Allotment Competition 2024
Allotments Judges, Mr David Moreton and Miss Hannah Rigden, accompanied by the Town Mayor, Councillor Philip Leason MBE JP, visited the Town Council’s allotment sites in Mount Road and Newcastle Road on Friday 26 July 2024 to undertake the difficult task of selecting the winners of the Best Kept Allotment Competition 2024.
Allotment Competition Judging Day
Allotment Competition Winners
David and Hannah said the allotments they had chosen were the best on the day, combining quality, diversity, kindness to nature & the environment, and clearly demonstrating the enjoyment of the allotment holder.
Mount Road Allotments
Best Kept Allotment
Mr & Mrs Simpson
Mount Road Allotments
Highly Commended
Miss Rushton
Newcastle Road Allotments
Best Kept Allotment
Mr & Mrs Hollinshead
Newcastle Road Allotments
Highly Commended
Mr Downing
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- Judges Comments: 'This allotment had a good mix of vegetables, fruit and flowers, a patch of wildflowers and a place to sit. The overall feel was a great balance of friendly, productive, informal and kind to the environment'.
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- Judges Comments: 'An allotment full of personality, vegetables, flowers, use of recycled materials. It is obviously much loved’
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- Judges Comments: ‘This was a standout allotment fulfilling all elements; vegetables, flowers, herbs, fruit, recycling and a place to sit and enjoy it. A real 'garden' feel’.
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- Judges Comments: ‘A beautifully kept allotment with quality vegetables, brassicas, sweetcorn and sweet peas. Clearly much loved’.
Allotment Competition 2023
Allotment Competition Winners
Mount Road Allotments
Best Kept Allotment – H. Dawson
Highly Commended – D. Rushton
Newcastle Road Allotments
Best Kept Allotment – A. Adams
Highly Commended – G. Harrison
Allotments Competition 2022
Allotment Competition Judging Day
Allotment Competition Winners
Mount Road Allotments
Best Kept Allotment – Plot 14
Highly Commended – Plot 2B
Newcastle Road Allotments
Best Kept Allotment – Plot 6
Highly Commended – Plot 15
Allotments Competition 2021
Allotment Competition Judging Day
Allotment Competition Winners
Mount Road Allotments
Best Kept Allotment – D. Rushton
Highly Commended – Mr & Mrs Hollinshead
Newcastle Road Allotments
Best Kept Allotment – A. Adams
Highly Commended – C. Payne