The much anticipated wait is over as the winners of the 2020 Best Kept Garden competition have been announced.
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council has been committed to improving local towns and villages and create a greater sense of pride in the Borough. The Best Kept Gardens competition recognises those residents, groups, businesses or schools that cultivate beautiful gardens or flower beds and to encourage others to take pride in their place, whether that be their garden, business premises, school or local area.
Mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey, Councillor Jim Montgomery said;
“This year has been one like no other and with people spending more time at home, there’s no doubt that many of those hours were spent working in the garden. It was fantastic to see that the number of entries had increased by 50% on last year. The quality of entries certainly made for a difficult task in selecting the winners. I was delighted to be involved in the competition and want to thank all those who put so much work into making our Borough a beautiful place to live, work and visit.”
The Mayor continued;
“Due to the ongoing pandemic, we were unable to hold a traditional awards ceremony, however I was delighted to be able to announce the winners via a virtual ceremony.”
Congratulation to this year’s winners and runners up:
Best Kept Overall Garden
Winner – Tony Addison, Antrim
Runner up – Tammy Fox-McGlade, Randalstown
Best Kept Front/Container Garden
Winner – Kenneth Todd, Crumlin
Runner up – Colin Mitchell, Doagh
Best Kept Community Planting
Winner – Caring For Your Community, Toomebridge
Runner up – Killead Development Association
Best Kept School Grounds
Ballycraigy Primary School
Best Kept Commercial Premises
The Hill Tavern, Carnmoney
The virtual awards ceremony can be viewed at www.antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk/bestkeptgarden
Next year’s Best Kept Garden competition will be launched in Spring 2021 and all entries are welcome! Keep an eye on the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council website and social media channels for all the details.