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October 2019
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Bradley Stoke in Bloom 20 By Sara Messenger of Bradley Stoke in Bloom (BSiB) s our annual best front garden competition is now in its seventh year, I think we can justifiably claim it is now a firm fixture in our calendar. Each year we think you can’t do any better and then you do just that! But as each year increases and each garden grows, so does the difficulty in choosing an outright winner and again this year there was just a point between the top two scorers. So, after much conversation (and maybe a pint or two), we decided to again have joint overall winners. Richard & Gill Love have, for the third time, scooped the top spot along with Maureen Hopkins & Evelyn Coates. Maureen is no stranger to the top spot though, as this is also her third time to win the shield! In the absence of a town carnival this year, we are grateful to Almondsbury Garden Centre, not only for generously donating vouchers to every contestant, but for again allowing us to take over their café where the prizes were awarded by our mayor, Cllr Tom Aditya, and BSiB member Pepi Lateva. Every garden we saw was unique, with such a wide variety of tastes and styles, but each reflecting their owners’ desire to make their own space a glorious one. The contestants not only brightened up their own homes but their home town too and for that we’re all very grateful, as it makes us feel we really are part of a lovely community. So we hope next year even more people enter into the community spirit and take part in our little competition. Previously, we really enjoyed running a children’s tallest sunflower competition (last won by Sophie & James Dent) and, if there is enough interest, we hope next year to again have a children’s category – either another tallest sunflower or maybe ‘a garden in a pot’. 1st prizes were a personalised glass trophy to keep, a framed certificate, an engraved gold medal and a £25 garden voucher donated by Almondsbury Garden Centre. 2nd prizes were a personalised glass trophy to keep, a framed
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Prize winners: Large Gdn. 1st: Richard & Gill Love Brackendene 2nd: Bluebell Gardens team Savages Wood Road 3rd: Alisa & Richard Aquilina Juniper Way 4th: David & Jenny Neale Address withheld Runners-up: Large Gdn. (in alphabetical order) Krishnan Rambadhran Malarvizhi Mookkandy & Ravishankar Yetrivel Prize winners: Small Gdn. 1st: Maureen Hopkins & Evelyn Coates 2nd: Fred J Hillberg 3rd: Christine Price Facebook favourite Richard & Gill Love Overall winners (who for a year, will share the engraved BFG shield) =1st: Richard & Gill Love =1st: Maureen Hopkins & Evelyn Coates certificate, an engraved silver medal and a £10 garden voucher donated by Almondsbury Garden Centre. All runners up received a framed certificate, an engraved bronze medal and a £5 garden voucher donated by Almondsbury Garden Centre. ● How to contact BSiB… t: 07582 634107 e: bsib@hotmail.co.uk w: bradleystokeinbloom.com and on Facebook too!
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