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Caravan Club staff rewarded for blooming fantastic gardening efforts!
Published:
25 February 2010
The Warden teams from the top three winning Caravan Club Sites
were honoured at the Boat & Caravan Show at the NEC today, when
the Sites in Bloom 2009 presentations were made by Club Chairman,
Grenville Chamberlain.
Caravan Club sites around the UK are encouraged to take part in
this annual competition and to go the extra mile to make sure site
reception areas and approaches - as well as areas around the site
itself - are colourful and welcoming to visitors. As always
the Warden teams rose to the challenge and the results of their
fantastic efforts were appreciated and commented on by visitors
throughout the season.
Top prize, and the Alan Payne Trophy, was awarded to Four Oaks
Caravan Club Site near Henley-on-Thames, where the warden team
comprising Terry and Wendy Turrell (Wardens), and Mike and Lyn
Stirling (Assistant Wardens), with the excellent assistance of
volunteers, worked extremely hard to create a veritable carpet of
colour on the approach to the site.
"We received literally hundreds of compliments from members
arriving on site as it was a super way to welcome them," said Lyn
Stirling. "We also created a cunning disguise for the doors
to the pumphouse, with a flower-decked boat!"
Runners up were: Godrevy
Park Caravan Club Site on St Ives Bay in Cornwall, where the
judges were particularly impressed by a colourful, wild flower
meadow area which was alive with butterflies; and Clumber
Park Caravan Club Site in the heart of Sherwood Forest, where
the fantastic trailing hanging basket displays around the reception
area lit up the area in all weathers.
The competition was introduced in 2003 by Caravan Club Life
Member, the late Alan Payne OBE, who wanted to reward the
outstanding efforts that Warden teams and volunteers make to ensure
their sites look attractive and welcoming to visitors.
"We are always amazed and delighted with the outstanding
horticultural efforts made by Club Warden teams around the
country," commented Caravan Club Chairman, Grenville Chamberlain
when presenting the awards. "These are very busy people who
have pulled out all the stops to make sure visitors get not only a
warm welcome on arrival, but a colourful floral one as well!"
The displays were judged by the Caravan Club's Sites
sub-Committee using criteria including layout and creative use of
space, variety, innovation, flair and colour coordination, with
particular attention being paid to economy and low
maintenance. The geographical location of the site is also
taken into account by the judges and the fact that plant species
are chosen to suit the local environment.
Contact Information
Nikki Nichol
Head of PR
01342 336 797 / 07771 834
443
nikki.nichol@caravanclub.co.uk
Maxine
Soghmanian
PR
Manager
01342 336 768/ 07989 423 162
maxine.soghmanian@caravanclub.co.uk
Notes to Editors
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represents the interests of over one million caravanners, motor
caravanners and trailer tent owners.