The Leamington in Bloom Group (LiB), supported by Royal Leamington Spa Town Council, has proudly secured its eighth consecutive Gold Medal at the Heart of England in Bloom Awards 2025.

The Mayor of Royal Leamington Spa, Cllr Ruggy Singh, accepted the award on behalf of the town at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern on Tuesday, 21 October.

All Saints' Community Garden, 'The Living Labyrinth', also received two awards: one being the 2025 Landscape Awards and the other an Outstanding Award for Community Engagement.

Heart of England in Bloom judges visited key green spaces, including Lillington Orchard, Christchurch Gardens, Jephson Gardens and the Sikh Centre Gardens.

This year, the group focused on working with nature and supporting local wildlife, reflecting the growing awareness of climate change and the biodiversity emergency declared by Warwick District Council.

Mayor of Royal Leamington Spa, Cllr Ruggy Singh said: "This is an outstanding win for all those involved in securing an 8th unprecedented and prestigious gold award for our stunning town.

"My thanks, and that of Royal Leamington Spa Town Council, is to all those hard-working people and communities that made this happen. The range of people who should be praised includes the Leamington in Bloom team working with Warwick District Council's Green Spaces Team together with the town's flourishing gardening groups, schools, care homes, residents and businesses - clearly a winning combination!

"Leamington in Bloom and its teams have found new ways to enhance and develop the town's natural beauty, whilst being mindful of the preservation of its wildlife.

"Whilst the floral displays are beautiful and still very much welcomed, we are learning that for humanity and the natural world to survive alongside each other, we all need to play our part in making it thrive!"

Highlights of the year included.

• Community Gardens: Schools, care homes, social gardening groups, and therapeutic projects have been creating vibrant spaces across the to
• Annual LiB Geranium Trains: Eleven Local schools and care homes nurtured the young plants that brighten Jephson Gardens and Leamington Railway Station during the summer.
• Green Grants: The LiB Green Grant scheme was oversubscribed, resulting in lots of meaningful work in Leamington.
• Bee-Friendly Project: A RLSTC community grant supported the initiative to help Leamington Spa gain accreditation by September 2025.
• Street Trees: The Town Council continues to plant and maintain trees, inviting residents to suggest new locations each year.
• ARC CIC (Achieving Results in Community) worked on many projects across the town.
• Groups are joining together to pool resources, ie. Social Gardening Project has joined with Sydenham Meadow Mania, working at Black Bridge and with Warwickshire Wildlife Trust on the Swift Project.

Increased applications for grants and funding from minority communities, such as the Asian Elders' Garden at the Sikh Centre, and from Therapeutic Groups, like The Esther Project.

The Mayor of Royal Leamington Spa, Cllr Ruggy Singh, accepted the award on behalf of the town at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern on Tuesday, 21 October (image via Royal Leamington Spa Town Council)