Best Allotment Competition Results

Best Plot Overall

First Gennaro & Maria Russo (Vinery Road )

Second Mr M Simons (Histon Road )

Third Christine Barraclough (Nuffield Road )

Best Pensioner's Plot

Joint First Mrs M Bragg (Empty Common), Mr Roy Callcut (Histon Road )

Joint Second Mrs E M Molloy (Empty Common), Mr Bertie Law (Histon Road)

Best Junior's Plot

First Mark Chapman (Nuffield Road )

Best Novice's Plot

Joint First Mark Chapman (Nuffield Road), Mark Webb (Grantchester )

Joint Second Mr L Payne (Nuffield Road ),Mrs Jane Rothery (Bateson Road )

Best Organic Plot

Joint First Christine Barraclough (Nuffield Road), Mr M Simons (Histon Road)

Joint Second Mr Bertie Law (Histon Road), Sarah Roseblade & Bethan (Stourbridge Grove), Mr M Rayner (Histon Road )

Best Allotment for Nature Conservation Value

First Duncan Tait (Empty Common)

Second Sarah Roseblade & Bethan (Stourbridge Grove )

Third Christine Barraclough (Nuffield Road )

The Cambridge Sustainable City Allotments Competition 2000 was judged during Cambridge Environment Week in June as part of a major promotion campaign for the City's allotments.

Prizes totaled over £600 in cash, and 300 packets of Unwins vegetable seed including some of their new organic range.

The judges included Mark Williams, Trials Manager from Unwins Seeds, Chris Gerrard, Senior Conservation Officer of the Wildlife Trust for Cambridgeshire, and Gay Search of BBC TV's Gardeners' World fame. The organisers would like to thank all the judges for giving up their time, to Unwins Seeds of Histon for their support, Cambridge City Council Housing Dept for the ceremony, and Cambridge Sustainable City for funding the competition.