The Beautiful Scotland Awards (previously known as Scotland in Bloom) are organised annually by the Keep Scotland Beautiful campaign. The Awards ceremony, to be held in Brunton Hall, Musselburgh on 17 September, honours the local ‘In Bloom’ voluntary groups, Councils, and others from across the country whose efforts ensure that Scotland’s cities, towns and village communities offer a clean, bright and colourful welcome to visitors from home and abroad.

The opportunity to host this prestigious awards ceremony is an honour normally extended to those council areas whose cities and towns have previously been winners in one or more categories of the competition. North Berwick, Cockenzie and Port Seton and East Linton have all entered with varying degrees of success in previous years, culminating in North Berwick being judged overall winner in Scotland in 2007, picking up the coveted Rosebowl as well as the Coastal Category.

The annual awards attract entrants from across Scotland and the awards ceremony itself is usually attended by around 250 guests, most of whom are volunteers representing local community groups.