The gardening greats of Cheltenham have been recognised for their stunning floral masterpieces at this year’s Tenant and Leaseholder Garden Competition 2019.
Throughout July our expert judges visited a stunning selection of beautiful gardens and last month the worthy winners were crowned at a prestigious awards evening.
This year saw an all-time high with the both the number and quality of entries which were outstanding.
After much deliberation judges picked the following winners:
FRONT GARDEN - BROMFORD
1st place - Roger Merrick
2nd place - Barbara Crew
3rd place - A & V Pocket
Highly Commended - Joe Collett
Highly Commended - Helen Hester
BACK GARDEN - AON
1st place - Roger Merrick
2nd place - Mike Richards
3rd place - Lucy Barnett
Highly Commended - Graham King
Highly Commended - Claire Browett
PATIO
Carole Sayle
BORDER
1st place - Doug Sweet
2nd place - A & V Pocket
3rd place - Karen Turner
Highly Commended - Claire Browett
Highly Commended - Christine Gorry
BALCONY - CBC
1st place - Doug Sweet
2nd place - Shirley Richards
Joint 3rd place - Ivor Ramsbotham & Chris Jones
Highly Commended - Gerry Brown
1st place - Roger Merrick
2nd place - Barbara Crew
3rd place - A & V Pocket
Highly Commended - Joe Collett
Highly Commended - Helen Hester
BACK GARDEN - AON
1st place - Roger Merrick
2nd place - Mike Richards
3rd place - Lucy Barnett
Highly Commended - Graham King
Highly Commended - Claire Browett
PATIO
Carole Sayle
BORDER
1st place - Doug Sweet
2nd place - A & V Pocket
3rd place - Karen Turner
Highly Commended - Claire Browett
Highly Commended - Christine Gorry
BALCONY - CBC
1st place - Doug Sweet
2nd place - Shirley Richards
Joint 3rd place - Ivor Ramsbotham & Chris Jones
Highly Commended - Gerry Brown
CONTAINER - AON
1st place - John Boyce
2nd place - Lucy Barnett
3rd place - Maurice Beard
Highly Commended - David Tibbles
HANGING BASKET
1st place - Cath & Bernie Bond
2nd place - John Boyce
3rd place - Mike Richards
Highly Commended - Doug Jones
Highly Commended - Maurice Beard
CHILDREN'S CONTAINER - CBH
1st place - Ryan Oliver
2nd place - Amelia Bond
3rd place - Jacob Phipps
BEST NEW ENTRY
Karen Turner
MOST IMPROVED ENTRY
Roger Merrick
OVERALL WINNER
Doug Sweet
1st place - John Boyce
2nd place - Lucy Barnett
3rd place - Maurice Beard
Highly Commended - David Tibbles
HANGING BASKET
1st place - Cath & Bernie Bond
2nd place - John Boyce
3rd place - Mike Richards
Highly Commended - Doug Jones
Highly Commended - Maurice Beard
CHILDREN'S CONTAINER - CBH
1st place - Ryan Oliver
2nd place - Amelia Bond
3rd place - Jacob Phipps
BEST NEW ENTRY
Karen Turner
MOST IMPROVED ENTRY
Roger Merrick
OVERALL WINNER
Doug Sweet
Huge congratulations to our garden competition winners and many thanks to our supporting partners Bromford, Aon and Cheltenham Borough Council (CBC) for their generous sponsorship of this event.
MASSIVE thanks must go to our tenants Paul Bond, Mike Euston and the judges too for their hard and tireless work in organising and judging this successful competition.
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