The results of our garden competition are in!
The Mayor’s City Champion is… John Bland, 60 Merridale Court! 🎉
Gold awards go to:
- Mr and Mrs Lewis, and Robert Zawadowski, for best garden
- Christopher Walker for best community garden
- John Bland for best private communal garden
- Mr and Mrs Beardsmore for best container
- Mr and Mrs Mayou for best patio
- Doreen Vernon for best wildlife garden
- Warstones Primary School, and Edward the Elder Primary School, for best school garden
- Edward the Elder Primary School for best sunflower
Silver awards go to:
- Mr Eddows, and Mr Parker, in the garden category
- The Acres, and Mr and Mrs Jones, in the community garden category
- Steve Morgan, and Cyril Scragg, in the private communal garden category
- Debbie Cunningham in the container category
- Angela McMahon in the patio category
- Pete Forrester in the wildlife garden category
- Rakegate Primary School in the school garden category
- Warstones Primary School in the sunflower category
Bronze awards go to:
- Marie Gough, and Kate Smith, in the garden category
- Victor Kingsley in the community garden category
- Wayne White in the private communal garden category
- Sandra Roe, and Karen Ward-Hopkins, in the patio category
- Steve Morgan in the wildlife garden category
- Oakmeadow Primary School in the school garden category
- Oakmeadow Primary School in the sunflower category
The people’s choice winners:
- 143A Winchester Road for best garden
- 38 Thornton Road for best community communal garden
- 18 The Poynings for best communal garden
- 24 Hughes Road for best container
- 2 Warstones Gardens for best patio
The special achievement awards go to:
- 37 Elmdon Road for the most innovative and interesting garden
- Masefield Mews Gardeners for creating a wonderful community garden during improvement works
- 64 Limehurst Avenue for creating a community garden where neighbours donate items to display
- Samantha Consiglio for the Tenancy Officer’s best entry competition winner
- Uplands Junior School for their wellbeing garden
- Merridale Court for a community that is thriving – we had three winners across the gold, silver and bronze awards from the same estate (this hasn’t happened before!)
Highly commended:
- Mr Gary Lovatt
- Mr C Marshall
- Mrs V Hughes
- Mrs Dorothy Phillips
- Miss N Jordon
- Nazmo Hussain
- Pam Saunders
Thank you to everyone who took part, we look forward to seeing your beautiful gardens in the next competition.
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