Thanks to the efforts of the Friends of the Museum and Oakham in Bloom, supported by individual donations and grants from Community Champions in Rutland and Cory Environmental Trust, the museum garden has been transformed into a beautiful and accessible garden for visitors to enjoy and relax in.
The success of the project has now been recognised twice, firstly by a Judges Award in the 2007 East Midlands in Bloom awards. Then in the 2008 East Midlands in Bloom Awards ceremony the garden was presented with the East Midlands in Bloom Special Award for the Best New Permanent Landscape. Only one of these awards is granted each year to the qualifying venue that has most impressed the judges. The competition is always fierce and it is a great honour for our Museum Garden to have been selected.