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s our annual Best Front Garden competition is now in its 9th year, I think we can justifiably claim it is now a firm fixture in Bradley Stoke’s social calendar. This year we had a record-breaking 24 gardens enter the competition: 14 in the large category and 10 in the small category; an almost equal mix of competition veterans and first timers. On Saturday 17th July (one of the hottest days of the year) we split into three groups and armed with water bottles, cards, cameras and clipboards spent the day judging your amazing gardens. Usually we have just four assessment categories: ‘Well kept frontage’; ‘Quantity / quality of plants’; ‘Outstanding character’; and ‘Well kept lawn, paths, driveway’; but this year we added an ‘Environmental’ category. Although it was left for the judges to decide for themselves how to award points in this category, items such as butterfly café’s, wildlife food & water, homemade seats, recycled materials, water butts, fruit / veg / sustainable planting were well received by us all. Every garden we saw was unique, with such a wide variety of tastes and styles, but each reflecting their
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owner’s desire to make their own Bradley Stoke Zero Carbon Group space a glorious green haven, and who contributed to the cost of the in doing so, not only enhancing their prizes. own home but their hometown too. 1st prizes for the Large Garden And for that we’re all very grateful category were having names as it makes us feel we really are part engraved onto our shield (which they of a lovely community. get to hold for 6 months each), a The pictures of the gardens show personalised glass trophy to keep, a how wonderful they all were, much framed certificate, an engraved gold more so than I could describe here, medal, a rose soap, a £25 garden so I shall just say that the joint first voucher donated by Almondsbury place to newcomers Michelle & Andy Garden Centre and a meal for two Dent and to veterans Paul & Judith with a bottle of wine voucher donated Johnson was well deserved, even by The Hollow Tree. more so when we discovered that 1st prize for the Small Garden the Dent’s stunning garden was less category was a personalised glass than a year old. And it was a great trophy to keep, a framed certificate, pleasure to again award Maureen an engraved gold medal, a rose soap, Hopkins & Evelyn Coates 1st prize in a £25 garden voucher donated by the small garden category. Maureen Almondsbury Garden Centre and a was our first winner in 2013 and again Friday Night Event voucher donated in 2014 and after taking a few years by The Aztec Hotel & Spa. out returned to win again in 2019 2nd prize for the Small Garden and 2020! category was a personalised glass Facebook Favourite 2021: Was trophy to keep, a framed certificate, won this year by Richard & Gill Love an engraved silver medal, a rose who received a second framed soap, a £15 garden voucher donated certificate, an engraved medal and by Almondsbury Garden Centre and a a £15 garden voucher donated by Tea for Two voucher donated by The Almondsbury Garden Centre (AGC). Aztec Hotel & Spa. Greenest Garden 2021: Krishnan 3rd prizes were a personalised glass Rambadhran scooped this prize trophy to keep, a framed certificate, and took home a second framed an engraved silver medal, a rose soap So isgarden your personal outdoor space.by certificate, an engraved medal andTime a is precious. and a £10 voucher donated That’s why more and more people are turning to £25 AGC voucher. Thank you to the Almondsbury Garden Centre. ColourFence. For not only is ColourFence beautiful to look at. But it requires virtually no effort to keep its good looks year after year after year. In fact, ColourFence is guaranteed for 25 years. Guaranteed not to warp, crack, shrink, rot or peel. For 25 years, you’ll be free from the drudgery and expense of laborious fence maintenance, painting and repairs. Free to enjoy the pleasure of your garden and a fence that’s always easy on the eye. There is a good choice of design and colour options to create the setting that you desire. ColourFence will even withstand windgusts of up to 130mph. Making it, probably, the world’s best maintenance-free fence. Competitive pricing, easy payment plans and free no-obligation quotes are all part of the service. To see the full ColourFence range, including ColourSheds, and receive your free copy of the Good Fence Guide, freephone us today. It makes sense to choose ColourFence.
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All runners up received a framed certificate, a rose soap and an engraved bronze medal. Our mayor Michael Hill had declared that he was looking forward to handing out the prizes and only paled a little when he realized the size of the task! But at the Picnic on the Green he did a sterling job and for those that weren’t able to make the Saturday, he kindly invited them to the next council meeting where, his chain straightened and repolished, the remainder of the prizes were awarded. Our shield is now full, so next year it will be framed and hung in the town council office and two new shields will be bought, one for each for the small and large categories. Finally, a big ‘Thank you’ to everyone who entered, to those who gave up their day to be a judge, and to those who engraved trophies or donated prizes. competition † Guaranteed not toThe warp, would be nothing without you!
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