ST GEORGE IN BLOOM WAS FOUNDED IN 2014
BY GRENVILLE JOHNSON.
THE AWARDS WE HAVE RECEIVED.
• Winners of the RHS Gold Pennant 2014, 2015 & 2016
from RHS Britain in Bloom South West.
• Winners of the Gordon Ford Silver trophy
for the best Urban entry for Kensington Road in the South West in 2015.
• RHS National Finalist 2016 with a Silver award.
• ‘Outstanding’ level awards were also given within
the RHS ‘It’s your Neighbourhood’ category.
• RHS & South West in Bloom Certificate of Recognition in 2020.
• RHS & South West in Bloom Certificate for ‘Inspiring others’ in 2020.
• RHS & South West in Bloom Certificate for ‘Sharing your Know How’ in 2020.
This St George in Bloom web site aims to promote,
celebrate & showcase front and rear gardens together
with local enhanced streets or wildlife .
The three core aims of St George in Bloom are :-
HORTICULTURAL EXCELLENCE
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
&
ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY.
© This web site is the copyright of Grenville Johnson .
© The web site photographs are the copyright of Alan Elms .
The unique & award winning garden in St George in Bristol.
The award -
is owned by Grenville Johnson & Alan Elms.
The garden was chosen by Alan Titchmarsh as one of his best British back gardens,
and was also featured on BBC's ‘Gardeners World.’
It is also featured in the book ‘100 Dream Gardens of England’ published by Merrell,
and in Francis Tophill's book ‘First Time Gardener.’
In February 2025 the garden was shown on BBC’s The One Show
as an inspirational garden by Chris Hull.
AVON WILDLIFE TRUST’S FEATURE ABOUT THE GARDEN & THIS AREA.
TO VIEW THIS FEATURE, PLEASE CLICK ON THE AVON WILDLIFE TRUST’S
LOGO OF THE BADGER BELOW:-
Grenville Johnson is also a Wildlife Champion & an Advisor for Avon Wildlife Trust.
A photo of the newly installed glass topped table within the enchanting Folly ruin
from the award winning garden. July 2025.
The significance of green streets and front & rear urban gardens.
Our streets and roads and front and rear gardens can greatly assist our health and overall well being, and they can also become valuable havens for local wildlife.
We often overlook the importance and significance of streets with trees, or front or rear gardens that warm the heart, and raise our spirits.
This is in addition to all the personal & social benefits that can be gained by visits to local parks and green spaces .
This web site is designed to showcase and highlight the importance of our streets and front and rear gardens, particularly within inner city & urban areas.
For example, the residents of Kensington Road in St George, Bristol have enhanced their street , and have made it more wildlife friendly.
They campaigned to have the street trees installed, and the small front gardens have been planted up by the residents.
This has helped to raise everyone's spirits, and this in turn, assists our natural world and local urban wildlife. Kensington Road was selected as a showcase garden
at RHS Hampton Court Flower Show at the launch of the RHS ‘Greening Great Britain’ campaign in 2015.
The show garden celebrated all our local community based work and action.
See the Kensington Road enhancements page on this web site by clicking on the tab on this Homepage.
Action for enhancing our local streets and front & rear gardens is becoming even more significant today as some areas of the UK
are currently seeing a reduction in funding to maintain and support local parks or public green spaces.
We hope that you or your community will also be inspired to help to make your street or front or rear garden more colourful
and wildlife friendly, so that you and others and the natural world can also enjoy the benefits.
Grenville Johnson is delighted to be appointed as a Wildlife Champion & local Advisor for Avon Wildlife Trust.
Grenville Johnson 2024.
Photo above shows a view of Kensington Road, St . George in Bristol.
Latest News.
On February 18th 2025 our garden was featured
on BBC’s ‘One Show’ as an inspirational garden for the launch of BBC’s and the RHS ‘Pocket garden makeover’ competition for 2025.
The presenter of the programme was Chris Hull.
The Gordon Ford Silver trophy
for the best Urban entry
for
Kensington Road, Bristol in the South West
in 2015.
The owners of the award winning garden
that is located in St George, Bristol.
Alan Elms (right) & Grenville Johnson.
The water feature in the centre of the pond.
Our award -
by The Daily Mail for the
National Garden Competition in 2006.
See the ‘award winning garden page’
by clicking on the navigation bar
(Top left of every page on this web site.)
We were proud to open our garden
for The Festival of Nature during June 2025, and also on behalf of Avon Wildlife Trust.
KINDLY NOTE: The garden will not be open to members of the public again in 2025.
Please visit the garden in 2026.
The details/dates will be announced on this web site in 2026.
