NURSERY OWNERS ‘BLOWN AWAY’ AFTER LANDING TROPHY FOR THIRD TIME IN A ROW

After success at last year’s autumn and this year’s spring show at Harrogate Terry Hunt and Cath Davies did not expect to win again. “You hope for a gold and we were just blown away when we saw we had the trophy again.”

Three top Premier Gold awards were handed out by the judges in the show garden borders competition with Jeni Cairns, from Peterborough, also winning the top award for the second year running.

Premier Gold: Oak Tree Nursery, North Yorkshire; Hampshire Carnivorous Plants, Hampshire; Frank Charlton Chrysanthemums, Tyne and Wear; Harts Nursery, Crewe; Devine Nurseries, East Yorkshire; Philip Tivey & Sons, Leicestershire; Every Picture Tells A Story, Merseyside; Craig House Cacti, West Midlands; Mickfield Hostas, Suffolk; W Robinson & Son, Lancashire; Fibrex Nurseries Ltd, Warwickshire; Roualeyn Nursery, North Wales; Just Airplants, Berkshire; Dargem Carnations, South Yorkshire; Eversley Nursery, Lancashire; Glen’s Garden, East Yorkshire; Plantagogo.com, Cheshire; Pinewood Bonsai, Merseyside; Southfield Nurseries, Lincolnshire; Primrose Bank, North Yorkshire; North of England Bonsai, North Yorkshire; D’Arcy & Everest, Cambridgeshire; National Chrysanthemum Society (Northern Group), West Yorkshire; British Streptocarpus Society,Birmingham; Delphinium Society (Yorkshire & Lincolnshire Group), West Yorkshire. Gold: Stonecrop Herbs, South Yorkshire; The Fern Nursery, Lincolnshire; Chrysanthemums Direct, Cheshire; Harperley Hall Farm Nurseries,County Durham; Holden Clough Nursery Ltd, Lancashire; Sue Proctor Plants,West Yorkshire; Norfield Nurseries, Lincolnshire; Derbyshire Bonsai, Derbyshire; Halls of Heddon, Tyne and Wear; Dibleys Nurseries, Clwyd; Taylors Clematis,South Yorkshire; Mires Beck Nursery, North Humberside; Hartside Nursery Garden, Cumbria; Brookfield Plants, Kent; Cath’s Garden Plants, Cumbria; Laurence Hobbs Orchids Ltd,West Sussex; Kirbys Foliage, West Yorkshire; Hippopottering Nursery, Doncaster; Westshores Nurseries, South Humberside; Morton Nurseries Ltd, Nottinghamshire; The Plant Lovers, Lincolnshire; Packhorse Farm Nursery, Derbyshire; D’Arcy & Everest, Cambridgeshire; R V Roger Ltd, North Yorkshire; Potash Nursery, Suffolk; National Vegetable Society, West Yorkshire.

Silver Gilt: Rougham Hall Nurseries, Suffolk; Jacques Amand International Ltd, Middlesex; Hardy’s Cottage Garden,Hants; Priorswood Clematis,Hertfordshire; Dibleys Nurseries, Clwyd; Hoyland Plant Centre, South Yorkshire; Graeme & Pauline Iddon Hardy Plants,Lancashire; High Park Nursery, Merseyside; Proctors Nursery,Staffordshire; Hooksgreen Herbs Ltd, Staffordshire; Tinnisburn Plants, Dumfriesshire; Green End Farm Nursery, South Yorkshire; DK Plants, Staffordshire; Roanne Nurseries, East Yorkshire; Heirloom Tomatoes Ltd, North Yorkshire;The Daffodil Society (Northern Group), West Yorkshire; The Hardy Plant Society, West Yorkshire; The British Fuchsia Society, Berkshire; Northern Fruit Group, West Yorkshire. Silver: Mandy Plants, Devon; Brownthwaite Hardy Plants Ltd, Cumbria; Brighter Blooms, Lancashire; W&S Lockyer, Surrey; Proudplants, Cumbria; Hillview Hardy Plants, Shropshire; Triffids, Somerset; Bentley Plants, Wiltshire; Laneside Hardy Orchid Nursery,Lancashire; Harrogate Orchid Society, West Yorkshire; Style Roses, Lincolnshire; Plant Heritage Group, West Yorkshire. Bronze: Letham Plants, East Lothian; C & K Jones, Cheshire; R V Roger Ltd, North Yorkshire; Mr D’Arcy’s Heritage Fruit Trees, Lincolnshire; Craven College, North Yorkshire.

Awards (Garden Borders): Best in Show: Juniper House Garden Design, Cambridgeshire. Premier Gold: Harewood House, Yorkshire, Jason Loh Designs, Nottinghamshire Gold: New Leaf Landscapes, Johnny Clasper and Baldersby Plant Centre.Silver Gilt: PRW Gardening Services, Yorkshire, Jason Loh Designs, Nottinghamshire, Finchale College, County Durham. Silver: Ripon Walled Garden, Yorkshire, Calderdale Substance Misuse Service, Yorkshire, Vincent Huijboom, Netherlands.