24 September 2015. More great news at the South West in Bloom presentation day at Dartmouth: Hayle takes Gold for the 10th year in a row. An unbelievably great achievment.

And great results in the In Your Neighbourhood category too:

Hayle's Town Clerk noted:

"Mr Tony Thacker was selected as Male Citizen of the Year 2015/2016. Mr Thacker had been nominated for his work as a volunteer gardener on the King George V Memorial Walk. He was thanked for his tremendous hard work in all weathers, which contributed to Hayle in Bloom’s continuing success."

Congratulations to Tony from the Hayle in Bloom team - a well-deserved honour. Tony continues to be an inspiration to us all.

13 March 2015. Last Friday the children at Penpol School had a "dress as a bee day" with the encouragement of Manda Brookman.

http://www.permanentlybrilliant.com/hayle-blooming-bee-friendly-map.html

23 February 2015. At the AGM the following officers were elected:

Chair	Nigel Powell
Deputy Chair	Mike Kemp
Secretary	Jackie Mace
Treasurer	Lyn Reffold

22 February 2015. On 7th March Hayle in Bloom is running our third event in the Hayle Blooming Bee Friendly programme, with a little money we have raised from the Cornwall Community Foundaiton, building on our successful community day in June last year and our Pollinator Masterclass before Christmas. As a result of inviting the local schools once again, and offering to run assemblies on bees and pollinators, Manda Brookman will be running two Bee Assemblies in Penpol School the week before, culminating in helping judge a school Bee Costume Competition, which is wonderful. The school is hugely excited about taking part, and we do hope we can do everything we can to help it support food, health, pollinators and local environmental awareness in the curriculum!

http://www.permanentlybrilliant.com/hayle-blooming-bee-friendly-map.html

7	Preece Cup
Glastonbury in Bloom	Silver
Hayle in Bloom	Gold
Midsomer Norton	Gold	Winner
Seaton in Bloom	Silver Gilt
Sherborne in Bloom	Silver Gilt

Judges Steve Clampin and Rob Harkness are shown here at Paradise Park with Hayle Mayor Graham Coad, Hayle in Bloom chair Anne-Marie Rance, gardener Mike Kemp and flanked by Alison Hales and Nick Reynolds of Paradise Park. Many of the HIB volunteers joined the judges for the closing event sponsored by Paradise Park.

Volunteers from Hayle in Bloom (HIB) have worked throughout the year to keep the green spaces in the town tidy and chairman Anne-Marie Rance, said they hoped they had done enough to get a gold award.

"The town looked absolutely fabulous thanks to our wonderful volunteers," she said. "They've had to work extremely hard this year to maintain a standard because of all the cutbacks at Cornwall Council. We've also had honorary members who helped out at our working parties."