Pimlico Gardeners Take Part in Second Annual Event

Residents of the Abbots Manor Estate recently competed for the

honour of being crowned the winner of Pimlico’s most “budding” gardener. There

were prized flowers, herbs and vegetables, all grown by the residents

themselves, on display for expert judge Jim Buttress to select the winners

from.

This is the estate’s second

annual gardening competition. Last year residents on the estate were encouraged

to ‘adopt a box’ from a host of planters outside Glastonbury House.

Among the winners this year was

Mushir Galali who received a special mention for his unique planter box which

contained aromatic herbs that are usually found in his native Kurdistan.

Other winners were a box that

housed a rhubarb plant, a special herb box that included rosemary and sage, and

marigold boxes that had been planted and grown by older people’s charity Open

Age.

Judge Buttress, who also judges

at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show,

was highly impressed with this year’s competitors and said: “The planters show

a marvellous cross-section of what you can do in containers and boxes.

“This area would be a concrete

jungle without what residents have created here and they should be very proud.”

With such a high level of

interest shown among the residents an official gardening club is now being

considered.

With such a high level of

interest shown among the residents an official gardening club is now being

considered.