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| 1st Prize goes to 200 Galton Road |
The competition organisers would like to thank Alys Fowler and the three local judges for their great judging skills, Wordwright Editorial Services Ltd for kindly sponsoring all of the prizes and Webb's of Bearwood for all their support.
The competition has been such a success that there is already great demand for it to be held again next year.
We would also like to say well done to all the prize winners and a big thank you to everyone who entered!
The main prize winners: (all prizes sponsored by Wordwright Editorial Services Ltd)
1st prize 200 Galton Road (£500)
2nd prize 7 Pargeter Road (£300)
3rd Prize 86 Galton Road (£200)
Highly Commended by Alys Fowler: 29 Richmond Road (Rosemary Bush)
The Local Vote:
Winner: 25 Rathbone Road (£25 voucher from Webbs - thank you Webbs!)
2nd: 33 Wigorn Road
3rd: 29 Richmond RoadPostman's Favourite (most lovely approach)
198 Park Road
Judge's Special
4B Anderson Road (Campanula)209 Barclay Road (Campanula)
259 Barclay Road (Campanula)
Shortlisted gardens:
4b Anderson Road
7 Pargeter Road
10 Katherine Road
29 Richmond Road
74 Willow Avenue86 Galton Road
157 Milcote Road
200 Galton Road
209 Barclay Road
259 Barclay Road
Church House, Maurice Road
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| Jo-ann Lloyd selling her yummy cakes to raise money for the Warley Woods Bench Appeal |
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| The three local judges Michael, Deborah and Pam |
Award Ceremony at Bearwood Blooms Picnic
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| First prize winner Anna from 200 Galton Road receiving her prize |
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| Some of the prize winners |
In descending order, here are the gardens which won third, second and first prize...
Second Prize - 7 Pargeter Road
First Prize - 200 Galton Road
What makes Khakan so special he gets his name mentioned and not his address?
ReplyDeleteHa that's weird and probably my fault! I have no idea, I shall change directly! Sally Taylor.
ReplyDeleteI was trying to be so careful about not sharing people's names alongside their addresses online...fail!
ReplyDeletevery sensible, Sally.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea and lovely to see people's green fingered results!
ReplyDeleteI just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who entered the first (and maybe not the last...) Bearwood Blooms Front Garden Competition. As the sponsor, I never imagined this would get off the ground, but thanks to the sterling work of everyone who leafleted and judged and put the word around, we have had a fantastic inaugural competition with wonderful gardens that we can all enjoy! Special thanks to Sally for all her work with the media, to Darron and Jo Billings for tirelessly promoting it on the blog and doing press releases, Webbs for their generous prize, all the shops and public places that put up posters, and fellow judge Pam who didn't even make a murmur when it rained! We've all made Bearwood look a bit better, and we've helped restore some of the places so desperately needed by wildlife: thank you.
ReplyDeleteDeborah Yuill, WordWright Editorial Services Ltd
Well done everyone involved in making Bearwood in Bloom happen.
ReplyDeleteI'm really glad that 200 Galton Road won, I'm very jealous of that garden. Mine has a bit of maturing to do yet (it was fully paved when we moved in in Autumn 2011, so is in its infancy!).
It'd be great in future years to have a few categories (formal, nature, etc) and maybe the opportunity for entrants to write a paragraph about their garden too.
We've really enjoyed featuring the competition on welovebearwood and we've been overwhelmed by the beautiful gardens in Bearwood. Thank you Deborah for your lovely comment, it's been a pleasure. Jo and Daron
ReplyDeleteI think it's been a great idea. Well done Galton Road residents and thanks to Deborah for putting up the prize money. It might be good to have other categories as suggested above - or even a 'Best Road' section.
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