John and Marion travelled to Sunderland yesterday along with longstanding volunteers, Pete and Chris Aldridge to receive an award from the RHS Judges.
After a nail biting wait, John has brought home a Silver Gilt award for the town. Quite impressive for our very first entry at this level. It was clear that in our category [town] the other entrants were very experienced and are very well organised with plenty of resources at their disposal.
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The category winner, Falmouth was the clearly winner with its award winning beaches,favourable climate, and its well maintained gardens and public parks - a very hard act to follow!
We were offered a de-briefing session with our judges and there is plenty of food for thought and opportunities for improvement in 2016.