Our first ever Wellow Best gardens competition was a great success.

Judged by  Wayne Amiel (the BBC’s current Gardener of the Year) 13 gardeners put their gardens forward, based on the Chelsea Garden Show structure of Gold, Silver Gilt, Silver and Bronze awards.  Wayne was highly impressed , and having come expecting to award only a couple of Gold certificates, actually awarded seven of them.

The results were announced at our annual Garden Party that evening, presented by Wayne and Hort Soc President Alex Martin  – and here they are:

Gold Certificate  and Overall Best Garden in Wellow :

 Di Dalgliesh and Jonathan Knight for The Crest.

Gold Certificates:

Annette and Ian Harris for Water Meadows

Annie and David Scotland for Manor Barn

Jill and Colin Tremellen for St Julian’s Well

Clover and Richard  Holland for Wellhope Knowe

Julia and Jonathan Wyld for White Ox Mead Farm

Alice Harper and Tom Jones for The Maltings

Silver Gilt Certificates:

Justine and Billy Wright for Wellow Farm

Jenny Barr for Honeysuckle Cottage

Silver Certificates:

Olga Shepherd for Home Farm, White Ox Mead

Andrew and Fiona Pitt for Middle Twinhoe Barn

Bronze Certificates:

Sue and Chris Wordsworth for Courtland House

Caroline and Nigel Thomas for Manor Court Cottage

… and finally, just a few from the Garden Party festivities: