We got Gold - again!

Beautiful display's and planting congratulations, and I love it when they get the children in the schools involved especially if they teach them to grow veg or fruit I believe this should be in every school as a lesson, well done to your communtity.

Wonder-ific news :o)))))

Thanks! :-))

I quite agree with you 6d, it's good to get the kids involved in growing fruit & veg. Many don't know they have to be grown & don't just come from the supermarket!

Thank you Balcony, I have 9 grandchildren and each one I have had planting or weeding in one way or another in my garden lol, I try to enstall in them what has to be achieved in order for them to appreciated what comes on the table, not to take for granted, but soon as they grow older it then becomes a chore to them, so now I m on the last one she is 5 two years ago she planted strawberries, each year she rushes to water them, then pick them to eat lol and she love s it so far.

well done huntingdon! its certainly a pretty town, i call in there sometimes on my way to bury st edmonds.

Congratulations and a very well done.

Well done Huntington..

I understand 6d, as I tried to do the same with my kids but although they helped a little bit while we lived here in the UK they lost all interest when we moved back to Spain in spite of my continuing interest in growing plants on our balconies.

My daughter came back to the UK a few months after we came back. Now she has a house of her own & a daughter & now the "seed" I planted 30 years earlier has begun to grow & she grows a lot of flowers in her garden & tried to grow some vegetables a couple of years ago. She gave up when the slugs & snails ate the plants & the birds ate them & one of her little dogs killed them & brought them into the house!

She & her partner still grow flowers & my daughter sowed some tomato seeds this year. As I had bad results from mine she gave me 6 of her plants for my 60th birthday in May. I planted them on the allotment & they made great plants & gave a lot of fruit!

Now I try to encourage our granddaughter! Like yours she loves to pick the strawberries & tomatoes I grow on the balcony! :-D LOL!

Thank you Pip, Drc726, Clarice & Sticky for your comments. The District Council does a great job looking after the parks & gardens & green places around town. :-)) They look after the flowerbed in front of our block of flats & cut the patch of grass regularly in front of our balcony. My wife & I sometimes refer to it as our "lawn"! :-D LOL!

Well done Huntingdon!! :-)

Congratulations, and good luck for next year . It must be great to get involved in something like this.

Very, very well done!!

Thanks, guys, on behalf of Huntingdon!

Hywel, this blog is the closest I get to help/become involved!

hi Balcony,congratulations to you & your winning sunflower also to Huntingdon well done .glad the tomato plants grew well too,interesting blog & great pics it is good to know what is going on in other places..well it IS your lawn isnt it ? you just have a gardener to do it for you lol :o)

Thank you Balcony I hope some of my grand children do the same, as I do know two of my grand daughters, love my garden and both say when they get old they too want a garden like mine lol. So may be the seed is still there, not through the planting with one but with the other little one, she always wants to plant.

Congrats! :-D

Well done Huntingdon! Other Councils and towns please note!

On behalf of Huntingdon in Bloom, thank you all for your comments. :-)) It means a lot of work for the District Council & I hope the cuts in council funding, due to be announced by the government today, won't lead to a reduction in the high standards of care of the town by the council.

The competition is not just about plants but also the standards of cleanliness in the town & the upkeep of public places + the care given to education, etc. There is very little graffiti to be found around town & little litter. Generally there is very little fly-tipping, which can make places look very untidy.

Generally speaking, Huntingdon is a pleasant place to live in & pretty safe as well. Unfortunately it's not perfect & there are always a few blemishes but I'm quite happy to live in this town.

That's the whole point - if the Council and residents show they care about their environment then graffitti and other nasties are kept down. I hope Huntingdon goes from strength to strength and retains its Gold standard!

Obviously H'don doesn't want to lose these very hard won awards so the council will want to do its best to keep them as well as add more in coming years. I just hope the council budget cuts won't affect them too much.

Hi Balcony
Thank you for the comment you left me on my blog .
How lovely your little grandaughter is having a baby brother,all the very best to the new "mum" ,hope all goes well for her .
I know your town as we have friends in Huntingdon who we ,met in Malta ,we are only in Peterborough so know your part of the world .
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and Happy Healthy New Year .

Thank you for your Christmas wishes Jean & we wish you & your husband an equally happy & healthy New Year 2011.

I had no idea you lived so close! P'boro is just a short train journey North from us. We been there a couple of times.

Our daughter went for some tests as preparation for the operation next Wednesday. It seems she is OK, but as she has had a bad cough for more than a week the doctor prescribed her an antibiotic so it should be almost cured for the op.

We will be having our granddaughter with us for a couple of days at least. She normally spends most of Sunday with us but this week because of the weather they have stayed at home.