Caley Awards 2026
Alison Hope, Gillian Hope and Colin Stockman had a wonderful time at the The Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society - The Caley awards on 25th March 2026. Flourishing Forth is very honoured to have received a certificate of Merit in recognition of our highly regarded and significant contribution to horticulture and gardening in Scotland. Thank you to those who nominated us for this award and thank you to everyone who has been involved with the Eco Site over the years. This award is not only for the current committee and volunteers, but all previous members and volunteers who have contributed so much over the years. Their dedication, commitment and time has made the Eco Site what it is today.
Thank You.
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Christmas Lights
Forth switched on its Christmas lights for the 23rd time on Sunday 16th November 2025 at 4.30pm. There was a large crowd in attendance to help Forth get into the Christmas spirit, Christine Fraser who has given much to the village over the years had the honour of switching the lights on this year and many of her friends and family were there to enjoy it with her. Forth & District Initiative would like to thank Christine, and also our friends at lightways and South Lanarkshire Council, for switching on the lights,and everyone who joined us for the switch on and those who helped make the day a success.We have purchased ten lights in 2022 and they are now decorating the Main Street,the money to purchase these lights was generously donated by Cloburn Quarry.
The Initiative group also gifted Christmas wreaths to the Church and the Resource Centre to help get the village into the festive spirit.
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AGM: The Forth & District Initiative AGM was held in the Small Church Hall at 7pm, on 13th November 2025. Marie McGurk has stepped down as Chairperson, this position is now held by Gillian Hope. The new secretary is Alison Hope. The rest of the commitee remains the same with the addition of Virginia Brown
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Keep Scotland Beautiful
Flourishing Forth is delighted to have won Silver Gilt in this years Keep Scotland Beautiful awards. We also received the RHS Scotland Award for Resilience and Overcoming Adversity. This award was given to us as we have overcome many challenges this year, including damage due to storm Eowyn and the delay in starting the growing season due to refurbishment of our polytunnels. These awards celebrate all the hard work and efforts put in by Forth Initiative and the wider community who help make Forth look as good as possible throughout the year. Thanks to everyone who helps, doing jobs big and small. Everyones efforts add up to make our village a great place to live. A massive Thank You to you all! We also won RHS community award for sustainable gardening. From the 250 groups currently registered within the network these 14 groups were nominated by the charity’s volunteer judges and assessors and received a subsequent level of achievement at the Scottish level, of 5 different UK-wide community award categories. The winner of each award was put forward to the RHS Britain in Bloom UK-wide selection panel, and we were awarded an outstanding award for sustainable gardening. We also received a Level 5 - outstanding and certificate of distinction in Keep Scotland Beautiful 'It's your neighbourhood' awards.
Marie McGurk, Gillian and Alison Hope attended the Keep Scotland Beautiful awards in Duthie Park, Aberdeen on Monday the 9th of September 2024. The group enjoyed a lovely afternoon tea at the event and were delighted to be presented with a Silver Gilt award in the large village category and also the Celebration Award which was this years theme. The event organised by environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful and hosted by Aberdeen City Council, celebrated community groups and volunteers and thanked them for their efforts to improve their areas and make them a nicer place for people to live,work and visit.
The Keep Scotland Beautiful judging took place on Monday 29th July 2024, thank you to everyone who helped make thee day a great success. 
2023 Awards Shown below
