The winner of the Larger Gardens category in this year’s Glorious Gardens competition was 25 Larkspur Terrace (pictured). Other category winners were Wildlife Friendly (28 Salisbury Gardens), Edible Garden (58 Buston Terrace) and Smaller Garden (44 Lansdowne Gardens).
Many congratulations to the winners, and to the organisers of this excellent awards scheme, the Greening Jesmond Group, greeningjesmond@gmail.com !
Not the Chelsea Flower Show, but one of David Whinham’s photographs taken at the Open Day at West Jesmond Allotments!
The Glorious Gardens Competition is being judged this week, and the results will be announced at the presentation ceremony in Jesmond Library at 6 pm on Friday 27 May.
What is ShelterBox? Find out from Peter Tracey this Thursday evening (May 26) in Jesmond Library at 6pm. (Clues – it’s an international disaster relief charity, set up by members of the Rotary Club.)
There was a great crowd at Jesmond URC on Friday evening to enjoy the NSOC Summer Concert. Conducted by Desmond Lau, the Orchestra and Choir performed a varied programme of popular pieces from Moussorgsky to Adele.