The Bourne in Bloom logo

New logo designs for the Bourne in Bloom campaign were added to the many planters containing flowers and shrubs that can be seen around the town centre during the autumn of 2011.

They were part of the campaign to promote awareness for the scheme to keep the town clean and smart which has been an annual event since 2006 although the actual competition organised by the East Midlands in Bloom organisation has been running for well over 40 years. In recent years, Bourne has won silver and silver gilt awards for six successive years and is always striving for the coveted gold.

The idea for a distinctive logo for letters, postage and public signage came from the Bourne committee and was launched in April 2011when members of the public were asked to submit designs. Mrs Nelly Jacobs, clerk to the town council and an active committee member, said that it was not a formal competition but more an invitation for people to send in their ideas although the chosen logo and its designer would receive public recognition.

Community groups, businesses and individuals, were also invited to join the scheme by adopting planters as well as submitting a suitable design to go on the fifteen that are placed at prominent positions around the town centre. "It will not cost anything but we would expect the planters to be properly planted and maintained each year," she said.

In the event, the winning design came from a teenage schoolgirl, Annabel Snape, then in Year 8 at Bourne Academy and has been reproduced on the planters together with an acknowledgment of those who sponsored them. The judges for the competition were Councillor Judy Smith, local artist Chris Moxley and Lorraine Cunningham from a local company, Set in Stone Memorials., who were all impressed by the high standard of entries.

JUDGING THE ENTRIES

The art entries submitted were assessed by a panel of judges, seen here with the headmaster of Bourne Academy, Laurence Reilly. IN THE PICTURE: (left to right) Mr Reilly, Lorraine Cunningham, Chris Moxley and Councillor Judy Smith.

WRITTEN DECEMBER 2011

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