Brampton and Fordham are celebrating after winning top awards in the Anglia in Bloom contest.
Communities across the region have been commended for the quality of their floral displays, but local towns and villages seem to have done less well than in recent years.
The awards were presented in a ceremony at the Burgess Hall in St Ives.
Bob Ollier, Anglia in Bloom chairman, said: “After one of the wettest and most difficult summers, including a hosepipe ban, it is astonishing that the Anglia communities have achieved some of the best blooming displays across the six counties of the Anglia region.”
Brampton came out top in the small town category, in which a gold award also went to Godmanchester and a silver gilt to Sawtry.
An award for the best new entry went to Fordham, which also won a silver gilt in the small village section.
Local communities did better in the large town category, with Huntingdon and St Neots both winning gold and a silver gilt going to St Ives.
In the urban awards, Moor in Huntingdon scored a silver.
Dennis Smith, from Huntingdon Town Council, won the Roy Lacey Award
Both Holt Island, St Ives, and Portholme Meadow, Brampton, were nominated for biodiversity awards, but missed out on the prize, as did Action for Swifts, St Neots, in the best conservation project awards and Jubilee Gardens, St Neots, in best drought-sustainable garden.
Fordham and Sawtry were nominated for an environmental award, but lost out and Hartford Road, Huntingdon, also missed out after being nominated in the best local authority floral display category.
The Manor Cheshire Home at Brampton was nominated for best garden for special needs, Brampton Youth Forum for the best young persons’ project aged 12-18 and Brampton Primary School and Fordham Village School in the best young people’s project aged under 12, but all missed out.
The overall winner was Halstead, near Braintree.
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