Tenants of South Somerset Homes awarded for
their beautiful gardens (Yeovil 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.

Steve Fox, a Landscape Officer at South Somerset District Council, was one of the judges and commented, “I thought that all the gardens were marvellous, it was quite incredible how much dedication and hard work had been put into them.”

A presentation ceremony for all the entrants and prize winners took place recently at the South Somerset Homes headquarters at Alvington in Yeovil.

Lorraine Cousins (Resident), Sophie Cousins (Daughter of Resident), Peter Sparks (Housing Manager, South Somerset Homes), Natalie Hyde (Daughter of Resident) and Amanda Purchase (Resident)

The winners were as follows:

Best Front Garden
1st Janet Gifford-England, Barwick
2nd Pat & Pete Gaylard, Yeovil
3rd Nigel Higgins, Yeovil and Irene Pike, Odcombe

Best Back Garden
1st Christine Oram, Yeovil
2nd Pauline Staveley, Barwick and Janet Gifford-England, Barwick
3rd Pat & Pete Gaylard, Yeovil

Best Container Garden
1st Janet Gifford-England, Barwick
2nd Patricia Franklin, Yeovil and Gordon Hawkins, Barwick
3rd Garry & Jean Seymour, East Coker

Best Theme Garden
1st Yvonne Cooper, Yeovil
2nd Garry & Jean Seymour, East Coker
3 rd Christine Oram, Yeovil

Best Vegetable Garden
1st Janet Gifford-England, Barwick

Best Scheme
Windermere Close, Yeovil

Children’s Chance
1st Sophie Cousins, Yeovil
Highly Commended - Natalie Hyde, Yeovil

The winners with Janet Stone (Vice Chair of South Residents Partnership) (Middle, Front Row)) plus Karen Davy (Community Involvement Officer, SSH), Peter Sparks (Housing Manager, SSH) and Kathy Stranger (Senior Housing Assistant)

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.”