We are delighted to announce that this year we had another fantastic number of entries in our ‘In Bloom’ competition 2024. After an intense period of judging the many fantastic gardens, allotments, planted containers, community projects and commercial entries we were delighted to announce and congratulate the winners at our awards evening held at Coolings The Gardeners Garden Centre on Wednesday 18th September 2024.



Best Front Garden
Winner – Mark Bradley
2nd – Domini and Antonio Torri
3rd – David Rumble
Best Back Garden
Winner – Chris Saunders
2nd – Lesleyann & Andrew Farley
3rd – James Wyatt
Best Planted Container, Trough or Hanging Basket
Winner – Domini & Antonio Torri
2nd – Laura Johnson & Sam Boden
3rd – Efi Fanouraki
Best Allotment Plot
Winner – Jeanette Biggs
2nd – Denise Hervey
3rd – Steve Cowland
Best Pollinator / Environmentally Friendly Garden
Winner – Efi Fanouraki
2nd – Eileen Chubb
3rd – Valerie Jones
Best School Garden
Winner – St James RC Primary School
2nd – Monkey Puzzle Bromley Day Nursery & Pre-School
3rd – Riverside School ‘We Grow’ Enterprise
Best Community Project
Winner – Elmstead Woods Station Garden Club
2nd – Friends of Chislehurst Recreation Ground
3rd – Friends of Whitehall Recreation Ground

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Best Front Garden
Winner – Carol & Roy Campbell
2nd – Philip Walker
3rd – Jenny Stamp
Best Back Garden
Winner – Margot Birkbeck
2nd – Sarah & Charles Sexton
3rd – Colin Troote
Best Planted Container, Trough or Hanging Basket
Winner – Sue Butcher
2nd – Carol & Roy Campbell
3rd – Sandals Hairdressers
Best Allotment Plot
Winner – Ian Peake
2nd – Alison Hall and Rick Ellison
3rd – Carol & Roy Campbell
Best Pollinator / Environmentally Friendly Garden
Winner – Elaine Moss
2nd – Helen Ward
3rd – Claire Baker
Best Commercial Garden
Winner – Sandals Hairdressers
Joint 2nd – Chequers Pub and The Cotton Mill
Best School Garden
Winner – Horizon Primary Academy
Joint 2nd – Chiddingstone CofE Primary School Year 4 and Year 5
3rd – Russell House School
Best Community Project
Winner – Swanley Wildlife Nature Group
2nd – Horizon Primary Academy
3rd – Muddy Puddles

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Best Front Garden
Winner – Catherine Burchill
2nd – Barbara Cleggett
3rd – Clare Atkins
Best Back Garden
Winner – Carol & Keith Benjamin
2nd – Lisa Gillespie
Joint 3rd – Catherine Burchill and Elizabeth & Nancy Caldwell
Best Planted Container, Trough or Hanging Basket
Winner – Lisa Gillespie
2nd – James Hopkins
3rd – Susan Hogg
Best Allotment Plot
Winner – Valerie Free
2nd – Richard MacLaurin
Best Pollinator / Environmentally Friendly Garden
Winner – Elizabeth & Nancy Caldwell
2nd – Shelagh MacLaurin
3rd – Valerie Free
Best Commercial Garden
Winner – Kent Wildlife Trust – Tyland Barn
2nd – The Environment Agency – Allington Lock
3rd – Tsurumi Pumps UK
Best School Garden
Winner – Maidstone Grammar School for Girls
2nd – Bower Grove School
Best Community Project
Winner – Loose Gardening Society
2nd – Kings Lodge Residents Association

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Best Front Garden
Winner – Amanda Allen-Mahler
2nd – Sheela Pydiah
3rd – Sarah Young
Best Back Garden
Winner – Sheela Pydiah
2nd – Nicholas Carney
3rd – Elizabeth Bailey
Honourable Mention to Judith Payne
Best Planted Container, Trough or Hanging Basket
Winner – Judith Payne
2nd – Sheela Pydiah
Best Allotment Plot
Joint Winners – Geoff Barber and Jan & Geoff McCormack
2nd – Mariusz Morgas
3rd – Mark Webb
Best Pollinator / Environmentally Friendly Garden
Winner – Amanda Allen-Mahler
2nd – Maggie Metcalfe
3rd – Judith Payne
Best School Garden
Winner – St Georges CEP School
Best Community Project
Winner – Leslie Tew Court

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As devoted supporters of local community projects, including ‘In Bloom’, since the 1970s, Coolings are excited to be engaging local residents with the joy of gardening and supporting the essence of the competition, which is to help transform areas into better places to live and work, and to make residents, businesses and communities proud of their town.
Thank you to everyone that entered, and a heartfelt congratulations to all the winners. It is always a joy seeing your lovely hard work.