News

History of The Perth Nursery - book now on sale

21 October 2021
A new book about the historic plant nursery that operated in Perth from the 18th century has been published by Tippermuir Books. Written and researched by two Beautiful Perth volunteers, Elspeth Bruce and Pat Kerr, the book describes how the nursery was establised on the banks of the Tay in 1767 by James Dickson, whose notable clients included the then Duke ...

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Certificate of Recognition for 2020

2 December 2020
We were honoured and delighted to receive a Certificate of Recognition from Beautiful Scotland in recognition of our work in 2020, our most challenging year ever! This is a fitting tribute to our hard-working volunteers who have worked so hard all year, whenever the Government's Covid restrictions allowed. 

The certificate came with a lovely ...

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2019-20 Accounts and Annual Report published

Our Annual Accounts and Annual Report for the financial year 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020 are now available in the Our Documents section of this website. They have also been submitted to the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR).

This was very much year of contrasts - the highlight being winning ...

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Beautiful Scotland competition cancelled

In light of Covid-19 Keep Scotland Beautiful has taken the difficult but necessary decision the cancel the 2020 Beautiful Scotland competition. As with other bloom groups, Beautiful Perth has already cancelled its meetings and work sessions, but is continuing to stay in touch with, and offer support to its volunteers during this difficult time. We ...

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Our Blog for Beautiful Scotland

Our friends at Keep Scotland Beautiful asked us to do a Blog about our experience of taking part in the RHS - Royal Horticultural Society Britain in Bloom competition, and being part of the Beautiful Scotland family. The Blog has now been published! Hope it's an interesting ...

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Perth is Champion of Champions!

Perth is the Britain in Bloom Champion of Champions 2019! To see our winning Portfolio and videos go to the Our Awards page. 

We are so proud that the dedication and hard work of all our volunteers and partners has been recognised by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) judges, who visited our Fair City at the end of July to see our displays and ...

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