda Clarke – who was given the judges award for her work across the allotments in Gainsborough, encouraging community participation in growing.

View the Judges report for 2025

We want to hear from you if:

You are already looking after a public space and maintaining an area, this could be green space, flower display, public street or pocket park.

You are part of a volunteer group who would love to make a difference in the town and help clear up a spot or improve the look of an area with some beautiful plants.

You are working on a project to protect or preserve wildlife.

You have any other skill or interest that you feel would be great for the In Bloom project.

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Key People

Secretary

Vaughan Hughes

07738 397032

info@gainsboroughinbloom.co.uk

Treasurer

Anna Grieve

Chairman

Vacant

We currently have a committee of five members and hold our AGM every February and about three other meetings a year and would welcome some additional members so please let us know if you are able to help

Become a Sponsor

You can make a difference by sponsoring one of our town centre planters. The planters are in good locations with footfall, and would feature your branding. Please enquire about available locations on the form below.

Previous Sponsors

Thank you to our incredibly generous business sponsors for sponsoring a town centre planter this year to help us with our efforts!

Get involved!

Please fill out the form if you are interested in helping out or becoming a sponsor. We don’t share your details and will only use them to deal with your enquiry.