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September 2020
Bradley Stoke in Bloom 20 By Sara Messenger of Bradley Stoke in Bloom (BSiB) e were a little hesitant about running our annual Best Front Garden competition this year, but we knew we’d made the right decision when we had a record 18 entries. Although we now have two categories, large and small, we still use the original judging criteria: ‘well-kept frontage’, ‘quantity/quality of plants’, ‘outstanding character’ and ‘wellkept lawn, paths and driveway’. Usually, we all trundle round together one evening to judge the gardens, then decamp to the pub to add up the scores and discuss what were our highlights, but this year, in consideration of the Covid-19 restrictions, we went separately in family groups and had to settle for a home-brewed cup of tea. The range of gardens was amazing, from well-established ones to several very new ‘lockdown’ gardens, but whether new or old, big or small, the care and attention and the pride taken was very evident in them all. I could witter on, but I know you want to just skip ahead to the results so please find them in the panel alongside! The large garden category has three joint second places, as there was just 2 percent between their scores. We also added a second ‘Facebook favourite’ as the toppolling gardens were both extremely popular. The shield goes to the garden with the most points (Richard & Gill Love), but all first and second places receive an engraved glass trophy to keep and a £25 or £10 voucher generously donated by Almondsbury Garden Centre. Everyone also receives a framed certificate and an engraved medal. A small prize-giving event was held at Almondsbury Garden Centre on 19th August, for just a few of the winners, at which town mayor Tony Griffiths ‘handed’ out the prizes. Our thanks also must go to Timpson’s for their generosity, to Bradley Stoke Town Council for their continued financial support and to Almondsbury Garden Centre’s
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Prize winners: Large Gdn. 1st: Richard & Gill Love =2nd: John Burton =2nd: Helen & Graham Egarr =2nd: Paul & Judith Johnson Runners-up: Large Gdn. (in alphabetical order) • Alisa & Richard Aquilina • Anne & Harry Hughes • David & Jenny Neale • Krishnan Rambadhran • Liz Mathew • Malarvizhi Mookkandy & Ravishankar Yetrivel • Sue Jones • Sue Callow Prize winners: Small Gdn. 1st: Maureen Hopkins & Evelyn Coates 2nd: Fred J Hillberg 3rd: Jon & Karen Lane 4th: Anna Waliczek Runners-up: Small Gdn. (in alphabetical order) • Angela Morey • Lulu Milne Facebook favourites 1st: Jon & Karen Lane 2nd: Anna Waliczek Richard Truscott for his ongoing support.
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