Entries open for the 2024 Hull City Council Tenants Gardening Competition 20th March 2024 “Spring is sprung, the grass has riz,” according to poet Ogden Nash, so what better time than the first day of spring (20 March) to declare that entries to the 2024 Hull City Council’s Tenants Gardening Competition are open. Since the competition launched in 2017 it has gone from strength to strength, with the number of […] Read more Housing News competitioncouncil housingcouncillor paul drake-davisGardening
Gardening competition in Hull to go ahead under new rules 11th May 2020 Green-fingered Hull City Council tenants are readying their gardens for the local authority’s annual garden competition. The competition for council tenants has been tweaked to abide by social distancing rules while judging. And with Covid-19 restricting many to homes and gardens, a bumper entry is expected. This year, entrants will be invited to post pictures of […] Read more Coronavirus Housing News GardeningTenant Participation Team
See award-winning gardens from council tenants in Hull 19th October 2019 These gardens are the gold standard among Hull City Council’s talented tenant gardeners. From pots and hanging baskets to lush lawns and vegetable plots, entries in this year’s council tenants’ gardening competition showed the time and care taken to nurture these green spaces. Doreen Hunt from Park Area won the Best Maintained Garden award, while […] Read more Housing News Councillor Lynn PetriniGardeningHull City CouncilPark AreaRiverside
Here is Hull’s best garden 27th September 2019 The winners of this year’s Hull in Bloom competition were announced at a presentation evening last night (Thursday 26 September) in The Guildhall. Terry Alsop of Waldegrave Avenue, Hull, walked away with the title of Hull in Bloom winner 2019. Mr Alsop was awarded the title after the judges unanimously voted his garden as the […] Read more Community and Living Environment News Councillor Anita HarrisonCouncillor Lynn PetriniGardeningGuildhallHull in Bloom
Why this garden is going wild in Princes Avenue 16th July 2019 Love Parks Week will celebrate the glorious legacy left to Hull by the Victorians – beautiful formal parks and gardens that were part of a public health movement to have accessible green spaces in the city for residents. But tucked away in a corner of Pearson Park at the junction with Princes Avenue, you can find […] Read more Leisure & Culture News GardeningLove Parks WeekPearson ParkPearson Park Wildlife GardenPrinces AvenueYorkshire Wildlife Trust
