A special ceremony has been held to honour North Tyneside’s green-fingered residents.
Winners and runners up from the council’s annual gardening competition, North Tyneside in Bloom, were invited to an award ceremony celebrating their success on October 23.
Judged throughout July and August, the variety included in the categories, ranging from ‘Conservation and wildlife’, to ‘Best use of outdoor space’, helps ensure that North Tyneside in Bloom is suited to budding gardeners of all ages and abilities.
And from whole community efforts to individual residents, schools to businesses and large gardens to hanging baskets, this year’s competition attracted almost 50 entries across the categories.
Cllr Carl Johnson, cabinet member with responsibility for the Environment, said: “I’d like to say a big thank you and congratulations to everyone who entered the North Tyneside in Bloom competition this year.
“North Tyneside’s residents have always been incredibly passionate about maintaining the borough as a beautiful place to live, work and visit, so it’s fantastic that we can honour their efforts with this competition.”
Among the categories was the council’s ‘Love Your Street’ category, where Sir James Knott Memorial garden scooped first prize for their continued work to transform a run-down piece of land into a gorgeous memorial garden.
And there was continued success for Lee Kirkbride, who claimed first prize in the ‘Individual Allotment’ category for the 7th year in a row.
With support from the Wyevale Garden Centre, who sponsored prizes to the winners in each category, the competition was able to reward people for helping the borough blossom and enhance its reputation as a scenic location.
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