Entrants in this year’s Bradley Stoke in Bloom (BSiB) Best Front Garden competition were presented with prizes and certificates at a ceremony staged on Saturday 13th August 2022 as part of the Scarecrow Trail launch event.
The competition, now in its tenth year, started in 2013 with just five entrants and its first winner was Maureen Hopkins, who despite everything life throws at her consistently makes the the top three, reports BSiB’s Sara Messenger.
We now have two categories, ‘large garden’ and ‘small garden’ as we felt it seemed a little fairer, and now we have two annual shields for our winners to polish as well as glass trophies for them to keep.
We’ve added a ‘Facebook favourite’ award so that the public can vote for their favourites too, and we now also have a ‘greenest garden’ award.
Our thanks go to Bradley Stoke Town Council, who started the group and have supported us all the way. And to all our judges and to everyone that donated prizes: Richard at Almondsbury Garden Centre (who have also supported us for more years than I care to remember), Zane at The Hollow Tree pub, Esther at the Aztec Hotel & Spa and Bradley Stoke Zero Carbon Group.
Prizes and certificates were presented by Bradley Stoke mayor Tony Griffiths, with the ceremony unusually taking place indoors within the Jubilee Centre building due to the scorching temperatures outside on Jubilee Green – hitting 32 degrees on the day, as reported on the Journal’s Heatwave (August 2022) page.
Tip: In the results lists below, click on the letter in brackets, e.g. (L), to view an album of photos of that garden on the Bradley Stoke in Bloom Facebook page. Alternatively, continue to Page 2 of this post to view photos of all the gardens in alphabetical sequence.
Prize winners: Large garden
The 1st prize was a garden centre voucher donated by Almondsbury Garden Centre & ‘tea for two’ voucher donated by the Aztec Hotel & Spa.
The 2nd prize was a garden centre voucher donated by Almondsbury Garden Centre and a voucher donated by The Hollow Tree.
The 3rd prize was a garden centre voucher donated by Almondsbury Garden Centre.
Runners-up: Large garden
The runners-up each received an engraved medal and a framed certificate.
Prize winners: Small garden
The 1st prize was a garden centre voucher donated by Almondsbury Garden Centre and a ‘Friday night event’ voucher donated by Aztec Hotel & Spa.
The 2nd prize was a garden centre voucher donated by Almondsbury Garden Centre and a voucher donated by The Hollow Tree.
The 3rd prize was a garden centre voucher donated by Almondsbury Garden Centre.
Runners-up: Small garden
- Fred J Hillberg (G)
- Catherine O’Shea (P)
- Samantha Cornock (B)
- Christine Price (D)
- Gillian Keeler (N)
The runners-up each received an engraved medal and a framed certificate.
Facebook Favourite: Was won this year by Samantha Cornock who received a second framed certificate, an engraved medal, a rose soap and a garden centre voucher donated by Almondsbury Garden Centre.
Greenest Garden: Paul & Judy Johnson scooped this prize and took home a second framed certificate, an engraved medal, a glass trophy donated by Bradley Stoke Zero Carbon Group and a garden centre voucher donated by Almondsbury Garden Centre.
Presentation photos
View hi-res photos of the winners and runners-up receiving their prizes, on Google Photos or Facebook (coming soon).
Continue to Page 2 of this post to view photos of all the gardens, in alphabetical sequence, on the the Bradley Stoke in Bloom Facebook page.
Entertainment
The presentations were followed by demonstrations of Indian song, dance and keep-fit.
View hi-res photos of the entertainment, on Google Photos or Facebook (coming soon).
How to contact Bradley Stoke in Bloom:
- t: 07582 634107
- e: bsib@hotmail.co.uk
- w: bradleystokeinbloom.com
- Bradley Stoke in Bloom on Facebook
