Cultivation Street Winners 2018 - Sponsored by Calliope®
Overall Community Garden Winner 2018
Tay View Community Garden - Scotland
They won the overall £5,000 prize!
They also won £1,000 + 100 Calliope Geraniums in the regional heat of the competition.
Well done to Tayview Community Garden in Scotland who won our over all winners in the community garden category.
The Cultivation Street judges were bowled over by the huge cross-section of locals that have been involved in bringing this community garden to life. It has brought people with mental health issues and learning disabilities, school children, refugees and recovering drug addicts together in a positive and rewarding project bursting with community spirit.
Regional Community Garden Winners 2018
Midlands
Tiny Trowels
They won £1,000 + 100 Calliope Geraniums
The judges liked that Alison was so passionate about gardening that she set up a self-funded community garden in her own back yard.
North Region
Shoulder to Soldier
They won £1,000 + 100 Calliope Geraniums
The judges thought this was a very inspiring garden as it has been improved a lot over such a short amount of time.
Wales and Northern Ireland
Tenby Day Centre
They won £1,000 + 100 Calliope Geraniums
The judges liked the inspiring story behind this garden. The staff and volunteers at Tenby Day Centre encourage visitors and tenants to get involved in the garden, instead of watching TV.
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Scotland
Tay View Community Garden
They won £1,000 + 100 Calliope Geraniums
The judges liked that the garden was inclusive to a range of people including, people with mental health issues, refugees, recovering drug and alcohol addicts and people with learning difficulties.
South
Stanford & Cleveland
They won £1,000 + 100 Calliope Geraniums
The judges liked that this now-thriving community garden with beautiful pot plants and raised beds was originally an uninspiring area of tarmac at the side of the street.
Colour Your Life Winners 2018 - Brought To You by Calliope®
Judge's Choice
Springhallow School Garden
They won £500 and 100 Calliope Geraniums.
Springhallow’s display features upcycled school sinks overflowing with red blossoms before an inventive ‘garden’ sign made from leftover artificial turf.
People's Choice
The Allotment Angels
They won £500 and 100 Calliope Geraniums
This project clearly has a fantastic following as they won with an outstanding 3,529 votes and shared posts about the competition over 140 times!
A word about our sponsors
Calliope®
Colour Your Life was a new category for 2018 was brought to you and sponsored by Calliope® Geraniums.
Calliope® Geraniums can grow like no other, they have outstanding growing performance as they are worry free and offer vibrant colours.
School Garden Winners 2018
1st Prize
Hammersmith Academy
They won £2,500 and 100 Calliope® geraniums.
The judges loved how much this garden engaged older students that may otherwise not have an opportunity to get gardening. Many of the students here do not have gardens as they are so close to central London, and so the garden gives them the rare chance to get outside in nature.
2nd Prize
Damers First School
They won £1,500 + 100 Calliope® geraniums.
The judges were amazed at how much the team have achieved in the garden since the project began in August 2017. The school highlighted how other schools that have won Cultivation Street inspired them in completing their own transformation.
3rd Prize
Green Lane Primary School
They won £1,000 + 100 Calliope® geraniums.
The judges were impressed with how much this garden incorporates the wider community using community days to extend and transform the garden.
Runner Up
Goldthorpe Primary School
They won £500 + 100 Calliope® geraniums.
The judges were impressed at the transformation of the school grounds into an inspiring outdoor education setting, in just a few short years.
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Runner Up
Clare School
They won £500 + 100 Calliope® geraniums.
The judges liked that the team at Clare School have completely rejuvenated their garden in the space of one year.
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Runner Up
Northgate High School
They won £500 + 100 Calliope® geraniums.
The judges were impressed by the purpose behind this garden, which attempts to raise awareness of dementia in association with a local care home.
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Runner Up
Chaucer Junior School
They won £500 + 100 Calliope® geraniums.
The judges loved the fact that Kerry has devoted to this school garden for an impressive 16 years, helping and educating the many students to have passed through the school during that time using gardening.
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Garden Centre Ambassador Of The Year Winners 2018
1st Prize
Steve Purton - Dobbies Milton Keynes
Steve won £1000.
The judges loved that Steve is happy to use his own transport to travel to school and community groups if they can't get to him. This year he has had over 1,000 children attend his gardening sessions. He has connections with and supports a local charity, 4 schools, a college and a hospital.
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2nd Prize
Zoe Stanmore - Dobbies Southport
Zoe won £500
The judges were very impressed that Zoe runs her own community garden with 60 children in attendance each week.
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3rd Prize
Annie Yates - Garden Store
Annie won £300
The judges especially liked Annie's creation of unique online activities that reach far and beyond the community in her immediate vicinity.
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12 Runner Up Prizes on £100
- Andrew Wright - Gardens Group
- Angela Fletcher - Notcutts - Rivendell
- Carol Watson - Notcutts
- Gary Bissett - Inver Garden Centre
- Georgina Isherwood - Dobbies
- Graham Heath - Garden Store
- Jackie Barker - Notcutts
- Laura Stevens - Dobbies
- Steve Fry - Gardens Group
- Louise Canfield - Aylett Nurseries
- Matthew Lewis - Old Railway Line
- Sophie Lyall - Haskins Garden Centre
Front Garden Winner 2018
Rockcliffe Avenue
They won £500 + 100 Calliope Geraniums
The judges liked the dedication of the neighbours who have been keeping their front gardens looking spectacular since 2007. The entry includes a staggering 23 front gardens, with a shared communal area in which four gardens have been merged into one.
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Small Spaces Winner 2018
Essington in Bloom
They won £500 and 100 Calliope Geraniums
The judges loved how much this group had achieved in a short amount of time (the project began in April this year). They liked how colourful and inviting the garden was and that so many different groups of people, including local schools, toddler groups, and community members, had been involved.
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The Judges 2018
The 2018 judges included,
Lady Salisbury
Gemma Aldridge - The Sunday Mirror
Lauren Hall - ITV
Neil Fishlock - Calliope
Jeryl Stone - Chair woman of the Women's Institute
Simon Sadinsky - Prince's Foundation
Stephen Dowbiggen - Director of Dowbiggen Associates Ltd
David Morley - Retail Director Clifton Nurseries Ltd
