Awards
2024
RHS In Bloom: Gold
Small Town category for South and South East: Winner
Stations in Bloom: Gold and also awarded a special award of recognition for outstanding achievement
2023
RHS In Bloom: Gold
Best Biodiversity & Environmental Innovation Award: Silver Gilt
Best Community Engagement Award: Silver Gilt Stations in Bloom:
Gold
2022
RHS In Bloom: Silver Gilt
2021
RHS In Bloom: Bronze
Whitchurch in Bloom Timeline
2020
- Whitchurch in Bloom begins during lockdown
- November – The Great Whitchurch Bulb Plant
2021
- July – RHS In Bloom judging
- September – RHS Garden Wisley award presentation. Awarded: Bronze
2022
- July – RHS In Bloom judging
- September – RHS Garden Wisley award presentation. Awarded: Silver Gilt
- November – Bulb planting
2023
- February – Quiz at football, sports and social club
- March – Community Award presented to WIB in parish hall
- April – May – Planting up plug plants
- Clearing, cleaning and weeding in Bell Street car park with volunteers from AWE
- Best decorated bike competition for coronation of Prince Charles
- June – Station planters delivered
- July – RHS In Bloom judging
- Berehill House residential home to help residents plant up railing planters
- August – Scarecrow trail entry ‘Whitchurch in Bloomers’!
- Received our water bowser
- September – RHS Garden Wisley In Bloom award presentation. Awarded: Gold for Small town
- Best Biodiversity & Environmental Innovation Award. Awarded: Silver Gilt
- Best Community Engagement Award. Awarded: Silver Gilt
- October – Stations In Bloom competition. Awarded: Gold
- November – Coca Cola team of volunteers helped us with weeding and clearing the town
- December – Planting daffodil bulbs
- Complimentary Christmas meal at the White Hart
2024
- February – Valentine’s bike
- March – Went to Whitchurch Bowling Club to advise on planting
- April – Started planting thousands of plug plants
- May – Took New Blue trolley out for first trip
- June – Planted up planters by Seeviours Court. Planters built by MIND Andover
- Community invited to ‘Shine A Sign’ in which they clean a street sign near to where they live and plant up a planter beneath it
- July – RHS In Bloom judging
- Presentation of cheque to WIB by local choir Singing For Fun
- WIB stall selling plants and garden makeover raffle tickets at Whitchurch Parish Fete
- August – Polytunnel erected
- Garden makeover for raffle prize winner in Overton
- Judging of Whitchurch Station for Stations In Bloom competition
- September – Results of RHS In Bloom competition. Awarded: Gold
- Also won Small Town category for South and South East
- Visited Montessori School to advise on planting and make suggestions for their forest school
- October – Mayors thank you tea party at Whitchurch Town Hall
- Whitchurch WI present WIB with a cheque
- Polythene put on polytunnel at the allotment
- Plant sale at Gill Nethercott Centre
- Stations In Bloom results. Awarded: Gold
- Also received a special award of recognition for outstanding achievement
- November – Christmas trees put out around the town in support of Whitchurch Lights
- Lights put on trees and then coloured ribbons purchased by public to attach to the trees. Also sold packets of wild flower seeds to hang on trees as gifts
- December – 5000 crocus bulbs planted in Alliston Way
- 500 native daffodils planted at Montessori School with the help of pupils and staff
- Plant stall at Gill Nethercott Centre Friday market
2025
- January – Selected as RHS Britain In Bloom finalist 2025
- WIB selected for Tesco Stronger Starts Blue Token Collection Scheme
- Base built for greenhouse up at the allotment
- February – Greenhouse erected
- March – Launch of Beautiful Bug Hotel competition, a collaboration between Whitchurch in Bloom and Wildlife of Whitchurch