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Usk's European Success in 2006
Usk won a silver award in the
prestigious Entente Florale (Europe in Bloom) 2006
competition. The town’s success was announced at the competitions awards ceremony at Bad Sackingen in southern Germany. The international
panel’s citation praised Usk for the work done by
its volunteers and for the support they had received
from the towns businesses in developing its floral
displays.
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The international jury,
who visited Usk in July 2006, were also impressed
with the private gardens they saw on their
tour, the enthusiasm for gardening displayed
by pupils of Usk Church in Wales Primary
School, the recently installed blue plaques
marking the town’s heritage trail and the
Rural Life Museum.
Chairman (David Gale) and
Secretary (John Evans) received the award on
behalf of the Usk in Bloom Committee on the
same day as another committee member, Phil
Rollings, was collecting the Wales in Bloom
trophy at an awards ceremony in Criccieth.
David Gale said that “it had been a great
honour to represent the United Kingdom in
Entente Florale in 2006 and thanked everyone
who had contributed to the town’s success in
both competitions”. |
Close up judging! |
In the 2006 Entente Florale the
outstanding entrant and gold award winner in the
town/village class was the Austrian community of
Virgen in the Tyrol. Set amongst beautiful mountain
scenery the communities ‘green’ credentials were
enhanced by generating its own electricity from
solar and hydroelectric schemes.
In the city class,
Wales achieved further success with a well-deserved
gold award for Cardiff.
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