Garden competition winners celebrated

2 Dec 2015

Garden competition finalists with the Mayor of Carlisle, Riverside Divisional Director Dean Butterworth, Ian Gregg, Director of Asset Management, and event sponsors, Lovell and ISS LandscapingRiverside has paid tribute to more than 100 enthusiastic gardeners who made a difference to their communities and entered our annual garden competition.

Mayor of Carlisle, Councillor Steven Layden, presented finalists with trophies and prizes at Morton Community Centre, where more than 70 guests gathered for the awards ceremony in August.

The stunning flower displays for the event were created and supplied by Carlisle Floral Art Group. The theme of this year’s event was wild flowers, especially the poppy, in keeping with commemorations of the First World War.

Bob Jones, from the RSPB, spoke about how to plant to encourage wildlife gardens and all the guests were given poppy seeds to take away with them. The awards event was sponsored by Lovell, ISS Landscaping, Keepmoat, and Riverside’s Tenants and Residents Federation.

The garden competition winners were:

Overall winner

Thomas Harrison, Heads Nook

Best wildlife garden

First

Ian and Eileen Scott, Petteril Bank

Second

Millie Carruthers and Audrey Bulman, Belah

Third

Andrew Aitken, Morton

Best patio or container garden

First

Anne Jordan, Morton West

Second

William and Anne Fowler, Botcherby

Third

Robert Bathgate, Morton

 

Best communal garden

First

Alan Irving, Flora Noble and Colin Dixon, Central East

Second

June Piercy, Alison and John Scott, and Norman Willis, Dentonholme     

Third

Mrs J Lindsey and Jean Clifford, Upperby

Best individual garden

First

Thomas Harrison, Heads Nook

Second

Mary Giacopazzi, Raffles

Third

Thelma Cleminson, Scotby