Celebrating Blooming Great Gardens in Shrewsbury

The Mayor of Shrewsbury was delighted to honour the town’s top gardeners in the Town Council’s annual Town of Flowers Awards.

Residents and businesses were invited to the Mayor’s Parlour at Riggs Hall yesterday [WED] for an awards presentation to honour the winners of this year’s contest.

Competitors were judged in a range of categories including best residential large and small front gardens, best floral container and best commercial premises.

Entries were judged in July by members of the Shrewsbury in Bloom Group.

In the Residential Front Gardens categories, the judges were impressed with the high standard of the entries once again this year. With the difficult conditions encountered by so many gardeners across the country during the hot summer, the Shrewsbury in Bloom judges had a difficult decision to make. After much deliberation, the judges declared Mr J Evans the winner of the Large Garden category, with Mr and Mrs Pugh and Mr and Mrs Brooks as very worthy runners-up.

In the Small Front Garden category, the judges regarded Ms L Parcell’s entry as the winner with Sarai Gil Martin and Timothy Chambers in second place and Mr and Mrs Darlington in third place.

With a record-number of entries in the Commercial Properties category, the Shrewsbury in Bloom judges awarded The Woodman Inn in Coton Hill the winners of this competition with their vibrant floral displays, which looked good all summer. Abbey Shrewsbury on Monkmoor Road and The Royal Oak in Coton Hill were awarded joint second place maintaining their high standards for their premises.

Keith Roberts, Chairman of Shrewsbury in Bloom, extended his thanks to everyone who had entered the competition and acknowledged their hard work this year. He said: “We have such dedicated residents here in Shrewsbury, who all help to play their part in the town’s entry in the Bloom competitions.

“I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who entered and for playing their part in helping to make Shrewsbury the town of flowers. It is a wonderful opportunity for us to celebrate our enthusiastic green-fingered residents throughout the town.”

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Published: 6 October 2022