Regions & Nations Survey

Regions & NationsSurvey

Regions & Nations Meeting

16 November 2011

Survey of Regions & Nations

Questionnaire

• Distributed April/May 2011

• Based on 2010 data

• Completed by 15 regions/nations

Marking / Assessment

Bloom Marking Sheet

• All using the RHS marking sheet

• 7 with some changes

IYN Assessment Form

• All using the RHS assessment form

• 3 with some changes

Category Distribution

small village

village

large village

small town

town

large town

small city

city

large city

coastal 12k & under

coastal over 12k

urban community

Other Categories / Special Awards

• 11 respondents said they run “other” categories

• Participation figures range from 3 to 184 with a total of 604 participants overall

• 2 said they don’t run other categories but have special awards

• 2 simply said they don’t run other categories

Other CategoriesHamlet

School Garden

Tourism Business Awards

School Grounds / Gardens

Pub, Restaurant & Hotel Grounds / Gardens

Town / City Centre

Business Improvement Districts

Parks

Cemeteries

Caravan Park (Static & Touring)

Hotel Large

Hotel Small

Tourist Attraction Large

Tourist Attraction Small

Retail & Business parks

Shopping Centres

Hospitals

Floral Bus / Rail Station

Public, Private & Charitable Establishments

Guest Houses

Other categories continued…

Holiday Cottages

Visitor Attractions

Business Premises Small

Business Premises Large

Country Houses, Estates, Parks & Gardens

Universities, Colleges & FE Establishments

Special AwardsIndustry

Commerce

Residential Homes

Churchyards

Young People

Regional theme

Best Commercial Involvement

Overall Clean & Tidy

Best Community Involvement

Best Treatment of Roadsides & Roundabouts

Best Park

Doing More With Less

Best Floral Input

Most Improved

Award for Outstanding Effort & Enthusiasm

Roses in Towns

Judges' Award for Outstanding Presentation

Best School Garden

Best Front Garden

Best Hotel/Pub Garden

Best Retail/Commercial Premises

R&N Committees

• Number of committee members ranges from 1 to 25

• Total number of committee members is 155

• All but 2 regions/nations said their committee members are volunteers

• 9 regions/nations said they had paid staff (total of 21 people)

Awards Ceremonies

• 9 regions/nations have one event for Bloom & IYN– IYN may be separate and may be several (eg by county)

• 12 regions/nations offered a meal at their awards

• 12 R/N had daytime events, 2 evening and 1 both

• All R/N held their events on a week day

• 6 regions/nations charged for their awards; prices range form £12 to £25

Awards Ceremonies / Seminar Attendance

• Awards attendance ranged from 45 to 1,191 delegates

• In total 3,606 delegates attended awards ceremonies

• Seminar attendance ranged from 30 to 250 delegates

• In total 890 delegates attended seminars

Note: not all respondents provided this data

Additional Support / Advice

• 14 respondents offer some kind of additional support and/or advice or “how to” or “getting started” manuals for new groups

Additional Support / Advice

This can include:

• Guideline Notes on website and in hard copy form

• Offer of visit from judge or committee member on request

• Guide with follow up practical advice, support and mentoring

• Judges / Assessor visits

• finalists' manual & ad hoc help

• manual for each new group

Additional Support / Advice

Continued…

• Trustee visit for each new group

• mock judging for main entries if they will enter next year

• use of RHS materials via website or on paper

• mentoring

• entrants' manual

• supporters' pack

• presentations at annual seminar

Additional Support / Advice

Continued…

• phone support

• visit by judge and if needed do a presentation to their committee

• useful hints & tips sheet

• member of Executive mentors / speaks to new groups

• free advisory visits and mentoring as required

• extensive guidance notes

• new entrants workshop bi-annually

Judges

• 9 respondents run annual judges training

• Number of judges (Bloom & IYN) ranges from 2 to 72

• Total number of judges is 432

• Average number of judges per region/nation is 29

Region/Nation Sponsors (general)Some District / Borough / County

Councils

States of Guernsey council

Webbs

Quadron

Subaru

Amey

Plantscape (x 4 R/N)

Amberol (x 6 R/N)

Marches Housing Association

CJS Plants

MPGA

Worshipful Company of Gardeners

Windowflowers (x 2 R/N)

Glasdon Ltd

Trafford Centre

Zero Waste Scotland

Serco

Viridor

Southern Water

Translink

NI Tourist Board

NILGA

North of England Horticultural Society

Regions/Nations Sponsors continued…

Derbyshire Building Society

DART Training

Naylors Bulbs (in-kind)

Barcham Trees

Vital Earth

Awards Ceremony sponsors

Some general sponsors also sponsor just awards

ceremonies in other regions but are not listed again here

• Local Authorities (various)

• Querx Patio Plants

• Exchange House

• Ferring Nurseries

• Civic Pride

Funding

• Regions/nations raised a total of over £230,900– Ranged from £2,700 to £55,000 per R/N

• 2 regions/nations reported raising 100% and 1 reported raising 56% of their funds from government bodies/departments; for others it was 0%

• Most of the funding comes from corporate sponsorship

*2 regions/nations did not provide data; 3 said this also inc. additional funding specifically for IYN; none inc. RHS funding for IYN

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Entry Fees

• 11 regions/nations charge an entry fee

• Fees range from £5 to £500 dependent on entry size / category

Costs (Bloom)

• Cost ranged from £3,200 to £32,500

• 13 regions/nations provided this data

• Average cost works out to £17,400 per R/N

Costs (IYN)

• Only 4 regions/nations provided data

• Costs ranged from £3,000 to £30,000

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