Community groups who have worked their horticultural magic to help Norwich look blooming marvellous this year have been honoured at a special award ceremony.
The organisations from across the city received special It's Your Neighbourhood Awards from the Royal Horticultural Society and Anglia in Bloom for their sterling efforts.
The event on Thursday was held at the Best Western Brook Hotel, in Bowthorpe, which also sponsored the occasion.
Terry Bane, an Anglia in Bloom trustee and Friends of Norwich in Bloom ambassador, said: 'We always think that the groups are really what make the bigger picture, the individuals who really care and keep an eye on their local surroundings and try to keep them looking clean, attractive and tidy.
'The people with the local projects at Thursday's event are at the heart of everything really.
'The event was a big thank you to them from the national RHS Britain in Bloom, the regional Anglia in Bloom and from Norwich in Bloom.'
He said everyone had played an important part in making it an 'exceptionally good year' for Norwich, with the city being among the communities honoured at national level at this year's RHS Britain in Bloom awards.
Among the community groups who have been given It's Your Neighbourhood Awards are:
Alfred Nichols Court Sheltered Housing
Alnwick Court Sheltered Housing
Belvedere Community Garden
Grow Our Own (GO2) Bluebell Allotments - Sustainable Living Initiative
Bowthorpe Heritage Garden
Bracondale Residents Association
Bradecroft Sheltered Housing
Brian Avenue Neighbours
Brook Hotel Garden Volunteers
Caroline House
Castle Bridge Volunteers
Castle Mall
intu Chapelfield
Causeway Close Sheltered Housing
Charles Jewson Court
Colman Hospital
Custance Court Sheltered Housing
Don Pratt Court Sheltered Housing
Eaton Rise Residents Association - Ancient Hedge Project
Eaton Village Residents Association
Fellows Close Sheltered Housing
Forester Close Sheltered Housing
Friends of Dragon Hall
Friends of Earlham Cemetery
Friends of Earlham Park
Friends of Eaton Park
Friends of Heigham Park
Friends of Norwich in Bloom
Friends of Rosary Cemetery
Friends of Sewell Park
George Carver Court Sheltered Housing
Grapes Hill Community Garden
Harry Perry Close Sheltered Housing
HM Prison Service Norwich
Ipswich Road United Reform Church
Lakenham Way Volunteers (LTC Green Spaces)
Longbow Sheltered Housing
Marlpit Community Garden
Meadowsweet Sheltered Housing
Melbourne Cottages Sheltered Housing
Mousehold Defenders
Norfolk and Norwich Blind Association Care Home
Norfolk and Norwich Crocosmia Heritage Project
Norwich Cathedral Grounds
Norwich Cathedral Herb Garden Volunteers
Norwich City College Foundation Studies
Norwich Heavenly Gardens Project
Norwich MIND
Quaker Meeting House Garden Volunteers
Rowland Court Sheltered Housing
Ryrie Court Sheltered Housing
Seabrook Court Sheltered Housing
Silkfields Sheltered Housing
Silver Haven
Silver Rooms
St. James House
St. Georges Tombland Church Volunteers
St. Peter Mancroft Church Volunteers
St. Stephens Church Volunteers
Stepping Stones
Strangers Hall Gardening Volunteers
The Assembly House Garden Volunteers
The Assist Trust
The Friends of Marlpit Woods
The Plantation Gardens Trust
University of East Anglia
Vauxhall Community Hub
Waddington Court Sheltered Housing
Winchester Tower Volunteers
Those who attended Thursday's event received their certificates from Anglia in Bloom president Brian Thornton and Alison Findlay from RHS Britain in Bloom.
For more about the Friends of Norwich in Bloom visit www.norwichinbloom.co.uk
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