Pupils show they have flower power

Date published: 23 July 2010

Tameside schools got blooming this year by entering a new gardening competition. 18 schools were provided with a planter, compost and summer bedding plants. The schools then had free reign to use any other materials, plants or decorations that they chose to make their display more imaginative.

Their entries were then judged by horticultural experts from Tameside in Bloom, Malcolm Hartley (nursery supervisor) and Mark Porter (operations manager).

The results were:

1st: Greswell Primary School, Denton - £100 prize

2nd: St Peter's Primary School, Ashton - £75 prize

3rd: St Mary's Primary School, Droylsden - £50 prize

The three entries are being cared for in Tameside Central Nursery before being displayed on Ashton Market Ground for the North West in Bloom and Britain in Bloom judges on 26 July and 10 August.