Thornhill residents had their gardens spick and span this week for the judging of Thornhill in Bloom, Thornhill Plus You's annual gardening competition, which encourages residents to transform areas in the community into colourful and vibrant ‘green' spaces.

Judges, Christine Joy, Customer Services Supervisor at Haskins, Vanessa Hillman, resident and keen gardener, Bob Reeve, Thornhill Tidy Team Coordinator and Kate Martin, judge of Southampton in Bloom, were especially impressed with how residents were able to maintain the impressive gardening standards, in spite of the spell of bad weather the UK has recently had.

The winners will be awarded with Haskins Garden Centre vouchers and have the opportunity to attend an awards ceremony in September. The successful green fingered residents were:

Overall winner

Mr and Mrs Tomkins

Winner of First time entry category

Mr Perry English

Communal Gardens

Ellwood Avenue Sheltered Housing

258 260 262 Lydgate Road

Hightown Youth Centre

Individual Gardens

Jane Williams

Michael Lee

Mr Hardy

Window Boxes, Containers and Patios

Lyn Ogden

Eileen Tuck

Dawn Bole

The judges wish to commend every participant in this year's competition. For more information about Thornhill in Bloom, please contact Rebecca Stock on 023 80915 811 or email rstock@thornhillplusyou.co.uk.

Click here to view winners from 2007