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The 2007 Sunshine Bay Garden Competition was cancelled due to ill health of one of the judges. Below are details of the 2006 Garden Competition
Blooming Passions is the theme for this years Sunshine Bay Garden Competition. Residents are working hard to showcase their gardening talents. Judging will be held on the 3rd of November with a morning tea presentation on the 4th of November in James Deane Reserve. Previous garden competition articles and photos are listed below.
2006 Garden Competition, Blooming Passions
A profusion of flowers and foliage shaped to perfection, radiant with luminous colour made this year's garden displays a joy to behold. Every year the Sunshine Bay Garden Competition surpasses the judge's expectations and this year is no exception. Blooming Passions is the theme for the 2006 Sunshine Bay garden Competition and it is clear that the gardeners of Sunshine Bay are indeed passionate about their gardens.
Congratulations to the winners of First Prize, Mr and Mrs Alves of 12 Cox Place. Their garden is truly an inspiration, the attention to detail in the design and the sheer variety of plants is astounding. There are three main garden beds, one has an array of magnificent roses, second has a border of pink carpet roses and pansies framing gardenias, white irises, maple trees and conifers. The third has hydrangea, cactus, strelitzia, grevillea and other native plants surrounded by red and pink flowering burgundy begonias. Mrs Alves says that "she would much rather be outside in the garden than anywhere else" and the garden shows that this is truly the case.
Mr and Mrs Curtis of 10 Cox Place won the Second Prize. The focal point of their garden is a large, lush bouquet of glorious roses bordered with purple heartsease and pansies. The blooms of summer will be just as spectacular with gardenias and hydrangeas. There are also palms, conifers, a beautiful Japanese maple, colourful impatiens, all bordered heartsease or pink and white flowers. Cox Place is certainly a show case of beautiful gardens.
One of the two Highly Commended awards goes to Mr and Mrs Rasmussen of 1 John Forrest Place. This corner block is a joy from every direction. A stand of flowering cherry prunus leads the eye to an elevated wonderland of iceberg roses at the rear, a riot of azalea, lilli pilli, murraya paniculata and vibrant hibiscus. A curve of pink flowering burgundy leafed china doll borders the path to the door.
Ms McConnell and Mr Osborne of 13 Batman Place were awarded the second Highly Commended prize. Brilliant red volanic scoria forms a carpet highlighting their granite like water feature that is surrounded by yellow flowering grasses. Gardenias, evergreen ash, weeping cherries, diosma, pansies and petunias adorn the garden with a sweep of white convolvulus and lavender bordering the driveway.
Encouragement Awards go to the following wonderful efforts.
The formal/tropical garden of 3 Batman Place has a lush, deep pile lawn with hedges of well trimmed murraya. A variety of palms, bird's nest and other ferns all contrast with the black flax and black elephant ears that are the accents in this garden.
Lavender is the predominant colour theme of Mr & Mrs Barker's garden of 11 Stuart Place. The garden has a gradual slope up to the house with a curved bed of statice and purple flowering grass and to the side there is also a rock garden with rambling pink and white roses, nandina and kangaroo paw.
Mr and Mrs Dillon of 14 Poole Place have an elevated garden of palm trees, conifers, azaleas and roses. The red border of kalanchoe is very striking with bursts of purple lobelia and brachycombe throughout the garden and there are plans on the drawing board for more improvements.
The garden of Ms James (6 Banks Place) is a soothing mix of dianthus, purple and pink mesembryanthemums, and white roses accentuated by a stand of lilli pilli and conifers, pink flowing gaura, lavender and a prunus takes centre stage.
Manicured to perfection, Ms Hall's garden (16 Lawson Place) really stands out. A line of lilli pilli, diosmas, wistringia and hebes with borders of mini mondo grass and standard ficus shows attention to detail and a passion for topiary.
Mrs Brereton of 120 Hume Road has worked wonders with her new garden. A stand of maples, a featured maple tree and great use of borders of box, lobelia and mondo grass highlight the scarlet and yellow roses that all blend in this formal garden. There is also a beautiful blooming fuchsia adorning this picturesque setting.
Thank you to Mrs Martini for creating such a stunning entrance to Sunshine Bay. Her garden at 1/8 Sunshine Bay Road has a magnificent display of roses in apricot and white with a kaleidoscope of petunias that surround this mass of delicate blooms.
Mr and Mrs Neal of 7 Eyre Place have grown a lot of their beautiful garden from cuttings and have also added plants from gardens of loved ones. Featuring roses in every hue of pink, deep apricot and lavender set amongst a profusion of white flowering gaura and a border of sweet strawberries.
The garden of 7 Oxley Place has lovely display of elegant trees. Deep colours of a pink flowering, black leaved tea tree and a well established china doll offset a lilli pilli, hebe, callistemon, photinia and ficus.
Ms Hearne of 3 Cunningham Crescent has a wonderful garden that is manicured to perfection. There is a pleasing mix of conifers, strelitzia, golden diosma, nandina, honeysuckle, agapanthus and metrosiderus as well as natives such as callistemon and pink kangaroo paw all tended with loving care.
The garden competition is a great opportunity for the judges to get to know the people in the community and also for fellow gardeners within the estate to meet and share their gardening tips. It is fantastic that so many people are enthusiastic about their gardens but it really touches the heart to know that so many special people live in Sunshine Bay.
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Click here to see the winning gardens of 2004.
Click here to see the winning gardens of 2003.
Click here for Sunshine Bay 2002 Garden Awards.
Click here to see the gardens of 2001.