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2008 Competition Winners |
Best Kept Garden
Winner : Leslie Spearman, Whitehead
Runner-Up: Bob Cully, Carrickfergus
Runner-Up: Mary Madden, Carrickfergus.
Runner-Up: Margaret Fullerton, Whitehead
Best Kept Container Garden
Winner: Annette Keith, Carrickfergus
Runner-Up: Robert Welch, Eden
Runner-Up: Monica O’Donnell, Whitehead
Runner-Up: Elizabeth Johnston, Carrickfergus
Best Kept Community Planting Scheme
Winner: Charles Sheils Charity, Carrickfergus
Runner-Up: Riverbrook Residents Association, Whitehead
Runner-Up: Islandview Residents Association, Greenisland
Best Kept Commercial Premises
Winner: McMasters Home Farm Meats, Whitehead
Runner-Up: The Cutting Station, Whitehead
Runner-Up: Northern Bank, Whitehead
Best Kept Pub or Hotel
Winner: Crestbank B&B, Whitehead
Runner-Up: Pa Pa Browns, Carrickfergus
Runner-Up: Joymount Arms, Carrickfergus
Best Floral Display by Traders in a Street or Centre
Winner: North Street Traders Display, Carrickfergus Development Company
Runner-Up: The Courtyard, Carrickfergus
Runner-Up: DeCourcy Centre Management, Carrickfergus
Best Kept Allotment (sponsored by Sunnybank Nursery and Garden Centre)
Winner: Robert Johnston, Carrickfergus
Runner-Up: Bill Johnston, Carrickfergus
Runner-Up: Godfrey Robinson, Carrickfergus
Children’s Painting Competition
Winner: Joey Ku, Carrickfergus
Runner-Up: Anna McGonigle, Whitehead
Runner-Up: Keary Devlin, Whitehead
Runner-Up: Pearce McAuley, Whitehead
Poetry Competition
Winner: Emma Cooper, Carrickfergus
Runner-Up: Thomas Baxter, Carrickfergus
Runner-Up: Jay Hamilton, Carrickfergus
Tallest Sunflower Competition
Winner: Connor Gascoigne
Runner-Up: Jenny Mitchell
Runner-Up: Faith-Nicole Thompson
The Carrickfergus in Bloom Community Competitions with a prize fund of up to £1200 are organised by Carrickfergus Borough Council. Everyone who lives or works in the Borough has the chance to think about their local environment and how attractive flowers, plants and gardens can enhance it.By actively supporting this competition you will not only make your garden or business more attractive but also assist Carrickfergus’s entry to the Translink Ulster in Bloom Competition and the Britain in Bloom Competition.
Judging Criteria for General Categories
1) Design and general effect
2) Plant variety and diversity
3) Cleanliness and neatness (presentation)
4) Quality of plant growth & produce (husbandry)
5) Special features (e.g. wildlife area, pool etc)
6) Plants in bloom
Keep in Touch with Carrickfergus in Bloom
To keep in touch with all Carrickfergus in Bloom activities, join our mailing list. To contact Carrickfergus in Bloom by e-mail click here or telephone 028 9335 8039.
The Carrickfergus in Bloom initiative is organised by Carrickfergus Borough Council.
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Carrickfergus Borough Council developed the Carrickfergus in Bloom initiative to brighten up the Borough,
to become a Borough of Flowers. Our objective is to make a Brighter Borough for the benefit of all citizens and visitors.
The Carrickfergus in Bloom initiative includes the Borough towns of Carrickfergus, Whitehead, Eden and Greenisland.
Carrickfergus Borough is located in County Antrim in Northern Ireland.
