New prizes announced for CDHT's fifth annual Garden Competition
Green-fingered residents are being encouraged to enter their annual garden competition which this year has some new horticultural themed prizes.
As gardens are blooming, Chester & District Housing Trust (CDHT) is announcing to their residents that they have until Friday June 17th to enter the Trust’s fifth annual Garden Competition. This year there are some additional prizes courtesy of Cheshire’s Gardens of Distinction, such as the chance for the winner of the Nora Coote Award for young gardener to win a family ticket for four to Chester Zoo. Last year, there were more than 150 entries and the standard was extremely high at Cheshire West’s largest housing association’s gardening competition.
Prizes will be awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd winners in each of the Trust’s six neighbourhoods with an overall champion as well. Categories include: Best garden, Best group of gardens, Best young gardener, Best window box or balcony, Best sheltered scheme, Best vegetable garden, Best communal/open space, Best improved gardener and the Best newcomer.
Winners will receive tickets to a selection of Cheshire’s Gardens of Distinction, including Tatton Park, Cholmondeley Castle, Ness Botanic Gardens, Gawsworth Hall, Capesthorne Hall, Norton Priory Museum & Gardens, Abbeywood Gardens, Bluebell Cottage Gardens in Dutton, Walton Hall and Arley Hall & Gardens, with the overall winner receiving an engraved Scandinavian rose bowl glass trophy. One of the top prizes is a free Sunday lunch for a family of four, a private tour and gardening lesson with an expert at Walton Hall, near Warrington.
Sara Morley, CDHT Neighbourhood Services Manager, said:
“The competition is blossoming each year – we are lucky to see so many beautiful gardens. We have listened to residents, who wanted the judging brought forward from July to June, when their gardens really are in their prime. We are on the lookout for residents’ gardens to be entered into the competition and you can also nominate a garden that you feel is a winner. The closing date for entries is Friday June 17th with judging to take place the following week. Good luck and happy gardening.”
Caroline Hoppe, Project Manager for Cheshire’s Gardens of Distinctions, added:
“Cheshire is known for its large stately home gardens, but let’s not forget our green fingered Cheshire residents. The Cheshire’s Gardens of Distinction project is delighted to be supporting Chester & District Housing Trust’s annual garden competition. Cheshire really is the home of England’s finest gardens; this competition is a testament to the residents who have nurtured their gardens.”
For an application form contact Maggi Dempsey at the Trust on 01244 305573 or 0808 1007701 or click on the link to download the form http://www.cdht.net/article.asp?id=860 Forms are also available from the Blacon or Lache Office and from Centurion House, Northgate Street, Chester.
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The overall winners of the 2010 Garden Competition (far left and far right) Rae and Eddie Rimmer, of Willow Grove, Hoole with overall runners-up Michael and Doreen Bride, of Cliveden Road, Lache, and Caroline Hoppe, of Cheshire’s Gardens of Distinction
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Notes to editors
Chester & District Housing Trust (CDHT) is a dynamic and enterprising organisation at the forefront of delivering positive impacts in the communities with which it works. The Trust’s homes span six communities – Blacon North; Blacon South; Chester City Area; The Rurals; Lache and Handbridge; Upton, Hoole, Newton and Plas Newton.
Committed to the best principles of social enterprise with over 14,000 local customers in 6,200 properties and 53% of its 275 colleagues living within its communities, the Trust adheres to key commitments and principles relating to people, places, partnerships and performance which underpin the Vision to ‘create opportunity’, through its mission, ‘by doing the right thing’.
The Trust is about being transparent and accountable in everything that is done and to this end is one of the first organisations nationally to have established a Residents’ Board, with full delegated powers from the Trust Board, to direct services which impact upon their lives.
The Trust has a comprehensive development programme delivering over 330 new homes including the £12million regeneration of the Treborth Road area of Chester providing new homes for rent, sale and shared ownership, as well as a village green and wildlife habitats.
CDHT also provides services on a partnership basis, to a number of other customers e.g. Telecare services, TrustWorks Maintenance Services, Housing Options advice, waiting list management and choice based lettings to neighbouring local authorities and registered social landlords.
The Trust is rated as two Star excellent by the Audit Commission, has the highest possible rating from Telecare Services Association and is also credited Investors in People and is the overall Employer of the Year For Cheshire West. It has been in the ‘Top 100 Sunday Times best companies to work for’ for the last four years, reaching its highest position of 27th this year.
For more details please visit www.cdht.org or request a copy of CDHT’s Corporate Plan 2009-2014.
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Cheshire’s Gardens of Distinction:
• Flagship Gardens of Distinction: Tatton Park, Lyme Park, Chester Zoological Garden, Arley Hall and Gardens, Jodrell Bank, Ness Gardens, Cholmondeley Castle Gardens, Capesthorne Hall, Gawsworth Hall and Norton Priory.
• Further Gardens of Distinction: Adlington Hall, Dunham Massey, Mount Pleasant, Walkden Gardens, Quarry Bank Mill Apprentice House Garden & Secret Garden, Eaton Estate, Rode Hall, Weeping Ash Garden, The Quinta Arboretum, Combermere Abbey, Walton Hall Gardens, Hare Hill, Stapeley Water Gardens, Dunge Valley Hidden gardens, Dorfold Hall, Bridgemere Garden World, Bluebell Cottage Gardens, Stonyford Cottage Nursery & Gardens, Ness Gardens, Little Moreton Hall, Abbeywood Gardens and Cloister Garth Chester Cathedral.
• Developed by local tourism board, Visit Chester & Cheshire in partnership with European Regional Development Fund, the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) and Cheshire’s leading gardens.
• Cheshire’s Gardens of Distinction programme celebrates the richness and diversity of Cheshire’s horticultural heritage and green spaces. Building on the success of Cheshire’s Year of Gardens 08 marketing programme, the project aims to continue to achieve significant impact for the regional tourism industry from local, national and international markets.
• ERDF in the Northwest: The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is making a real difference to people and businesses in the Northwest. With €755 million to invest between 2007 and 2013, ERDF is enhancing the competitiveness of the region’s economy by supporting growth in enterprise and employment. ERDF in the Northwest is managed by the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA). For further information please visit www.erdfnw.co.uk
• For further information please visit www.visitcheshire.com/gardens
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