Beautiful Sites Around Our Town

There was a fabulous turnout this year at the Annual Garden Awards which took place at Trinity Methodist Church Hall on Percy Street on 22^nd July.  The Council would like to thank all who attended the presentation.

Clare O’Donnell, the First Gardener from Alnwick Gardens, spent a day viewing the gardens, nominated by Councillors as well as members of the public; she was escorted around their respective wards by Councillors Bilboe, Weir and Rev’d Nicholson.

Clare commented ‘‘Thank you for the opportunity to come and judge Amble in Bloom, I was very impressed by the high standard throughout all of the short listed gardens.  Choosing a winner from each ward and an overall winner was a challenge, therefore I must emphasize that if I was able to have 10 winners to choose I could have filled the places easily from the gardens I saw!’’

Councillor Bilboe again judged the Allotments in Percy Drive and West Avenue; he was very impressed with the high standard and found it extremely hard to decide on an overall winner- in fact this prize was shared! He remarked that the abundance, variety and taste of your own vegetables far outweighed the hard work needed.

The awards were presented by Mayor Leslie Bilboe, and the results are below:

Overall winner (cup and certificate) – 3 Glendale from East Ward:

Judge’s comment: ‘Chosen due to the interesting plant choices for containers, it was nice to see a variety of different plants rather than the more common basket and container plants you usually see, well done!!’

Central Ward:

Winner (shield, crystal award and certificate) – 1 Brinkburn – ‘What a fantastic garden, loved the planting and the maintenance was perfect, well done.’

Runner up (crystal award and certificate) –  42 Bay View

Highly Commended (certificates) – 12 Blackwood St., 10 Broomhill St., 3 Burnside,

8 Burnside., 11 Ladbroke St., 5 Lindisfarne Rd., 17 Lindisfarne Rd., 22 Lindisfarne Rd.,

44 Lindisfarne Rd., 27 Newburgh St., 4 Old Coastguards.

Commended (certificates) – 6 Blackwood St., 2 Brinkburn, 4 Brinkburn, 12 Broomhill St., 11 Burnside, 2 Gordon Villas, 11 Lindisfarne Rd., 15 Lindisfarne Rd., , 5 Newburgh St.,

6 Old Coastguards, 57/59 Panhaven Rd., 12 Sea View.

East Ward:

Winner – 3 Glendale (Shield, crystal award and certificate)

Runner Up – 3 Stephenson Rd. (crystal award and certificate)

Highly Commended (certificates) – 19 Coquetdale, 16 Hauxley Way, 48 Philip Dr.,

55 Priory Pk., 6 St. Cuthbert’s Av., 26 St. Cuthbert’s Av.

Commended (certificates) – 39 Anne Cr., 24 Glendale, 17 Hauxley Way, 1 Philip Dr.,

41 Priory Pk., 15 St .Cuthbert’s Av.

West Ward:

Winner (shield, crystal award and certificate) – 21 Gloster Park – ‘fantastic!’

Runner up (crystal award and certificate) – 64 Acklington Road

Highly Commended (certificates) – 62 Acklington Rd., 34 Castle View, 32 Castle View,

51 Castle View, 10 Gloster Park, 11 Gloster Park, 16 Gloster Park, 69 Gloster Park,

151 Gloster Park, 4 Riverside Park, 5 Riverside Park.

Commended (certificates) – 6 Acklington Rd., 66 Acklington Rd., 9 Bisley Rd.,

17 Bisley Rd., 23 Bisley Rd., 29 Castle View, 65 Castle View, 8 Gloster Park,

17 Gloster Park, 50 Gloster Park, 86 Gloster Park, 152 Gloster Park, 188 Gloster Park,

58 Robsons Way, 19 Woodbine St.

Allotments:

Joint Winners (Sheild and crystal award) 45 East and 46 East

Runner up (Crystal award) 36 West