Easton Church Rooms buzzed with enthusiastic gardeners discussing their challenges with the weather this summer and how they achieved amazing results in the varying categories for the awards ceremony.
In the presence of the two experienced judges, Margo Hall and Margaret Robinson, the prizes were presented by John from Brownes Garden Centre.
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We are grateful to Rocky Mountain Nursery at Maesbury, and to Brownes Garden Centre at Coxley for generously donating the prizes.
The prize giving was interspersed with poetry as varied as The Rain Show by William Blake and Will To Live by Mary Triplett.
Next year we will provide a quiz as suggested by the gardeners.
It was a joy to realise that from Wells In Bloom inviting schools to plant wheelbarrows, two local young people, Sophie Peglar and Georgina Burns have found a lifelong joy of gardening.
Apologies were received from Councillor Sandra Ford, the chairman of St Cuthbert Out Parish Council who unfortunately could not make it. It was her vision inspired the formation of this competition three years ago.
The judging for 2013 will be in mid May with the overall theme Spring Gardens.
There will be some new categories including plants to encourage wildlife.
Since the start of the awards the Overall Cup has been awarded to gardens in East Horrington, Haydon and Coxley.
We look forward to sharing spring beauty with different gardens in the North and South Ward next year, as well as revisiting familiar gardens in a different season.
Councillor Jane Hill
St Cuthbert in Bloom Organiser
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