#GrowingForGold winners revealed!

Back in April, we began our search for the best gardens in Bridgend. For our first gardening competition in several years, we were so impressed by the wonderful gardens and green spaces in the community, and our judging panel had a difficult time deciding on the best of the best. But we are pleased to finally reveal the winners of the Valleys to Coast #GrowingForGold 2022 gardening competition.

Thank you to ASW Property Services for sponsoring the Best Garden category and providing the prize for the winner.

And a huge thank you to all our entrants this year, we really enjoyed getting to see your hard work, and picking up some tips and ideas for our own gardens along the way! We can’t wait to see what you do next year.

Best Garden

For this category, our judges were looking at use of space, variety and diversity of species, maintenance of paths, lawns and outdoor seating, including wildlife, cleanliness.

1st place – Mavis Walters

2nd place – Debbie Davies

3rd place – Maldwyn Jones

Eco Garden

For our Eco Gardens, we considered the creative use of recycled materials and upcycled components, benefit to local wildlife such as hedgehog houses and pollinator-friendly plants.

1st place – Debbie Davies

2nd place – Geraint Evans

3rd place – Marlas Greenspace

Small Spaces

Small Spaces is the category for entrants who don’t have a huge garden, or maybe no garden at all, but who have made the most of the space they do have. Judges considered how the space had been maximised, presentation, the range of plants and flowers, and the health of the plants.