The Barnet Group were delighted to hold this year’s competition in person, going out with a group of judges to look at the beautiful gardens around the borough. We are proud that through the challenges of the last two years we have continued to hold the competition virtually with residents sending in photos, but it is different from actually visiting the gardens and hearing the story behind them.
One such story comes from the winners of this years ‘ Best new gardeners’ which went to the Rocklands Garden Club. Like in so many other cases the Rocklands Garden Club was born during the lockdown when Claire started to do some gardening, which she had never done before. It wasn’t long until other residents in the blocks were joining in and the result is a beautiful communal garden with a new sense of community.
The standard of entries was extremely high as usual, and they are all winners in our eyes!
The winners of the categories are:
Best front/back garden
Zahra from Hawker (Grahame Park)
Best balcony/display containers
Mr. Hill from Booth Road
Best sheltered housing garden
Vale Court Garden Club
Best communal garden
Upper Alexandra Road Garden Club
The Geoff Bedingfield award for the most outstanding garden
Raju from Wellington (Grahame Park)
Best new gardeners
Rocklands Garden Club
