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Cottage garden

This year West Mersea Town Council once again invited residents of Mersea to take part in the Town Council's
Best Front Gardens Competition 2007 part of our Mersea in Bloom Project.
We like to think that this annual competition helps make our small town look pleasant to visitors and passers by

WE ARE NOW PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS
OF THE 2007 BEST FRONT GARDENS COMPETITION

Category 1 - Pebbles and Pots
1st 59 High Street North
2nd 10 Oyster Close
Highly commended - 17 Elmwood Drive and 38 East Road

Category 2 - Conventional Gardens
1st 50 High Street North
2nd 9 Chatsworth Road
Highly commended - 38 Oakwood Avenue - 34 Garden Farm - 80 Coast Road and 59 Windsor Road

This years gardens were kindly judged bv Fuschia Garden Creations Ltd
We would like to thank all the participants and a full list of all the gardens nominated will be published shortly. We will be holding the competition again next year when we hope it will not be quite so wet! Just to remind you - there are two categories.
Category 1 - Paved - pots and pebble gardens - 1st prize £75 - 2nd prize £25.
Category 2 - Lawns - flowerbeds - shrubs - conventional garden 1st prize £75 - 2nd prize £25
Anyone may nominate a garden - family - friends - neighbours - passers by!. Entry is free.

Glebe Boats and Esplanade Boats
The Flowerboats at the Glebe Corner and on the Esplanade are provided and maintained by the Town Council. They were put in place during the Millennium Year and the boats themselves donated by local residents. The anchors - which had mostly been dredged up off the Barrow Deep - were also donated - by our local fishermen.
At the moment the Glebe Boats are in flower with geraniums and I would like once again to thank Mr and Mrs Moffat for taking regular care of these boats on our behalf
The Esplanade boats are part planted partly with drought resistant plants mixed with occasional pansies in winter and geraniums in summer. Unfortunately, despite the mild winter, some of the drought resistant plants have died off and may need replacing. Shortage of time has prevented me from weeding the Esplanade boats this year as often as I would like. Would anyone who lives nearby care to offer to help weed me to weed these boats on a regular basis? If so, please contact me, Cllr Sylvia Wargent on 384285

BEST FRONT GARDENS COMPETITION - LAST YEARS WINNERS

Conventional style garden
lst prize - Mrs Green of Oyster Close
2nd prize - S. Stollery of Oakwood Avenue
Paved Gardens
1st prize - Mr and Mrs Maloney of East Road
2nd prize - Mrs Arter of Elmwood Drive
Highly commended
Mrs and Mrs Cawsley of Oakwood Avenue and Mr and Mrs Parnell of East Road

Mersea in Bloom projects are organised by Cllrs Sylvia Wargent and Noelle Urquhart with the invaluable help of Carol Byrne - Council Secretary