Ever popular with Coastline customers, this year's gardening competition saw a record number of entries, with standards the highest yet. Judging took place earlier this month and here we reveal the talented winners.
Enthusiastic green-fingered customers from Redruth, Camborne and Illogan to Mabe and Mullion and beyond proudly entered their glorious gardens in the contest.
With ten categories on offer from most attractive small garden and best vegetable garden to best gardener with disabilities and best children’s patch, all entrants dug deep to create some truly imaginative and impressive displays. These included amazing hanging baskets, colourful rockeries and artistic garden statues.
Regular garden competition judges, Chairman of Coastline Housing, Dr John Lander, and professional gardener, Jeannie Bates, had the difficult job of judging all the many superb entries in this year's competition.
John said: “It was a great pleasure to meet a selection of our customers over the two days of judging. It is always a privilege for me to see the gardens they have tended and, especially, to hear a little of their lives and experiences.”
Jeannie added: “Once again great effort and considerable gardening skills have been shown by the entrants to the gardening competition. It is inspiring and a real treat for me to see the lovely hidden gardens of Coastline customers."
The overall winner of the Neil Dutton Memorial Cup was Donald Tippett of Camborne.
The other winners are listed below:
Class one – most attractive small garden: 1st – Beverley Peek, Mabe.
Class two – most attractive large garden: 1st Mr G Meagor, Sithney, Helston; Joint 2nd – Mr Brian Deacon, Sithney, Helston and Mr Daniel Walker, Pool.
Class three – most attractive garden for a flat: 1st – Mr D Freeman, Illogan; 2nd – Mr Peter Thomas, Redruth.
Class four – most attractive garden for a supported housing property: 1st – Mrs Sally Hole, Redruth; Joint 2nd – Ms Pam Clarke, Constantine, Falmouth and Mrs Hazel Beeslee, Mullion, Helston; Highly commended – Mrs K Knowles, Mabe; Mrs Sylvia Skewes, Ruan Minor, Helston; Mrs Bertha Symons, Camborne.
Class five – most attractive new garden built since January 2010: 1st – Mr B Young, Redruth.
Class six – best vegetable garden: 1st – Mr Donald Tippett, Camborne.
Class seven – best alternative garden:1st – Mr Clive and Mrs Sue Bennie, Camborne.
Class eight – best garden by a gardener with disabilities: 1st – Mr David Titley, Redruth; 2nd – Ms Pam Richards, Constantine, Falmouth.
Class nine – best children’s patch: 1st: George Bennie, Camborne.
Class ten – best hanging baskets or pots: 1st - Mr Terry and Mrs Betty Rowe, Illogan; 2nd – Mrs J Greet, Mullion.
Well done to everyone who entered!