Tenants of South Somerset Homes awarded for
their beautiful gardens
(Wincanton, Castle Cary and surrounding villages)
17 October 2005

South Somerset Homes recently awarded their tenants for keeping such beautiful colourful gardens. This is an annual event, which is open to all tenants of South Somerset Homes.

This year’s competition attracted over 100 entries in the following categories –

Best Front Garden, Best Back Garden, Best Container Garden, Best Theme Garden, Best Feature Garden, Best Vegetable Garden, Best Road/Scheme and Children’s Chance.

Maureen Emery, Wincanton Town Councillor was one of the judges and commented, “I was very impressed by both the imaginative use of planting and colour plus the obvious amount of hard work that had been put into the gardens entered.”

A presentation ceremony for all the entrants and prize winners took place recently at Sparkford Village Hall.

2nd left Peter Sparks (Housing Manager, SSH) and centre Maureen Emery (Judge) present awards for Best Feature Garden to William Tallon (left) and John and Faith Barker (right)

The winners are as follows:

Best Front/Back Garden
1st Tony Morgan, Wincanton
2nd Denys Ryalls, Templecombe
3rd Patricia Lambert, Wincanton

Best Container Garden
1st Patricia Lampert, Wincanton
2nd Peter & Josephine Garrett, Bruton
3rd John & Faith Barker, Kingsdon

Best Theme Garden
1st Denys Ryalls, Templecombe
2nd Gerald & June Reynolds, Bruton
3rd Dorothea Hibberd, Wincanton

Best Feature Garden
1st William Tallon, Sparkford
2nd Wendy Gorrick, Castle Cary
3rd John & Faith Barker, Kingsdon

Best Vegetable Garden
1st Leslie Edwards, Sparkford
2nd William Tallon, Sparkford
3rd John Dray, Wincanton

Best Road Garden
1st Kingshams, Ilchester
2nd Green Close, Sparkford

Winners of the Area East Gardening Awards with photographs of their prize-winning gardens at Sparkford Village Hall with Maureen Emery (Judge) and Peter Sparks (Housing Manager, SSH)

Peter Sparks, Housing Manager at South Somerset Homes said, “Many of our tenants take great pride in their gardens and these awards aim to give them some recognition for their hard work in keeping their gardens so beautiful.”