Diary Dates 2025
Sat. 26 April 2025
Launch of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Bloom
April 2025
Leaflets with a competition entry form will be distributed widely and available at the Amelia Scott Culture Hub
May 2025
Deadline for sponsors to be integrated in publications
Sponsorship Opportunities
June 2025
Closing date for returning competition entry forms
"Open Gardens"
Sunday 8 June 2025
July 2025
Judging Period
September 2025
Awards Presentation
for the 'Best' categories
September 2025
Awards Presentation
for the Schools competition
October 2025
Thank you / Debriefing for organisers, participants, sponsors
in partnership with
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
There are many ways to contribute, donate, help, participate, sponsor, support or volunteer.
Join our campaign in 2025 !
- "Help to install and maintain more horticultural displays across RTW"
- "Find information regarding Sponsorship/Donations"
- "Enter the Competition for BEST in RTW in Bloom"
- the 2025 competition is back
for RESIDENTIAL and COMMERCIAL entries
RTW in BLOOM Sponsorship Entry Form 2025
How your business can support the Royal Tunbridge Wells in Bloom campaign:
- Beautify your business grounds by installing hanging baskets, planters, gardens.
- Enter your planter or garden to our local Bloom competition in one of the Bloom commercial categories.
- Help us with marketing.
- Sponsor the campaign.
- Participate with "In kind donations".
Information for Businesses in RTW
For any questions please contact the BLOOM team
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ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS IN BLOOM 2023
Contributors, Donators, Participants, Sponsors, Supporters, Volunteers
Royal Tunbridge Wells in Bloom - sponsors 2023
(Britain in Bloom Portfolio)
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ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS IN BLOOM 2022
Contributors, Donators, Participants, Sponsors, Supporters, Volunteers
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ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS IN BLOOM 2021
Contributors, Donators, Participants, Sponsors, Supporters, Volunteers
Due to the ongoing situation with COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Royal Tunbridge Wells in Bloom aims to continue in a much downsized form and the Bloom team hopes that sponsors and volunteers will be back again in 2022.
South & South East in Bloom, "Love Where We Live",
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, Kent County Council,
Tivoli Ground Services, Kent High Weald Project, Sherwood Shed,
Times of Tunbridge Wells,
RTW Together (BID), DS Restoration,
Hospice in the Weald,
Friends of Parks and Open Spaces
(Tunbridge Wells Common, Calverley Grounds, Dunorlan Park,
Grove, Grosvenor & Hilbert Park, St.John's Park & Meadows,
Woodbury Park Cemetery, Hawkenbury Cemetery, Trinity Churchyard/Gardens)
Steve Bowser - Donation for planters in RTW Town Centre
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ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS IN BLOOM 2020
Celebrating 10 Years of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Bloom
Contributors, Donators, Participants, Sponsors, Supporters, Volunteers
Due to the ongoing situation with COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
Royal Tunbridge Wells in Bloom aims to continue in a much downsized form and
the Bloom team hopes that sponsors will be back again in 2021.
30.03.2020 - Coolings Garden Centres (together with 2000 garden centres in the UK) are now closed until further notice.
Because of this uncertainty they are not able to supply gift vouchers for our competition entrants.
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ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS IN BLOOM 2019
Contributors, Donators, Participants, Sponsors, Supporters, Volunteers
South & South East in Bloom, "Love Where We Live",
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, Kent County Council,
Sodexo Horicultural Services, Urbaser,
Kent High Weald, Cross Polination Project
Times of Tunbridge Wells, South Eastern Railways,
Coolings Garden Centre, PlantScape,
RTW Together (BID),
One Warwick Park Hotel, DS Restoration, Barclays Bank, Lloyds Bank,
Hospice in the Weald, Rotary Club Inner Wheel, Sherwood Shed,
Friends of
Tunbridge Wells Common, Calverley Grounds, Dunorlan Park,
Grove, Grosvenor & Hilbert Park, St.John's Park & Meadows,
Woodbury Park Cemetery, Hawkenbury Cemetery, Trinity Churchyard/Gardens
Mark Booker (barrier trough)
Randalls Property Agent Camden Road (barrier trough)
Bob Smith (basket and barrier trough)
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ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS IN BLOOM 2018
Contributors, Donators, Participants, Sponsors, Supporters, Volunteers
Randalls Property Agent Camden Road (barrier trough)
Bob Smith (basket and barrier trough)
Mark Booker (barrier trough)
Bourne Amenity
Lloyds Bank Mount Pleasant (plants for baskets & troughs)
DS Restoration David Sissons (creation: The BEE @Library bedding)
Sponsors, Supporters, Volunteers - June 2018
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ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS IN BLOOM 2017
Contributors, Donators, Participants, Sponsors, Supporters, Volunteers
Biffa - Street Cleaning
Coolings Knockholt, Sevenoaks, Garden Centre
Co-operative Funeralcare
CMS Group Camden Road (hanging basket)
Individual Contributor - Mark Booker (barrier trough)
Kent High Weald Partnership - KHWP Events 2017/2018
One Warwick Park Hotel, Royal Tunbridge Wells
- hosting the awards ceremony of "RTW in Bloom" in Sep. 2017
Randalls Property Agent Camden Road (barrier trough)
Royal Tunbridge Wells Together CIC Town Centre Management
Royal Victoria Place Shopping Centre
"SO MAGAZINE" Tunbridge Wells, Sevenoaks, The Weald
Sodexo, Horticultural Services - maintenance of verges and parks in RTW
"Times of Tunbridge Wells" Newspaper
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
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ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS IN BLOOM 2016
Contributors, Donators, Participants, Sponsors, Supporters, Volunteers
Biffa - Street Cleaning
"Courier" - Newspaper - Kent and Sussex
Coolings Knockholt, Sevenoaks - Garden Centre
Coblands Landscapes, Royal Tunbridge Wells
Co-operative Funeralcare (Calverly Precinct - wooden planters)
CMS Group Camden Road (hanging basket)
Hotel du Vin, Royal Tunbridge Wells
- hosting the awards ceremony of "Royal Tunbridge Wells in Bloom"
Individual Contributor - Mark Booker (barrier trough)
Individual Contributor - Bob Smith (basket and barrier trough)
Kent High Weald Partnership
Plantscape - Barrier Troughs liners
Randell Property - Estate Agent, Camden Road (barrier trough)
Royal Victoria Place Shopping Centre (3-tier planters)
Sodexo - maintenance of verges and parks in RTW
"Town Crier" - Magazine - Tunbridge Wells
Tunbridge Wells Community Enterprises CIC
"Times of Tunbridge Wells" - Newspaper
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Download the Sponsorship Programme 2016
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ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS IN BLOOM 2015
Contributors, Donators, Participants, Sponsors, Supporters, Volunteers
Courier Newspaper - Kent and Sussex
Coolings Knockholt, Sevenoaks - Garden Centre
The Co-operative Funeralcare, Royal Tunbridge Wells
Cory - Street Cleaning
Hotel du Vin, Royal Tunbridge Wells
- hosting the awards ceremony of "Royal Tunbridge Wells in Bloom"
Kent High Weald Partnership
Royal Victoria Place Shopping Centre
Sodexo - maintenance of verges and parks in RTW
"Town Crier" Magazine - Tunbridge Wells
Tunbridge Wells Community Enterprises CIC
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Download the Sponsorship Programme 2015
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ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS IN BLOOM 2014
Contributors, Donators, Participants, Sponsors, Supporters, Volunteers
Coolings Knockholt, Sevenoaks - Garden Centre
Cory - Street Cleaning
Kent High Weald Partnership
Sodexo - maintenance of verges in RTW
Tunbridge Wells Community Enterprises CIC
TWBC Assembly Hall - hosting the awards ceremony of "Royal Tunbridge Wells in Bloom" in September 2014
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Download the Sponsorship Programme 2014
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ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS IN BLOOM 2013
Contributors, Donators, Participants, Sponsors, Supporters, Volunteers
"Courier" - Kent and Sussex
Coolings Knockholt, Sevenoaks - Garden Centre
Cory - Street Cleaning
Flower Pot Nursery, Tunbridge Wells (supporting the Library/Museum triangle)
Kent High Weald Partnership
Sodexo - maintenance of verges in RTW
TWBC Assembly Hall - hosting the awards ceremony of "Royal Tunbridge Wells in Bloom" AND "South & South East in Bloom" in September 2013
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
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ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS IN BLOOM 2012
Contributors, Donators, Participants, Sponsors, Supporters, Volunteers
"Courier" - Kent and Sussex
Cory - Street Cleaning
Sodexo - maintenance of verges in RTW
Salomons - hosting the awards ceremony in September 2012
Town and Country Housing
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
"Your Tunbridge Wells" - Kent News
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ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS IN BLOOM 2011
Contributors, Donators, Participants, Sponsors, Supporters, Volunteers
"Courier" - Kent and Sussex
Cory - Street Cleaning
Dunorlan Park Cafe - Ian West
Lions Club (Southborough and District Lions Club)
Pickering Cancer Drop-in Centre
RTW Civic Society
RTW Girls Guides
TW Headway
RTW Rotary Club & Inner Wheel Club
RTW Rotary Club of the Pantiles
TW Round Table
RTW Scouts
"SO Tunbridge Wells" - Magazine
Sodexo - maintenance of verges in RTW
Suttons Seeds
Salomons — Matthew Salomonson, General Manager
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
"Your Tunbridge Wells" - Kent News
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ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS IN BLOOM 2010
Contributors, Donators, Participants, Sponsors, Supporters, Volunteers
Royal Tunbridge Wells in Bloom Launch and
Presentation (produced by Daniel Bech, presented by Mel Henley)
Royal Tunbridge Wells in Bloom
Thank you - Presentation (produced by Katharina Mahler & Daniel Bech, presented by Mel Henley)
Arriva Bus — RTW Town Centre Buses 281 and 277
Brit Info Net — Horticulture and Gardening Events
Camden Road — Catherine Hylton
Courier "Get your pots at the ready - bloom is back" — Mary Harris
English Landscapes — Richard Burton, Martin Packman, Jim Bradley
Kent County Council - Member Community Grant — John Davies, TW West
Kent High Weald Partnership — Jason Adams, Partnership Manager
Kent News/KoS "Town set to blossom as contest returns" — Chris Britcher
Kent News/KoS "Community spirit is blooming again" — Jenna Pudelek
Kent Police — Tunbridge Wells Urban Neighbourhood Policing Team
Pantiles - Imperial Pharmacy
Pickering Cancer Drop-in Centre & Coblands Landscaping
RTW Civic Society
RTW Girls Guides
RTW Rotary Club & Inner Wheel Club
RTW Scouts
Royal Tunbridge Wells Town Forum — Daniel Bech
Royal Tunbridge Wells — Katharina Mahler
Royal Tunbridge Wells in Bloom — designed & produced by km & db
Rusthall Village Association — Nigel Suckling, website editor
Salomons — Matthew Salomonson, General Manager
Small Loads - Planters — Alice & Mick Corkery
Soroptimists Tunbridge Wells and District
Targetfollow - Pantiles — Jamie Curtis Harry Savory Lucy Wilson A.Goldney
Telephone House Neighbours Association — Town Centre Neighbourhood
Tonbridge (Keys/Shoes) Engravings - for winners' cups
Transition Tunbridge Wells
Tunbridge Wells Conservatives
Tunbridge Wells Events
Tunbridge Wells Garden Centre
Tunbridge Wells Headway
Tunbridge Wells People
TWBC - Communications — Tracy Jones
TWBC - Gateway — Denise Shortall
TWBC - Museum — Jo Wilcher, Ian Beavis
TWBC - RTW Parks & Open Spaces — Peter Every, Ann Turner
TWBC - Publications — Drew Davis, Jon Buss, Ian Revens
TWBC — Cllr Roy Bullock, Leader of the Council
TWBC — Mayor Cllr Leonard Price & Mayoress Victoria Price (2009/2010)
TWBC — Mayor Cllr David Jukes & Mayoress Wendy Jukes (2010/2011)
Tunbridge Wells Together — Stronger Communities Sub-Group
Voluntary Action within Kent — Caroline Shaw, Mandy Wynne, Charlie Fox