Prizes for Vale of Glamorgan's top gardeners - 09/11/06

 

Residents and local businesses have again been praised for extremely high quality entries in the annual Vale in Bloom competition.

 

Organised annually by the Vale of Glamorgan Council, the competition is sponsored and supported by the Barry and Penarth town councils.

 

During an awards evening at the Vale Civic Offices, Vale Cabinet Member for Visible Services Cllr Geoff Cox thanked gardeners and flower growers for their enthusiastic support.

 

“This year’s competition was another success story and we were delighted with the encouraging number of entries, including new faces, and extremely high standards.”

 

In Barry, Patricia Dewit enjoyed a triple success in the front garden, hanging basket and window box categories,

 

Third last year, Rowland Jenkins, of Hanover Court, Langlands Road, took top spot in the disabled gardener category, while Lianne Williams, of Teifi Drive, pipped last year's winner, Billy Ray Jones (St Paul's Avenue), to triumph in the children’s category.

 

The Glenbrook Inn at Dobbins Road gained a third successive success in the commercial section.

 

In Penarth, Dennis and Anne Lush, of Tudor Close, won front garden honours for the second successive year, and also took the overall Vale award. Gordon Thomas, of Sullivan Close, also pulled off a second successive success in the window box category.

 

Clifford and Pauline Parker, of Byrd Crescent, achieved a first success in the hanging basket 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 the third successive year, with a similar feat being achieved by Gwyn James Court – a group led by Rowland Day – in the residential home/sheltered accommodation category. The complex also won the same category in the overall competition.

 

In the Vale villages competition, Keith and Jean Powell, of Illtyd Avenue, Llantwit Major, repeated their success of last year in the front garden category, while the Four Bells at Rock Road, St Athan, achieved a similar feat as best commercial premises in both the village and overall categories.

 

The judges were Norah Bawn, who has achieved major successes in the competition in recent years, Colin Dee, Neil Poole and Mike Robertson.

 

Full results were as follows:

 

BARRY

Front garden (Dow Corning Trophy): 1, Patricia Dewit, Pardoe Crescent; 2, David Bryant, Aneurin Road; 3, Ray Clemo, Pardoe Crescent.

 

Hanging basket (Peter May Memorial Trophy): 1, Mrs Dewit; 2, Rowland Jenkins, Hanover Court; 3, Anne Hogg, Brecon Court.

 

Window box: 1, Mrs Dewit; 2, Mrs Hogg; 3, Mr and Mrs J Nicholls, Myrtle Grove.

 

Disabled gardener (Tony Gatt Memorial Cup): 1, Mr Jenkins; 2, Edgar Charles Adams, Maes y Coed; 3, Peggy Hughes, Jenner Road.

 

Children: 1, Lianne Wiilliams, Teifi Drive; 2, Billy Ray Jones, St Paul’s Avenue.

 

Residential/sheltered accommodation: 1, British Red Cross Centre, Breaksea Drive.

 

Commercial (Cabot Cup): 1, The Glenbrook Inn, Dobbins Road (Arthur O’Leary).

 

PENARTH

Front garden: 1, Dennis and Anne Lush, Tudor Close, Westbourne Road; 2, Gerard Kingston, Redlands Road; 3, Clifford and Pauline Parker, Byrd Crescent.

 

Robert and Joan Ernest Trophy (best entry in Penarth Seafront Conservation Area): Kenneth Knapp, “Raisdale Cottage,” Alberta Road.

 

Hanging basket: 1, Mr and Mrs Parker; 2, Colin Grandin, Redlands Road; 3, Dennis and Anne Lush.

 

Window box: 1, Gordon P Thomas, Sullivan Close; 2, Karen Thomas, Sullivan Close; 3, Kenneth Knapp.

 

Disabled gardener: 1, Huw Bousie, Byrd Crescent; 2, Christopher Powell, West Court, Grove Terrace.

 

Children (Eunice Harries Memorial Trophy): 1, Molly Parker and Ellie Killberg, Cawnpore Street; 2, Lacey Beth Lloyd, St David's Crescent.

 

Residential home/ sheltered accommodation: 1, Gwyn James Court, Sundew Close (Mr Rowland Day)

 

VILLAGES

Front garden: 1, Keith and Jean Powell, Illtyd Avenue, Llantwit Major; 2, Anne James, Church View, Marcross; 3, John Rowe, Heol-yr-Ysgol, St Bride's Major.

 

Commercial: 1, Four Bells, Rock, Road, St Athan (Roy Fenton); 2, Star Inn, Treoes (Clive George); 3, Sunnyside Cattery, Wenvoe (Mrs D Rose).

 

SCHOOLS

1, Eagleswell, Llantwit Major; 2, Bute Cottage Nursery, Penarth; 3, Cogan Nursery, Penarth.

 

OVERALL (Vale in Bloom)

Front garden: Dennis and Ann Lush.

 

Commercial: Four Bells.

 

Residential home: Gwyn James Court.