Pendle gardeners shine at The Growing Together Awards

19 groups were recognised for volunteering in community gardens, allotments, and green spaces at a ceremony at Colne Town Hall.

They were:

- Bluebell Farm,

- St Bartholomew,

- Holy Trinity,

- Open Gate,

- The North Valley Community Centre,

- The Waterside Millennium Green,

- Alkincoates Woodland and Nature Reserve,

- Knotts Lane Community Garden,

- The Friends of Dewhurst Street,

- Colne Market,

- Colne Horticulture Society,

- The Wallace Hartley Memorial Garden,

- The Greenfield Local Nature Reserve,

- The Citadel,

- The Philip Wright Crown Bowling Green,

- Colne Youth Action Group,

- Enable,

- The Alkincoats Buddies,

- The Albert Road Gardeners.

Alice Mann, Colne In Bloom chairperson, called their efforts “wonderful.”

Simon Ree and David Mulloy from The Alkincoates Woodland and Nature Reserve won The Maureen Arnold Cup while David Whitfield received The Derek Gascoigne Memorial Cup on behalf of The Citadel Gardening Team.