Kim Burrows writes ….

The RHS Britain in Bloom present the Friends of Reddish South Station with ‘Railway Station of the Year’ Award

The ‘It’s Your Neighbourhood’ awards are part of the larger Britain In Bloom annual awards which celebrates the smaller projects in each region of Britain. There are over 700 participant groups in the North West of England alone, and the presentations take place over 3 days.

The work done by volunteers in every corner of the country is astonishing and lights up the most unexpected areas of urban areas as well as enhancing Hospices, Railway Stations and Civic spaces.

This is the fourth time the Friends of Reddish South Station have entered and have been lucky to receive an ‘Outstanding’ level 5 each time.

This year however, we had one of the RHS Britain in Bloom discretionary awards presented to us by Judge David Bielawski for the Best Station of the Year for NW England.

We were absolutely delighted the receive the award – special thanks should go to the architect of our garden, Noel Henry, as well as the work done by the committee and Friends over the last 15 years.

The picture shows Noel, David Bielawski and Chairman Tom Grundy.