The Beautiful Scotland initiative is run in partnership with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), which promotes horticulture through flower shows such as the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, RHS Tatton Park Flower Show and RHS Cardiff Flower Show. The Royal Horticultural Society also supports training for professional and amateur gardeners.

In 2002, the RHS took over the administration of the Britain in Bloom campaign and, in 2006, the Society launched 'It's Your Neighbourhood', an initiative to encourage people to get involved in gardening for the benefit of their community.  It runs alongside Beautiful Scotland but is non-competitive and is based on the three pillars (or themes) of community participation, environmental responsibility and gardening achievement.

Many It’s Your Neighbourhood groups now work with Beautiful Scotland groups to add value to beautification initiatives in villages, towns and cities all over Scotland, and we are proud to be running both initiatives in partnership with the Royal Horticultural Society. In Scotland, in 2025 we recognised and celebrated the achievemements of 38 groups through Beautiful Scotland, with three of these representing Scotland in the UK RHS Britain in Bloom Awards. We recognised and celebrated the achievements of 210 groups through It’s Your Neighbourhood.

Pak Ling Wan, RHS Community Programme Manager: “Community gardening is thriving in Scotland, with groups taking part in the RHS Britain in Bloom (Beautiful Scotland) and Community Awards competitions consistently winning their categories and achieving highest standards in areas including community engagement and health and wellbeing. The many groups that take part in It’s Your Neighbouhood are being recognised for outstanding sustainable gardening. And all these volunteers contribute to the creation of a community gardening movement that is making a positive difference to local communities and the environment across Scotland."