Green-fingered council tenants are being
encouraged to make their gardens look blooming lovely this summer -
and hope to come out on top in a brand new competition.
For two weeks in August judges will ‘mystery
shop’ all Richmondshire District Council owned homes to find the
best gardens, window boxes, tubs, baskets, borders and vegetable
patches.
Tenants have a month to bring their plots into
top condition before the judging panel sets off on its tour.
There will be first, second and third prizes
for gardens in each of the council’s five partnership areas: Upper
Dales, Catterick Garrison, Lower Wensleydale, A66 and Central.
“As a council we feel it is important to
recognise the efforts that our tenants make to brighten up their
streets and estates by creating and maintaining lovely gardens,”
said Councillor Peter Wood, Member for Housing.
“We hope this competition gives them an added
incentive and will become an annual event. It doesn’t matter if you
have a large, small or window box garden - judging will be done to
reflect how the entrant has made use of the area they have.”
July 1, 2011
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