Vale of Glamorgan gardeners produce wonderful displays
Residents and local
businesses have again been praised for extremely high quality
entries in the annual Vale in Bloom competition.
The event is organised annually by the Vale of Glamorgan Council
and, during an awards evening which he hosted at the Barry Town
Hall exhibition area, Vale Mayor Cllr Clive Williams thanked
gardeners and flower growers for their enthusiastic support.
The number of entries across all categories was almost 80, which
was an increase of 20 per cent on the previous year, and Cllr
Williams said: “The council was delighted with the encouraging
number of entries, including new faces, and extremely high
standards."
Prizes were presented by Cllr Williams and council leader Cllr
Margaret Alexander.
Winner of the overall Vale in Bloom and Vale Villages front
garden awards was Mrs S M Davies, of Nant Isaf, Wenvoe. Her success
was, appropriately enough, in the same year that Wenvoe won the
Best Kept Vale Village competition.
BARRY
In Barry, Patricia Dewit, of Pardoe Crescent, repeated last
year's triple success in the front garden, hanging basket and
window box categories.
Rowland Jenkins, of Hanover Court, Langlands Road, achieved a
similar feat in the disabled gardener category where he shared top
spot with Edgar Adams, of Maes y Coed.
Lianne Williams, of Teifi Drive, triumphed in the children's
category for the second successive year, impressing judges with the
standard of her entry and gardening knowledge.
The British Red Cross Day Centre at Breaksea Drive, Barry
Island, also gained a second successive success in the residential
home/sheltered accommodation category.
Cllr Alexander said: "Many of this year's entries were drawn to
the attention of the Wales in Bloom judges, and no doubt helped
Barry secure the runners-up spot in the large towns category in
this year's competition."
RESULTS
Front garden: 1, Patricia Dewit, Pardoe Crescent; 2, Rowland
Jenkins, Hanover Court, Langlands Road; 3, Dave Bryant, Aneurin
Road.
Hanging basket (Peter May Memorial Trophy): 1, Mrs Dewit; 2, Mr
Jenkins; 3, Anne Hogg, Brecon Court.
Window box: 1, Mrs Dewit; 2, Mrs Hogg; 3, Mr and Mrs J Nicholls,
Myrtle Grove.
Disabled gardener: 1 (joint), Mr Jenkins and Edgar Charles
Adams, Maes y Coed; 3 (joint), Peggy Hughes, Jenner Road, and
Nicola Taylor.
Children: 1, Lianne Williams, Teifi Drive.
Residential home/sheltered accommodation: 1, British Red Cross
Day Centre, Breaksea Drive.
PENARTH
In Penarth, Gerard Kingston,
of Redlands Road, pipped Dennis and Anne Lush, of Tudor Close, in
the front garden category to reverse last year's top placings, and
Clifford and Pauline Parker, of Byrd Crescent, secured a winning
double in the hanging basket and window box categories.
Third in the window box category, Kenneth Knapp, of Alberta
Road, lifted the Robert and Joan Ernest Trophy for the best entry
in the town's seafront conservation area for a third successive
year.
Once again there were impressive entries from Penarth nursery
schools, and Cllr Williams said: "These demonstrate the marvellous
involvement of children, parents and teachers to create floral
displays, and areas devoted to vegetable gardening and gardening
for wildlife. These generate awareness of environmental issues in a
fun way."
RESULTS
Front garden: 1, Gerard Kingston, Redlands Road; 2, Dennis and
Anne Lush, Tudor Close; 3, Clifford and Pauline Parker, Byrd
Crescent.
Hanging basket: 1, Mr and Mrs Parker; 2 (joint), Gordon Thomas,
Sullivan Close; Irene Davies and Hubert Baron, Ty Dewi Sant
Residential Home, Myrtle Close.
Window box: 1, Mr and Mrs Parker; 2, Karen Thomas, Sullivan
Close; 3, Kenneth Knapp, Alberta Road.
Disabled gardener: 1, Colin Grandin, Redlands Road; 2, Huw
Bousie, Byrd Crescent; 3, Christopher Powell, West Court, Grove
Terrace.
Children (Eunice Harries Memorial Trophy): 1, Sam James,
Redlands Road; 2, Ellie Kihlderg and Molly Parker, Cawnpore Street;
3, Lacey Beth Lloyd, St David's Crescent.
Residential home/sheltered accommodation: 1, Marie Curie
Hospice, Holme Tower; 2, Ty Dewi Sant Residential Home.
Schools: 1, Bute Cottage Nursery; 2, Cogan Nursery.
VALE VILLAGES
Front garden: 1, Mrs S M Davies, Nant Isaf, Wenvoe; 2, Anne
James, Church View, Marcross; 3, John Rowe, Heol yr Ysgol, St
Bride's Major.
OVERALL (Vale in Bloom)
Front garden: Mrs S M Davies.
School: Bute Cottage Nursery.
Photo captions:
Top: Vale of Glamorgan Council leader Cllr
Margaret Alexander and Director of Environmental and Economic Rob
Quick with Mrs S M Davies (left), winner of the overall Vale in
Bloom and Vale Villages front garden awards, and assistant
headteacher Hilary Hanmer and nursery nurse Kate Berg, from Bute
Cottage Nursery, winners of the overall school category.
Above right: Vale of Glamorgan Mayor and
Mayoress Cllr Clive Williams and his wife, Gwyneth, and operational
manager (parks and grounds maintenance) Phil Beaman with some of
the winners of Penarth in Bloom.