Another successful Awards Evening for 2024
Published: 24 October 2024
Competition entrants, councillors and invited guests packed into the Shore Community Church in Bognor Regis last Thursday night, 17th October, for a night of celebration and good cheer at the annual Bognor Regis in Bloom and Allotments Awards Evening.
For the second year running, the In Bloom and Allotments Awards were combined into a single gardening extravaganza to celebrate the best of Bognor Regis' greenfingered residents and businesses.
The children's categories were well represented with staff, parents and pupils from South Bersted C of E Primary School, Bersted Green Primary School and Bishop Tufnell CE (Aided) Primary School all receiving a warm welcome from Bognor Regis Mayor, Cllr. Miss. Claire Needs and Town Crier, Mrs Jane Smith.
Among other guests were Peter Baldwin of Peter Baldwin & Co Accountants, and Sandra Daniells of Bognor Regis Chamber of Commerce and Industry, who were among the several sponsors of the event.
Cllr. Phil Woodall, Chair of Bognor Regis in Bloom and the Allotments Sub-Committee at Bognor Regis Town Council, also paid homage to several other gardens and businesses around the town who had not entered the competition this year, and made a call for more gardeners and businesses to enter the 2025 competition. Anyone interested should email the Bognor Regis in Bloom Committee Clerk: allotments&inbloom@bognorregis.gov.uk or call: 01243 825535.
A huge thank you to the sponsors of Bognor Regis in Bloom, In Bloom Working Group, our allotments tenants and to everyone who took the time to enter this year’s competitions.
The winners of the 2024 competition are:
BEST GARDEN OR VEGETABLE PLOT DESIGNED AND LOOKED AFTER BY A CHILD Sponsored by The Tivoli Group.
SILVER GILT and WINNER: Bersted Green Primary School Children’s Garden
BEST VEGETABLE PLOT AT A SCHOOL Sponsored by Biffa Green Waste Club.
SILVER GILT: Bersted Green Primary School
GOLD and WINNER: South Bersted C of E Primary School
BEST KEPT FRONT GARDEN Sponsored by Dimensions Hair Design.
1 Guildersfield, Norfolk Square
Woodlands, 8 Chichester Road
9 Runnymede Court, Kew Gardens
GOLD and WINNER (with top marks): 241 Hawthorn Road
BEST RESIDENTIAL BALCONY, WINDOW BOX, HANGING BASKET OR CONTAINER Sponsored by The Arundel Trophies
1 Guildersfield, Norfolk Square
Woodlands, 8 Chichester Road
GOLD and WINNER: 9 Runnymede Court, Kew Gardens
BEST BUSINESS FRONTAGE Sponsored by Bognor Regis Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Royal Air Force Association Club
GOLD and WINNER: Bognor Regis Mini Golf
BEST NEIGHBOURHOOD, STREET, LOCALITY OR RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION, OR RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION Sponsored by Peter Baldwin & Co, Accountants.
Bognor Regis Library Community Garden
GOLD and WINNER: Runnymede Court, Kew Gardens
BEST SUSTAINABLE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY PLANTING Sponsored by Bonito Lounge.
SILVER GILT: Bognor Regis Library Community Garden
GOLD and WINNER: The Lodge, Hotham Park
The Allotments Award winners are:
BEST KEPT PLOT (GRAVITS LANE)
THE ROY GRISTWOOD SHIELD FOR BEST USE OF ALLOTMENT
SHARON STUBBINGS AWARD FOR BEST KEPT PLOT (SANDRINGHAM WAY)
3rd: Plot 32
2nd: Plot 57
1st: Plot 67
REPRESENTATIVE'S AWARD FOR MOST IMPROVED PLOT (GRAVITS LANE)
3rd: Plot 21A
2nd: Plot 11B
1st: Plot 14B
REPRESENTATIVE'S AWARD FOR MOST IMPROVED PLOT (SANDRINGHAM WAY)
3rd: Plot 76
2nd: Plot 101
1st: Plot 47