Forres in Bloom celebrate winning two national awards

FORRES in Bloom secured two accolades at the annual Beautiful Scotland Awards that were held yesterday.

The ceremony, organised by Keep Scotland Beautiful, supports the achievements of villages, towns, cities, residential communities and business improvement districts throughout Scotland in helping to improve the places they care for.

Forres in Bloom, a community group that has been going for more than 30 years, secured gold in the medium town category and was also presented with the community involvement award.

Pete Leonard, Operations Director, of Keep Scotland Beautiful congratulated the group on their victory.

Mr Leonard added: “I would like to commend Forres in Bloom for its fantastic work. It is thanks to their efforts that local spaces and places they treasure are maintained to such high standards.”

Read more, including local reaction, in next week's print edition of the Gazette.