HRA would like to say thanks to our sponsors and supporters!

Hersham’s Sunflower Competition has been a great success again this year, with sunflowers grown in gardens all across Hersham. Over twenty of these were put forward for judging and each had to be carefully measured and assessed. The winner of the tallest category went to a fantastic specimen grown in Pembrook Avenue who clinched the HRA £25 cash prize with her impressive sunflower (see photo below).

The competition was designed to help brighten up Hersham, and that’s why some of the prize categories focused on flowers which were visible form the street. West Grove won the prize for the street with the most number of visible sunflowers and growers there all received prize vouchers from Squires – for more seeds!

There was also a £25 Squires voucher prize that growers of short sunflowers could win; the prize for the nearest to a randomly selected height decided on the day before judging, went to a plant which was nearest to the selected 1.2m height along Molesey Road – see photo below left.

The best Street facing display went to a grower along Queensway North, who was delighted with their £25 Squries voucher – see above right.  

The prize vouchers and the seeds for the competition were generously donated by Squires Garden Centre in Hersham; Flowers and Things in Hersham also helped support and promote the competition, especially around seed planting time. Hersham Residents Association (the HRA) organised the competition with Hersham in Bloom, and were very pleased that many said that it created a bit of community sprit and plenty of discussion between neighbours.

The HRA exists to help promote Hersham and its community, and has run various competitions over the last few years with that in mind. If you have any thoughts or ideas for a community competition in 2017, or would like support the work of the HRA they’d be pleased to hear from you.  Do you think we should run the competition again next year – or try something different – any views mailto: at info@hershamresidents.info

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