End of Banbury in Bloom contest

Mel Allsopp, a finalist from last year's Banbury in Bloom competition.

Published on 10/03/2013 12:00

The Banbury in Bloom Community Competition will no longer continue following a steady decline in entries.

It has been decided the annual event, organised by Banbury Town Council together with the In-Bloom Working Party, will not continue in 2013.

Ann Sewell, the town council’s events and projects officer, said: “We have continued to strive over past years to maintain and increase competition entries, however, we have seen a steady decline in entrants.

“It was agreed a point had been reached where the number of entrants sadly could not justify the future of the competition.”

In the large front garden category, the entries dropped from 31 in 2005 to six in 2012 and the poster competition for six-to-ten-year-olds saw entries plummet from 309 to none.

The decision to axe the competiton was made at a Banbury in Bloom Committee meeting last Tuesday.

Councillor Colin Clarke, chairman of the general services committee which Banbury in Bloom is run under, has been involved with the competition for the past five to six years.

He said: “Very reluctantly we have decided not to continue with the competition but it is done for the benefit of the public and if the public don’t want to support it then there is no point for us to pursue it.”

Because of dwindling interest, Banbury withdrew from the regional competition Thames and Chiltern in Bloom – part of Britain in Bloom – last year and will not take part this year either. The decision only affects the local community competition and has no impact on other town council run events, including Banbury Flower and Produce Show and the Banbury Food Fair.

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End of Banbury in Bloom contest

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