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DJ Stringer Garden Competition winners named By Jonathon Howard TWEED HEADS South resident Bettina Ricciuti and her husband Gabrielle are the official “Garden King and Queen” this year, after fending off her rivals and being named the major prize winner in this year’s DJ Stringer Garden Competition. Mr and Mrs Ricciuti entered the Comical and Quirky Garden category, which they won as well as being named overall winners.
The couple have created a wonderland of poetry and craft at their home, which earned them a $500 Bunnings gift voucher. “We try to enter the DJ Stringer Garden Competition annually,” she said. “We love to enter because our garden is so different, and we love the feedback we receive from passersby and the community.” Mrs Ricciuti’s garden features a range of rocks with poems inscribed alongside an array of plantings and garden features. Mrs Ricciuti has been gardening for more than two decades and loves the expression of decorating green spaces and being creative. “It’s a great way of expressing myself,” she said. “I see things in rocks, and it triggers my creativity and poetry and I like to do it, I like being creative in my garden.” Mrs Ricciuti says she loves seeing residents and visitors enjoying her garden. DJ Stringer Principal David Stringer said Mrs Ricciuti has
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Bettina and Gabrielle’s home has won the overall prize in the 2021 DJ Stringer Garden Competition. Inset is the winning couple Bettina Ricciuti and her husband Gabrielle who were delighted with the result.
entered in the comical and quirky garden category and is a multiple award winner. “Bettina’s garden is tasteful in its own right, very creative and gives the home a real personality,” he said. “This category is always fun to judge and Bettina held off some very strong competition to carry out the award this year.”
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• Small Garden - Colleen
Dowley at Tweed Heads • General Garden - Lucy Lynch at Murwillumbah • Large Garden - Steve & Lynne Armes at Terranora • Sustainable Garden - Jackie Balk at Nunderi • Edible / Vegie Garden Jennifer Blenkarne at Banora Point • Pretty Garden – Max Reiter at Tweed Heads • Comical / Quirky Garden
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– Bettina Ricciuti at Tweed Heads South School Garden – Pacific Hope at Tweed Heads South Water Feature – Allan Lutz at Bilambil Heights Man Cave – Darren Scott at Terranora Tenants Garden – Don Jones at Tweed Heads Community Garden – North Star Community Garden at Hastings Point
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