2007 Awards

Twenty Five prizes were awarded in three Garden of the Year categories:

	Front Gardens
	Sheltered Housing
	Commercial Frontages

A further ten prizes go to our winners of the:

	School Environmental Project
	School Poster Competition

Garden of the Year Winners

Front Gardens

All gardens, large and small, even frontages of flats are entered into the competition. Prizes include vouchers generously donated by Golden Acres Garden Centres (our sponsors).

Front Garden of the Year	Pauline & David Bothwell, Parkstone
Best New Entry	Mrs S Pearson & Mr P Sturgess, Creekmoor
Best Small Frontage	Mrs P P Gale, Heckford Park
Best Summer Display	Mr B Hewitt, Broadstone
Best Small Summer Display	Mrs J A Harrison, Canford Heath
Best All Year Round Planting	Mr & Mrs N Daughters, Merley
Best Communal Planting on a Large Site	Barbers Wharf Residents Group, Poole Quay
Best Communal Planting on a Small Site	Mr Offord, Canford Heath
Special Award for Lifetime Achievement	Mr & Mrs Jack Whitmore, Hamworthy

Sheltered Housing Frontages

Best Sheltered Housing Site

Woodstock Close

Best Community Frontage

N^os. 7, 9, 11 & 15 Stanfield Road

Best Individual Frontages

(3 winners)

Mr I V Fendley, Poole

Mrs Jennie Vincent, Broadstone

Mr J Chant, Hamworthy

Winners in the Sheltered Housing category are presented, as part of their prize, with a planted container courtesy of Continental Landscapes

Left: 2nd October - Mrs Jennie Vincent happily accepting her planted container

Commercial Frontages

Best Pub Frontage - Town Centre	The Jolly Sailor, Poole Quay
Best Café/Restaurant - Town Centre	Corkers, Poole Quay
Best Pub/Small Hotel	Inn in the Park, Branksome Park
Best Large Pub	The Seaview Hotel, Parkstone
Best Small Business Frontage	Ives and Shand, Ashley Road
Best Guest House	Harbour View, Longfleet Road
Best Permanent Planting Display	Michael B, Ashley Cross
Best Leisure Frontage	Broadstone Bowling Club
Best Social Club/Community Centre	Broadstone Conservative Club
Best Small Retail Outlet	Spar, Canford Cliffs
Special Award for Services to Horticulture in Poole	Chestnut Nursery, Kingland Road, and Victoria Horticulture, Lindsay Road

All types of businesses are eligible for a Poole in Bloom award; please contact Denise Hill if you would like to enter your business for 2008.

School Environmental Project Winners

	This award is set up to reward schools for their initiatives involving children in environmentally sustainable & educational projects. Sponsored in 2007 by the Gardener's Apprentice range by Joseph Bentley.
1st Prize	Springdale First School
2nd Prize	Lilliput First School
3rd Prize	St Joseph's Catholic Combined School
Runners Up	Heatherlands First School Longspee Satellite (attached to Sylvan School)

Read about the winning entries

Applications for the School Environmental Award can be made for any initiative which involves children with their local environment and the outdoors.

School Poster Competition Winners

The poster competition takes the place of the colouring competition that has been a feature of Poole in Bloom for many years. The competition is open to children aged 4-12 years from all schools in the Borough.

For this year's task we asked pupils to design a poster around an anti-litter theme.

Award	Name	School
1st Prize	Chloe Black	Haymoor Middle School
Runners Up	Ryan King	Courthill First School
	Louis White	Broadstone First School
	Joseph Tomic	Courthill First School
	Jacqueline Barsdorf	Broadstone First School