Croston and Elswick have been announced as finalists for this year’s Royal Horticultural Society Britain in Bloom competition.

The two villages will be among 70 finalists that will be going all-out to showcase their horticultural skills, community and environmental efforts.

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Finalists are put forward to the UK final based on their progress regionally and compete across 11 categories including village, town and coastal.  

Each village will be visited by a pair of RHS judges in August as they vie for a medal, a category win and to be named Champion of Champions.

Elswick will be hoping to repeat its success at Britain in Bloom 2017, when the village won the Champion of Champions award.

The winners will be announced in Manchester in October.

For more information about RHS Britain in Bloom and to search for community gardening groups, visit the RHS website.

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