Tenant newsletter October 2026

Garden competition winners

Tenants have been recognised for their impressive efforts in the annual Folkestone & Hythe District Council gardening competition.

Despite the intense weather conditions this year, green fingered tenants and leaseholders in the district have braved the elements to tend to their gardens.

The event is run and managed by Strategic Tenant Advisory Panel members Gillian Jenkins and Gemma Atkins, both of whom also judge the event.

An excellent range of gardens and outdoor spaces were entered into the competition by tenants and judged during the summer, with winners receiving £60, and the runners-up in each category being awarded £40.

Thanks to sponsors Mears, Highview Homes, Cleanscapes and Grovewell Garden Centre for supporting the competition.

The winners and runners-up are:

Best Front Garden: Eleanor Ashdown & Nick Brooks
Best Front Garden Runner Up: Tracey Goodchild
Best Community Garden: Sandy Bate, Churchill Court
Best Back Garden: Jean Monk
Best Back Garden Runner Up: Louise Long
Best Back Garden Runner Up: Mr & Mrs Horne
Best Pots & Containers: Dion Sessford
Best Pots & Containers Runner Up: Mr & Mrs Plummer
Best Pots & Containers Runner Up: Jean Monk
Best Communal Garden: Karen Piper, Bradfoord Court
Best Communal Garden  Runner Up: Lesley Manwaring & Debbie Whittaker, Bradfoord Court
Best Communal Garden Runner Up: Tina Greenland & Shirley Kane, Middelburg House
Best New Garden: Nick Brooks
Keren Belcourt Award: Terri Julians
Sue Willsher Award: Dion Sessford

You can find out more about the winners and their gardens on our website: Tenant and leaseholder garden competition | Folkestone & Hythe District Council.

A big congratulations to all of our winners and runners up.