| Spring Garden Competition |
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| Prize Winners for 2007 |
Marrickville Council's Spring Garden Competition runs yearly. Residents and businesses are invited to enter this great community event - whether a beginner gardener or a horticulturalist, whether you have a courtyard garden or a large backyard.
Starting from 2006 all entrants were also entered automatically in a new water-efficient garden category, with judges looking for water-saving measures in garden design in light of mandatory water restrictions in Sydney.
Entries for this year closed on Thursday 13 September 2007. All gardens were judged on design and layout, plant selection, plant health and maintenance.
Here were the winners for 2007:
Best Small Garden
- Third: Kim Sanders & Linda Dawson of Dulwich Hill
- Second: Ernest Benton of Dulwich Hill
- First: Vasilios Samaras of Stanmore
Best Medium Garden
- Third: Gordon Burns of Tempe
- Second: Stephen Johnston of Petersham
- First: Gary Kearns of Petersham
Best Large Garden
- Third: Tony Deguara of Marrickville
- Second: Darelle Duncan of Tempe
- First: Eva Kosmas of Tempe
Best Front Garden
- Third: Frank and Teresa Bettencourt of Marrickville
- Second: Jenny Jobling of Stanmore
- First: Laurel Sommer of Stanmore
Best Courtyard Garden
- Third: Di Nguyen of Enmore
- Second: Rachel Privett of Enmore
- First: Wendy Carlisle & Lesley Whalan of Tempe
Best Native Garden
- Second: Deborah Evans of Marrickville
- First: Melanie Wilson of St Peters
Best Home Unit Garden
- First: Scott Goddard of Newtown
Best Edible Garden
- Third: Bruno & Helen Grasswill of Enmore
- Second: Jackie & Richard Brassil of Newtown
- First: Michael Kerans of Lewisham
Best School or Childcare Centre
- Third: Camdenville Public School
- Second: Tempe Public School
- First: Ferncourt School
As a special incentive for Encouragement of Native Gardens, Council is also awarded each of the schools a bonus prize of $200, in the form of a voucher that can be exchanged for more plants at the Marrickville Community Nursery.
Best Commercial Garden
- First: St Clements Anglican Church
Water Efficiency Award
- First: Michael Kerans of Lewisham
Thanks very much to everybody that entered.
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