WHAT's ON IN GODALMING?
GODALMING IN BLOOM WINNERS ANNOUNCED
This year's winners were announced this week. See the Godalming in Bloom page for details. Congratulations to all our winners!
Godalming in bloom
Godalming in Bloom 2017 is sponsored by Burns & Webber, J Gorringe & Son Funeral Directors, Squires Garden Centre in Milford and Waitrose in Godalming. We are so grateful to our sponsors for funding the 2017 competition and would like express our sincere thanks for their sponsorship and support.
Godalming in Bloom is a fun and friendly gardening competition, open to anyone and everyone who gardens in Binscombe, Busbridge, Farncombe and Godalming.
Godalming in Bloom is run by horticulturalists working as volunteers who hope to encourage everyone to garden and take care of the beautiful area in which we are so lucky to live in.
We visit schools, allotments, residential homes, restaurants, pubs, offices, anywhere and everywhere we can encourage people to garden. We'd like to encourage you to grow plants that are beneficial for bees and other insects, and to look after our wildlife and we invite you to enter our fun and friendly competition.
Would you like the opportunity to design a public garden? If so, have a look at our Garden Design Competition, open now to everyone, whether you're a fully fledged professional designer or a budding amateur. It's a unique opportunity to design a garden open to the public in perpetuity! We look forward to hearing from you!!
Godalming in Bloom 2017 Winners announced
This year's winners of Godalming in Bloom were announced this week at The Wilfrid Noyce Centre.
Wednesday evening saw lots of trophies being handed out for the annual prize-giving to schools, allotment holders, gardeners and the town's commercial properties.
The awards ceremony followed visits over three weeks to over fifty sites by the judging teams, ably assisted by 'expert' judges and both the Mayor and deputy Mayor of Godalming.
The prestigious 'Gardener of the Year' award was won by Farncombe resident Catherine Yakuba. Catherine's excellent gardening won over the judges, demonstrated by a beautiful array of healthy & interesting plants in her garden, as well as a well thought out wild area and bug hotel.
Other awards were made to categories including best large garden, best patio, best garden design - to the displays of hanging baskets from our pubs - to environmental efforts from our schools - to a three-year old who won a trophy for best scarecrow!
There was also an update from former Mayor David Hunter about the 'Godalming Centenary Memorial Garden' to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the armistice of the First World War. The garden is to be created at Nightingale Road cemetery and is to be opened next year – planning will be by way of a design competition open to all – full details of this competition will be available soon...
Congratulations to all our winners!
Gardens
GOLO Gardener of the Year - Catherine Yakuba
The Mayor's Rose Bowl - Jean Cole
Best Large Garden - Basil & Anne Newman
Rose Turk Trophy - Jo Sparks
Secretts Shield for best large garden first time entrant - Nicki & Ian Worley
Go Godalming Shield for Community Gardens - Loseley Fields Children's Centre
Go Godalming Shield for Managed Community Gardens - Meadrow Court
The Legg Shield for a picturesque patio - James Helyar
Special Award for Gardening in the Community - Gareth Addison
Go Godalming / Burns & Webber Shield - James Remnant
Chairman's Award - Irene Devereux
Small Garden First Time Entrant Award - Penny O'Connell
Dawn Waters Trophy - Alison Dale
Junior Gardener of the Year - Jonathan Snapes
Gordon Devereux Trophy for Best Garden Design - Jennifer Snapes
Schools
The Waitrose Cup for best gardening diary - St Hilary's School
WWF Wildlife Trophy - Greenoak School
The Doris Woods Mayor's Special Award - Moss Lane School
Rotary Shield for Best School Garden - Loseley Fields School
Allotments
Jack Morris Plate for best allotment - John & Lill Blades
Waverley Glass Trophy - Tim Stephens
Gordon-Smith Tankard for best scarecrow - Bethan Davenport
Commercial
Multiple Retailers Award - The Jack Phillips
Town Centre Miscellaneous Buildings Award - Godalming Museum
Rocco & Betty Trophy for best newcomer - The Cricketers, Farncombe
Best Pub - The Star
Janet Robertson Award for best pub garden - The Sun
Independent Retailer - Cornmeter
Professional Service Companies Award - Gorringes
Cornmeter Trophy - Godalming & Farncombe Bowling Club
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Annual newsletter
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Godalming in Bloom 2017 - Summary
The Godalming in Bloom Competition had another successful year, with a very high standard of entries received throughout the competition. As always, we were delighted to receive more entries in the Schools Competition and to see more of the schools starting gardening clubs and enjoying gardening – it was wonderful to see. We enjoyed visiting gardens and meeting gardeners of all ages, from young children to the elderly – the competition has reached out to everyone and touched them all.
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READ MORE ABOUT THE 2016 COMPETITION AND WINNERS HERE
BROWSE THE 2017 WINNERS PHOTO GALLERY HERE
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Beth Otway is still sorely missed - however she is still very busy and writes for Vantage Point Magazine – read her monthly column and go to www.pumpkinbeth.com for more gardening tips & advice.
If you are interested in becoming involved, let chairman Simon Crowther - simoncrowther7@gmail.com or secretary Anne Eve at secretaryGIB@gogodalming.org.uk know.
We will be running the same programme as before during June and July 2018.