From:
Matthew Symonds
Date:
May 16 20:54 UTC
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Front Garden Competition 2008
May Newsletter
Welcome to May Front Garden Competition 2008 e-newsletter
Just two weeks to go until the compitition starts please put these dates in
your diary:
Mon 2 – Sat 7 June
Judges - your packs will be ready to collect from the Southville Centre (note
Southville Centre only open until lunchtime on Saturdays). Just ask at
reception to collect your judges pack.
Mon 9 – Sun 22 June
First Round (volunteer judges awarding Good Garden Awards). If you're a judge
please complete your judging any time during this fortnight and return your
nominations to the Southville Centre no later than 6pm on Monday 23 June
Tuesday 24 June, 8pm
The Short listing of gardens nominated from the first round will take place at
the Southville Centre, Beauley Road, Southville. All first round Judges are
invited to help shortlist.
Fri 27 June – Fri 25 July
Second Round (public voting to decide the winners). Online voting at
www.frontgarden.org.uk or in person at the Riverside Garden Centre or the
Southville Centre.
Sunday 3 August
Winners announced and prizes awarded 3pm at the Riverside Garden Centre
Not too late to help judges this year’s competition?
More than half of the 54 rounds now have judges but we still need more!
No experience is needed to be a judge as plenty of guidance and support is
given, each judge will be allocated a round of only 6 or 7 streets that they
should walk around (at their leisure) between Monday 9 June and Sunday 22 June.
Many existing volunteer judges find it so pleasurable that they’ve done it for
several years now. Some people enjoy doing their judging with their children
and other do it with a friend. The following rounds still need judges:
A4 – Frayne Rd, Clift House Rd and Clift Rd
A7 – Raynes Rd, Banwell rd, Gerald Rd, Smyth Rd (from Duckmoor to Winterstoke
Rd)
A11 – Duckmoor Rd (From Smyth to Luckwell Rd), Lynnwood Rd, Luckwell Rd (from
Duckmoor to Winterstoke Rd)
A12 – Silbury Rd, Avebury Rd
A13 – Ashton Dr
A14 – Risdale Rd, Langley Crescent, Tregarth Rd, Trevenna Rd
A15 – South Liberty Lane, Swiss Rd
A16 – Hardy Rd, Nelson St, Trafalgar Ter, Winterstoke Rd (from Hendre Rd to
Bedminster Down Rd), Winterstoke Close
A17 – Gores Marsh Rd, Marigold Walk, Longmoor Rd, Deep Coomb Rd, Colliter
Crescent
A18 – Bower Rd, Irby Rd, Stella Grove, Gore Rd, Hendre Rd, Greenhill Grove
B8 – Elmdale Rd (from Palmyra rd to Chessel St), Pembury Rd, Chessel St (from
Garnet St to British Rd), Jasper St, Garnet St
B10 – Avonleigh Rd (from Chessel St to Palmyra Rd), Hengaston St, Stanley St,
Chessel St (from Elmdale Rd to West St), Ireton Rd, British Rd (from South St
to Stanley St)
B11 – British Rd (from Cannon St to Stanley St), South Rd, Clifton St, Diamond
St, Victor Rd, Westbourne Grove
B12 – Dean Crescent, New Charlotte St, Hollidge Gardens, Murray St, Brook Road,
St Pauls Road
B15 – Osborne Terrace, Brighton Terrace, Temple Street, Harptree Grove,
Churchlands Rd
B16 – West Street, Cromwell Street
B18 – North St (from Greville Rd to Cannon Street)
B19 – Bedminster Down Rd, Bedminster Rd (from Bedminster Down Rd to Parson St),
Parson St (from Bedminster Down Rd to Bedminster Rd), Willada Close, Hall
Street and Mansfield
S14 – Acramans Rd, Alpha Rd, Southville Place, Southville Road
S17 – Raleigh Rd & Amerind Grove (from Beauley Rd to North St), Greenway Bush
Lane, Jennings Court, Vauxhall Ave, Greenbank Rd
If you’d like to be a volunteer judge, please contact Matthew Symonds by email
at <email obscured> or call the Southville Centre on (T) 0117 9231039
to say which round you’d prefer to judge.
Website update
The front garden competition website is currently being updated ready for this
year’s competition. As well as all the usual information there are lots of new
bits including:
· Wildlife pages – top tips and useful links to help make your garden
wildlife friendly as well as look great.
· Details of our new wildlife friendly competition for all our local
school.
· Pictures of all the 2007 winning gardens
Hopefully most of the website will be updated by the end of next week. The
voting section of the website will be live on 27 June so don’t forget to log on
then and vote.
New sponsor adds support to competition
In addition to Southville Community Development Association (SCDA) Riverside
Garden Centre and the 02 ‘It’s Your Community’ fund we’re pleased to announce
Ashcroft Veterinary Group as the final sponsors for this year’s competition.
Show off your back garden too!
Plans for this year’s open back garden afternoon are taking shape. The date
have now been narrowed to one of the following:
Sunday 20 July or Sunday 27 July.
If you’d like to open your garden then contact Matthew Symonds at
<email obscured> or call the Southville Centre on (T) 0117 9231039.
New tree forum branches out
Tree lined streets are amongst the most desirable place that people choose to
live. Some parts of Bristol are very ‘leafy’ and other (including large parts
of Bedminster and Southville) have very few street trees. A new Bristol street
tree forum has been launched to help protect and promote street trees in
Bristol. To find out more about the new Street tree forum
http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/Environment-Planning/Parks-and-open-spaces/bristol-street-tree-forum.en
Keeping in touch
Throughout the spring and summer there will be a monthly e-newsletter to keep
people informed about the Front Garden Competition. Information on the website
will also be updated from May onwards at www.frontgarden.org.uk
Please forward this newsletter to others who you think might like to receive
it.
You have received this email because you’ve either been involved with the Front
Garden Competition in the past or have expressed an interest in the
competition. If you would prefer not to receive this newsletter in future then
please email <email obscured>
Matthew Symonds
Front Garden Competition coordinator
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