Awards and Publications featuring our garden.
2001
Ferndown
in Bloom Competition.
1st
Prize for Best front garden, first time entry.
2nd Prize
for Best front garden.
2nd
Prize for Best summer front garden.
2002
"Viva Espana". A four page
article in March 2002 edition of Gardens Monthly, featuring pictures taken by
Philip Smith and text by Mike Pilcher.
"Little but lovely".Our garden was one of five, photographed by Philip Smith, for an article in Dorset magazine March 2002.
"We each get to grow the plants we love best". A four page article in Ideal Home August 2002 with pictures and text by Nicola Stocken Tomkins.
"A trip to the tropics" in Dorset magazine October 2002, pictures and text by Philippa Hardy. Unfortunately it was published, incorrectly in the magazine, that we live in West Moors, which is a nearby village to Ferndown.
We also won the following in the Ferndown in Bloom Competition.
1st
prize for Best front garden.
1st
prize for Best back garden
2nd
prize for Best seasonal front garden, incorporating a theme or special feature.
Which gave us
Garden of the year "The Haskins Trophy"
2003
We entered the Ferndown in
Bloom competition again this year, the judging took place in July.
We won Garden of the year
"The Haskins Trophy"
for the second year running.
and 1st
prize for Best front garden.
2004
We will not be entering
the Ferndown in
Bloom competition this year.
(In 2004 the rules of the competition
were changed to exclude any garden that opens to the public from entering the
main part of the competition. As we do all the work in the garden ourselves, we
did not feel we had any advantage over any other entrants in the competition, so
we have not entered since.)
"Cook Up A Treat" a four page article in Gorgeous Gardens, summer 2004 edition, text and photographs by Nicola Stocken Tomkins.
"BBC Radio Solent"
came to our garden.
Sylvia Willoughby visited us on 9th August, and did a recorded walk round the
garden, the eight and a half minute recording went on the air twice the
following weekend, as part of the Top Soil gardening programme. Sylv left us
carrying one of our Brugmansia plants, which she had taken a liking to, look
after it Sylv.
2005
We entered the "Daily
Mail National Garden Competition"
Apparently there were 1881 entrants for the competition. Of which 11 were short
listed.
And we managed to be one of the 11 who went through to the next round.
The judges arrived at 2pm on Tuesday 31st May, Professor David Stevens, who has
designed many Chelsea flower show gardens, was one of the judges. In three days
they traveled from the south coast of England to Scotland in the north, visiting
the 11 gardens.
We were amazed to receive a phone call, to say we had got through to the final
with five other gardens.
The six finalists have been given free tickets to meet at the Hampton Court
Flower Show on July 5th for a reception.
The final judging will start on July 25th, when all six gardens will be judged
again, to choose an overall winner.
We didn't win the competition, but we do have a nice plaque to display in the
garden.
2006
The garden was featured in the magazine "1742"
produced by Stewarts Garden Centres.
Lyn was one of twenty contestants picked for the BBC
Gardener Of The Year. She did not get through to the last
five to appear on the program.
