Botley in Bloom - 2024
Below are the results of our Annual Summer Gardening Competition 2024. We would like to thank everyone who entered our Competition - despite the "inclement weather" and an invasion of slugs and snails, you managed to produce a wonderful selection of Gardens, Baskets, Vegetable plots and Allotments, giving our Judges a difficult task. We would also like to thank Harvey's Cafe in the High Street for distributing our paper Entry forms. Also, Jackson Bailey for their colourful Botley in Bloom advertising Boards placed around the Village. However, most importantly, without Entrants the Competition could not take place and make Botley a bloomin' good place to live.
BOTLEY IN BLOOM GARDENING COMPETITION RESULTS – 2024
FRONT GARDEN (City of Portsmouth Shield) Judge – Kevin Clare, Hambrooks Nurseries
WINNER: GILL & DEN HALE, APPLETREE COURT
Silver: Sue & Rod Taylor, Pern Drive
Bronze: Terry Hudson, Four Acre
BACK GARDEN (Bendall Trophy) Judge – Sue Barnes, Hedge End Horticultural Soc.
WINNER: JENNY ELLIS, BROOK LANE
Silver: Marc & Diana Rogers, Cypress Gardens
Joint Bronze: Ella McLaughlan, Holmesland Lane & Mike Toomey, Hamblewood
COTTAGE GARDEN (Penny Buckley Award) Judge – Kevin Clare, Hambrooks Nurseries
WINNER: DAWN JACOBS, WINCHESTER STREET (back garden)
COURTYARD GARDEN (Horn Trophy) Judge – Sue Barnes, Hedge End Hortic.Soc.
WINNER: JANE MATTHEWS, High Street
Silver: Botley C of E School, High Street
HANGING BASKET/CONTAINER (Botley Traders’ Shield) Judge – Kirsty Evans, Fair Oak Parish Council
WINNER: TERRY HUDSON FOUR ACRE
Silver: Terry Horn, Alexandra Way
Bronze: Francis Dennis, Four Acre
ENVIRONMENTAL GARDEN/VEGETABLE PLOT/ALLOTMENT – (E.B.C. Trophy) Judge – Kirsty Evans, Fair Oak Parish Council
WINNER: BOTLEY C of E SCHOOL, ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT
Silver: Barry Smith Mortimer Road – Vegetable Plot
Joint Bronze: Sarah Tonks, Allotment 46 & June Edwards Donkey Lane, Environmental Garden
ALL WINNERS SHIELD - from 2023 Winners (EBC Trophy) Judge - Duncan Latter, Jobs Cottage Nurseries
OVERALL WINNERS: GILL & DEN HALE, APPLETREE COURT – Cottage Garden (rear)
BEST BUSINESS PREMISES – (Village Trophy) Judge – Duncan Latter, Jobs Cottage Nurseries
WINNER: THE DOLPHIN PUBLIC HOUSE