Support and resources
In this section, you'll find information to help you with your entry into Beautiful Scotland, resources to help your group and to promote and celebrate your achievements, and inspiring case studies. You can explore these by clicking the links below.
Entrant Support
- 2023 Beautiful Scotland support and resources
- Beautiful Scotland standard mark sheet and criteria
- Beautiful Scotland BID, Town Centre & City Centre mark sheet and criteria
- Top tips for creating your portfolio, presentation and tour
- Good portfolio example 1
- Good portfolio example 2
- Good judges tour itinerary example 1
- Good judges tour itinerary example 2
- Good route map example 1
- Good route map example 2
- Top tips for a successful Beautiful Scotland entry
- Beautiful Scotland Discretionary Awards
- Beautiful Scotland Discretionary Award nomination form
- Guide to taking good photos
- Media support and top tips to showcase your group
- Where to find additional support to keep your group going
- Environmental Sustainability Guidance
- Contacts for electoral roll figure.pdf
- Beautiful Scotland Registration Terms And Conditions
- Urban, Residential and Coastal categories explained
Promotional Material
Reports
- 2022 Beautiful Scotland award winners
- 2022 Beautiful Scotland certificates
- 2020 Beautiful Scotland highlights
- 2019 Beautiful Scotland Results Brochure
- 2018 Beautiful Scotland results brochure
- 2017 Beautiful Scotland results brochure
- 2016 souvenir results brochure
- 2015 Beautiful Scotland and It's Your Neighbourhood Highlights
- 2015 Results brochure
- 2014 Beautiful Scotland Results Brochure
- 2012 Beautiful Scotland Evaluaton Report
- 2021 Beautiful Scotland certificates and awards
Case Studies
- 2022 theme - Year of Stories case studies
- The Caledonian Gardener features our 2022 Year of Stories
- 2022 Year of Stories - The Caley article
- Be inspired - Year of Stories, storm Arwen & Keeping Duns Blooming Marvellous
- 2022 Beautiful Scotland virtual tours
- 2022 BScot & IYN photo loop.pdf
- 2021 Beautiful Scotland virtual tours
- 2021 Theme - Climate and Nature Friendly
- Be inspired - composting and the magic of worms
- Be inspired - Bonnie Dundee - Climate and Nature friendly activities
- Composting - the basics
- Stan's Christmas quiz
- 2020 Beautiful Scotland Virtual Tours
- 2020 Beautiful Scotland photos
- Engage children by creating a wormery, by Kinnesswood in Bloom
- Hardy perennials - by Andrew Hogarth
- 2019 theme: intergenerational working - all ages working together
- 2019 Beautiful Scotland inspiring images
- Year of Young People 2018 celebrations
- 2018 theme - Year of Young People
- 2017 birds bees and trees celebrations
- 2017 theme - birds, bees and trees
- Be inspired - Beautiful Perth's 30 Ps for a successful Beautiful Scotland entry
- Be inspired - growing a community group by Brighter Bervie
- Be inspired - working with young people in Kinnesswood
- Be inspired - working with young people in Aberdeen
- Be inspired - wildflower meadows
- Be inspired - creating a successful pallet garden
- Be inspired - coping with local authority cuts
- Be inspired - annual seed mixes for public display
- Be inspired - North Berwick tulip festival
- Be inspired - Dundee's 2015 UK finals experience
- Be inspired - Clean Ups to Beautification
- Be inspired - Beautiful Scotland groups Clean Up
- Be inspired: growing for gold
- Be inspired - Ditch The Dirt
- Be inspired - Beautification to Carbon Cutting
- Be inspired - Aberdeen City Council gardening blog
- Be inspired - Aberdeen City Council - Glitter Pick and Eco Flying Pigs!
- Flourishing at 50 - The Caledonian Gardener 2016 article
