It’s gold for St Ives and Huntingdon at Anglia In Bloom awards

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It’s gold for St Ives and Huntingdon at Anglia In Bloom awards

Some of the displays in The Waits, in St Ives. Picture: CONTRIBUTED

It was a golden year for Huntingdon and St Ives as both towns scooped awards at Anglia in Bloom.

Some of the displays in The Waits, in St Ives. Picture: CONTRIBUTED

The annual ceremony celebrates the floral flourishes of towns and villages across East Anglia, with a range of categories for entrants.

This year, St Ives picked up a gold award in the large town category, with particular praise for planting at the bus station and the park and ride.

The town’s riverfront displays and the Norris Museum were also commended; Holt Island was nominated for the Best Conservation Project; and Gerald Brunning’s winning allotment in the St Ives in Bloom competition was nominated for the Grow Your Own Award. The attractive frontage and garden of the Swan and Angel pub, meanwhile, won the best restaurant category.

In Huntingdon, meanwhile, there was also a gold in the large town category, and a silver award for Moor (Oxmoor) in the urban community category.

Huntingdon in Bloom. Picture: CONTRIBUTED

Gold for Huntingdon & St. Ives

I copied the above from the Hunts Post article which you can read at the link above.

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The following photos are my own & show the other original flowerbeds not shown in the article in the Hunts Post.

The Town Council has a great team with lots of initiative & great ideas – as I’m sure you will agree when you see some of the photos I took over the summer.

I can’t find any information on the Internet about ‘Spud McPat Face’. I did a search last year when I wrote a blog on this flower display & I’ve done another search today – the only results I could find were what I’d written on different blogs & the photos I have uploaded!

Flowerbed with ‘Spud McPat Face’ boat on Ring Road, Huntingdon 17th July 2018:

Flowerbed with ‘Spud McPat Face’ boat on Ring Road, Huntingdon 29th August 2018:

‘Spud MacPat Face’ boat on Huntingdon Ring Road 26th September 2018:’

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Flower bed near bus station WW1 tank Huntingdon 8th June 2018:

Flower bed with WWI tank replica near bus station, Huntingdon 17th July 2018:

Replica of WWI tank in flowerbed near Huntingdon bus station 9th August 2018:

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Flowerbed in Sebastopol Gardens with cannon close up 9th July 2018:

Richard lll’s crown in Sebastopol Gardens 8th July 2018:

Flower bed with Richard III’s crown & replica cannon in Sebastopol Gardens 24th July 2018:

Flowerbed & Richard III’s crown in Sebastopol Gardens 24th July 2018:

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Flowerbeds near bus station, Huntingdon 8th June 2018:

Flowerbeds near bus station Huntingdon 8th June 2018:

Flowerbeds close to the Bus station Huntingdon 11th September 2018:

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Raised flowerbed commemorating 100 years of WI on Ring Road, Huntingdon 17th July 2018:

Raised flowerbed on Huntingdon Ring Road 8th June 2018:

Raised flowerbed on Ring Road, Huntingdon 17th July 2018:

Have you noticed the difference in the “Headboards” between the picture above & the one below? There is now room for them to put this year’s gold medal in!

And here it is!:

Raised flowerbed on Ring Road, Huntingdon 29th August 2018:

Raised flowerbed on Ring Road, Huntingdon 11th September 2018:

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Antique seed drill just planted up at Castle House, Huntingdon 8th June 2018:

Antique seed drill in front of Castle House, Huntingdon 5th July 2018:

Antique seed drill in front of Castle House, Huntingdon 21st September 2018:

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There are other flowerbeds around town but I don’t want to bore you with an excess of photos!

I’m sorry I have no photos of St Ives, even though it is only 5 miles from Huntingdon, as I haven’t been there this year – yet.

• 9 Oct, 2018
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