Notice
Please be aware that Hestercombe will be closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, but will be open daily throughout the rest of the Christmas holidays.
We are now on the count down now to the Grand Final, which will be held on Thursday 9th May at Hestercombe House and Gardens Taunton, Somerset.
The finalists are:
Ireland: Chloe Callanan, The National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, Glasnevin, Dublin
Scotland: James Douglass, SRUC and the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
Northern: Lucy Whitehead, The Auckland Project, Bishop Auckland, The Durham Dales
North-West North Wales: Frank Cooke, Myerscough College, Preston
Eastern: Jonathan Zerr, Helmingham Hall, and Benton End House & Gardens, Suffolk
West-Midlands South Wales: Lawrence Weston, RHS Rosemoor, Torrington
South-East: Al Coffey, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
South-West: Sam Hickmott, National Trust Lytes Cary Manor and Tintinhull Garden, Somerset
We wish all our finalists the best of luck for the final round!
“The calibre of this year’s entrants has been so high, I am looking forward to what I know will be an exciting battle for the winning place at the Grand Final”Victoria George, National Organiser
