After touring Watton in April to find gardens that can be seen from the road showing a good display of colour, the Watton Society sent a list of twenty eight gardens to the Mayor of Watton, Pat Warwick.  Considering the weather we have had this Spring we felt this was a good number.  The Mayor, after carefully looking at all the gardens, selected a winner and three highly commended.  Our photo shows the winner, Peter Saunders of 10 Hamilton Close, receiving the salver and winning certificate from the Mayor and John Kerr, Chairman of the Watton Society.  The Mayor described their garden as ‘stunning’ and the photo shows that this description is very true.

Peter loves gardening and helps some nearby people who have difficulty maintaining their gardens.

Highly commended gardens were 14 Nelson Court, 10 Mary Shanks Close and 24 Bloodhound Road.  What was especially pleasing this year was the delight expressed by the winners and highly commended garden owners. The competition is held in either Spring, Summer or Autumn each year to enable gardens that are especially colourful in these seasons to be considered.  A highly commended certificate was also awarded by the Society to the Town Council for the lovely displays of floral colour in the High Street.

Watton in Bloom 2019 report

Every year during Spring or Summer the committee members of the Watton Society look at the gardens of Watton that can be seen from the road and show a good display of colour. A short list is prepared and the winner and highly commended chosen, usually by the current Mayor of Watton, who is also the President of the Watton Society.  This is not always an easy decision and this year the Mayor made several visits to gardens on the short list before making her decision.

When we inform the winners and highly commended they are delighted that their gardens have been noticed and maybe appreciated by passers by to add to the pleasure of the gardeners!

A highly commended certificate was also awarded to the Town Council for the lovely displays in the High Street.

Our photograph shows the winners, Mr and Mrs Donegan of 35 Sharman Avenue, receiving the winning salver from Watton Town Mayor Pat Warwick and Watton Society Chairman John Kerr.