1.    Best Overall Use of Allotments

Judges: Brian King, Tim Stiles and Paul Newman with Gillian Langham from Sherborne Town Council

Westbridge Park
HIGHLY COMMENDED – Mr C Wood  – Plot 36A
HIGHLY COMMENDED  – Mr D Spicer – Plot 34A
HIGHLY COMMENDED – Mr Doddington – Plot 13B
RUNNER – UP –Mr Snelling – Plot 14B
WINNER  – Mrs Dennett and Mr Lake  – Plot 2B

Lenthay Road
RUNNER – UP – Mrs J Rowe – Plot 4
WINNER – Winner – Mr G Rowe – Plot 8

Harbour Way
HIGHLY COMMENDED –Mr E Hayler – Plot 19
WINNER – Dr J Longland – Plot 27

Bristol Road
HIGHLY COMMENDED –  Ms A Bradley – Plot 7b
RUNNER – UP – Mr D Foster Plot 4b
WINNER – Mrs J West – Plot 9a

McCreery Road
SPECIAL MENTION – Mr G Miller Plot 61
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT -  Mrs F Chamberlane – Plot 27
HIGHLY COMMENDED –  Mr E Horton  – Plot 38
HIGHLY COMMENDED –  Mr B Hoskins – Plot 43
RUNNER – UP – Mr S Ridout – Plot 69
WINNER –  Mr P Cuff – Plot 75

Best Overall Use of Allotments – OVERALL CUP WINNER

Runner – Up –  Mr P Cuff – Plot 75 of McCreery Road Allotments

Allotment Holders – Mrs Dennett and Mr Lake  – Plot 2B of Westbridge Park

2.    Businesses and Commercial Awards

2 (a) Best Pub/Restaurant Floral Display

Judges Louise Burks, Cordelia McFarlane and Sally Westlotorn

HIGHLY COMMENDED – The Three Wishes – Paul and Nicky King
HIGHLY COMMENDED – The George
HIGHLY COMMENDED – The Eastbury Hotel – Paul and Nicky King
WINNER  – The Green – Michael Rust

2 (b) Special Achievement Award
for best business garden awarded to Paul Arthur and Andrew Maddock of Mid-West Office Supplies

2 (c) Best Town Centre Frontage

Judges Louise Burks, Cordelia MacFarlane and Sally Westlotorn

HIGHLY COMMENDED –  The St Johns’ House (Almshouse) (presented to Karen Andrews)
WINNER of The Battens Shield  – THE POLICE STATION  – Mandy James and Team
NEW AWARD
2 (d) Best Shop Front

Judges Louise Burks, Cordelia MacFarlane and Sally Westlotorn

WINNER – The Margaret Balfour Beauty Centre in the Swan Yard
Sponsor– Nick Hunt – Hunts Accountants

3. Quarr Lane Park

Most Imaginative Garden Design in Quarr Lane Park

Judges Paul Newman Brian King and Christine Stones.

Special Mention to Mrs Margaret Dewberry, 61 Quarr Lane Park
Special Mention to Mr and Mrs Austin, 40c Quarr Lane Park
Ecological Award to Ann Goddard and Colin Hann 41 Quarr Lane Park for an excellent watering system
HIGHLY COMMENDED – Mr and Mrs Bartlett 5Quarr Lane Park
HIGHLY COMMENDED – Mr and Mrs Dare 57 Quarr Lane Park
Winner  – Mr and Mrs Cox 8 Quarr Lane Park

4.Ecology Awards

(4a) Special Awards –

Certificate awarded to Mrs Yvonne Libby for Best Range of Habitats

Special Award for saving an endangered rose to Mrs Majory Muggleton

Special Award Certificate to Kazz Philips for Innovative use of Recycled Materials

(4b) Wickedest Wildlife Garden

Judges Steve Fry, Mary Brodie and Elaine Spencer-White.

WINNER  -Mrs Miller – 26 Cheap Street

4 ( c ) Greener Gardeners and Gardens

Judges Steve Fry, Mary Brodie and Elaine Spencer-White.

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Mrs Susan Green – Little Orchard, Priestlands
WINNER -  Kazz Philips – 2 Kings Crescent – Innovative use of Recycled Materials

5.  Captivating Containers

Judges Louise Burks, Janet Vincent and Brian King.

HIGHLY COMMENDED  -  Mrs Maureen Power -  Wistaria House
WINNER – Barry Hoskins – 28 St Aldhelmns Road

6. Residential

(6a) Most Imaginative Front Garden   -

Judges Louise Burks, Brian King and Tim Stiles.

HIGHLY COMMENDED  – Barry Hoskins – 28 St Aldhelms Road
HIGHLY COMMENDED –Mrs Hewlett -  44 Vernalls Road
HIGHLY COMMENDED – Mr Geoff Congrave – 16 Admirals Road
WINNER  – Frank and Helma Poole of 6 St Catherines Crescent,

(6b) My Secret Garden – (Back Gardens)

(6b) Special Awards

(i) Functional Family Garden

Sponsor – Castle Gardens (Gift Voucher)

WINNER  Louise Schrieber ‘for a most wonderful functional family garden complete with hens!’

(ii) Biggest Surprise Found

Sponsor – Travels with My Aunt World Café (Sarah Peters)

WINNER – Patrick Green – 13 Honeycombe Rise for outstanding water features with tremendous amount of wildlife.

(iii) Most Edible Garden

Sponsor – The Pear Tree Deli

WINNER –Mr Brock – 7 Hill House Close for outstanding vegetable plot

(iV) Art in the Garden

Sponsor –Oriel Architecture (Paul Ferdinand)

WINNER – Dennis and Jenny Harvey Kelly – Corby House for superb use of sculpture in the garden

(v) The Aurelie Ryser Douzelage Award

Sponsor –Blue Frog

WINNER – Joe Martin – Dairy Flats for the most nominated garden by the public.

(vi) The Sally Westlotorn Trophy for the Sherborne Area Partnership

Sponsor – Sherborne Area Partnership

WINNER – Mrs Baker Flat 2 Kings Road for an Outstanding Effort in the Growing for a Gold Gardening Competition for Sherborne in Bloom

(6c) My Secret Garden – (Back Gardens)

Judges – Two Teams—Louise Burks, Jean Gillingham, Katherine Vickery Mary Maclean, Christine Stones and Malcolm Mills,

Sponsor Dorset Lettings

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Paul and Nicky King Hideaway House
HIGHLY COMMENDED – Rosie Tomlinson 8 Hill House Close
2nd  – Denise Jones – 11 School Drive
WINNER – Robert Shaland – Croft Cottage Hound Street

7.  Best of the Best

Sponsor – Porter Dodson Solicitors

WINNER – Barry Hoskins – 28 St Aldhelms Road awarded for Outstanding Achievement in more than one category in Sherborne in Bloom

8. Poetry
Poetry Prize

Sponsor – Booklore

WINNER

9. Young People

9(a) Special Awards

Sponsor – Castle Gardens (Gift Voucher)

Awarded to Girls from Sherborne School for an excellent Contemplative Garden

Awarded to Gryphon School for outstanding contribution to Sherborne in Bloom’s entry in Britain in Bloom

9b – Young Gardener of the Year

Sponsor – Positive PR

Runner – Up:  Ross Hounslow

Winner: Ashton Pearce

10. Awards for some of the Outstanding PEOPLE in Sherborne in Bloom!

10(a)  Photographers

Sponsor  – Sherborne in Bloom

Personalised mugs awarded to Betty Deavin, Brian Haigh and Keith Lane for producing fantastic photography of front and back gardens during Judging week.  Well done and thank you.

10b – Judges

Sponsor – Sherborne in Bloom

Thank you coasters awarded to all of our Growing for a Gold judges

•    Head Judge – Louise Burks
•    Mary Brodie
•    Jean Gillingham
•    Gillian Langham for help with the Allotments
•    Mary MaClean
•    Christine Stones
•    Katherine Vickery
•    Janet Vincent
•    Sally Westlotorn
•    Elaine Spencer White
•    Steve Fry
•    Brian King
•    Malcolm Mills
•    Paul Newman
•    Tim Stiles

10c  -  Aurelie Ryser

Sponsor  -  Sherborne Area Partnership

Special thank you awarded to Aurelie Ryser for outstanding contribution to Sherborne in Bloom.

Aurelie Ryser, our Douzelage student from Granville has worked tirelessly during her two month stay,  designing the wonderful judges scoring sheets, organising sponsorship and certificates and managing and producing the wonderful exhibition you see today of more than 300 photographs of all of our lovely gardens and gardeners in Sherborne. Thank you Aurelie.