We were delighted to welcome Beautiful Scotland judges to East Haven today for their annual training event. All the judges are volunteers and many of them have a background in horticulture or at least a strong interest in the environment and gardens. Keep Scotland Beautiful provide an annual training opportunity for all their volunteer judges before they commence visiting all the towns, cities and villages across Scotland who are working to make Scotland greener and cleaner. East Haven first entered the competition in 2014 achieving SilverGilt and the VisitScotlandTourism award. To say we were nervous about that first visit is an understatement. However, we quickly realised that the judges are there not just to assign an award but to support, encourage and share their knowledge with groups. Today was no exception and it really was pleasure to meet all those involved and share information about our experience of being in the competition and how it has helped to drive forward improvements in East Haven.