Borough's School Children Bloom With Success
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Bursted Wood School won the School Garden
category of the Schools' Bexley in Bloom competition. The school also
picked up a Silver Gilt grade in the School Vegetable Plot category |
Enthusiastic youngsters from schools across the borough impressed judges with
their green-fingered expertise during this year's Schools' Bexley in Bloom
competition.
All their hard work came to fruition on Tuesday 15 July when the Mayor of
Bexley, Cllr Nick O'Hare, made the official presentation of trophies and certificates
at a special awards ceremony held at the Civic Offices. Gardening vouchers
for the winners were provided by sponsors, Ruxley Manor Garden Centre.
Top place in the School Garden category went to Bursted Wood Primary, Bexleyheath,
who received the Mayor's Trophy and a £65 voucher. Second place went
to St Peter Chanel School, Sidcup (£40 voucher) and third place went
to Barrington Primary, Bexleyheath, who picked up a £20 voucher.
Meanwhile the winner of the School Vegetable Plot category, was St Paulinus
School, Crayford, who received a trophy and £30 voucher. Second place
went to Foster's School, Welling, who picked up a £20 voucher, while
Barrington Primary School, came third, winning a £10 voucher.
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Amelia Brookes, aged 6, represents Belvedere
Infants & Nursery School for the Heaviest Pot of Potatoes. |
Entries for the Heaviest Pot of Potatoes category were weighed at the ceremony.
Belvedere Infants and Nursery School was declared the winner, with its pot
weighing 1,604g. Fosters School took second place (1,542g) and St Paulinus
School came third (1,264g). Top prize was a trophy and £15 voucher, with
second and third places picking up £10 and £5 vouchers respectively.
Afterwards, the Mayor said: "I was delighted to see the dedication and
enthusiasm shown in the schools’ category for Bexley in Bloom. A great
deal of thought, planning, hard work and imagination has gone into all of the
entries and everybody who took part has every reason to feel proud of their
efforts. Special thanks also goes to Ruxley Manor Garden Centre for sponsoring
Bexley in Bloom and making this competition possible."
This year's competition gave all entrants a chance to see what standard their
garden had reached. Judges assessed entries against nationally recognised judging
criteria and all those taking part were presented with an appropriate certificate
marking their grade. Judges also produced a mini report with constructive comments
about each entry.
Altogether, 20 schools entered into one or more categories of the competition.
The following grade certificates were awarded at the ceremony:
School garden
Gold: Bursted Wood Primary, St Peter Chanel.
Silver Gilt: Barrington Primary,
Foster's School, Hook Lane Primary, St Michael's C.E. Primary. Upton Primary.
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Schools' Bexley in Bloom winners |
Silver: Bedonwell Infants & Nursery School, Parkway Primary, St Paulinus
School.
Bronze: Dulverton Primary, Belvedere Infants, Belmont Primary, Danson
Primary, Chatterbox Day Nursery, Orchard Primary, Pelham Primary, Slade Green
Infants, Hurst Primary.
School vegetable plot
Gold: St Paulinus School, Foster's School.
Silver Gilt:
Barrington Primary, Bursted Wood Primary, Bedonwell Infants & Nursery.
Silver: St Peter Chanel School, Hook Lane Primary, Upton Primary.
Bronze:
Dulverton Primary, Westwood College, Danson Primary, Slade Green Infants, Belmont
Primary, St Michael's C.E. Primary, Hurst Primary, Chatterbox Day Nursery.
