Judging took place on Wednesday 31st July and Wednesday 7th August 2019

Judges Comments

1 .   At the start of the year the hope of the Parish Council was that villagers would participate in enhancing the look of our village.  Doing this by tending their front gardens and hanging baskets/pots.  

2 .   Members of NPC did their bit by setting up hanging baskets on the High Street and planting up new half-barrels at various places around the village.  To add an element to the fun, a light-hearted “competition” was proposed, the prize being a piece of paper/certificate!

3 .   We are sure that you’ll agree that Netheravon looks prettier this year, and our residents have again come up trumps.  The NPC want to thank parishioners for their contributions.

4 .   Judging a “competition“ such as this is difficult.  We all have different sized spaces to work with, and different personal preferences as to how we want our front garden or hanging basket to look.  But for the first annual Netheravon in Bloom competition the judges took guidance from the Britain in Bloom RHS guidelines and were looking for:

a.   Colours and design, an overall plan

b.   Appropriate choice of plants for the space, foliage, bark effect or flowers

c.   Special features, a focal point can aid the look

d.   Presentation and maintenance

e.    Innovation of plant selection, colours etc.

f.     Sustainability and biodiversity / conservation effect.

5 .    30 properties made it to the “short” list, perhaps even more next year?

6 .    NPC wants to thank everyone for taking part, (even if you did not know that you had) and hope that you will want to do so again next year.  For details please contact Mary Towle, Clerk to NPC.