Autumn Review 14 October

Congratulations to all the finalists of the 2026 Front Garden Awards who have each been presented with a photo of their garden and a certificate of achievement by the Heritage Society.
Extra congratulations to the overall winner from 41 Springfield Avenue who also received an especially engraved trowel as recognition of their beautiful garden - both of which are shown below.

Highly Commended Gardens were 

44 Springfield Avenue

Homeland, Phoenix Green

18 Harebell Close

Best Hanging Basket/Floral Display winner was

3 Dunnett Close

Highly Commended

2 Vicarage Hill

Best Floral Display - Commercial Premises

The Cricketers

Autumn Review 15 October

Congratulations to all the finalists of the 2025 Front Garden Awards who were each presented with a photo of their garden and a certificate of achievement at the Heritage Society Autumn meeting held on 15 October.
Extra congratulations to the overall winner, Richard Judd, from Weir Road, who also received an especially engraved trowel as recognition of his beautiful garden as shown below.

Other finalists were all presented with a photo of their garden and a signed certificate of achievement and the specific gardens are as follows:

Little Plum, Phoenix Green

Little Apple, Phoenix Green

3 Mitchell Avenue 

 96 Mitchell Avenue

1 Baldwin Close, Hartley Row Park

We are also very grateful to our guest speaker, Martin Barnes, who gave a very entertaining presentation on
“Bell ringing – The extraordinary history and wonderful legacy today”