Another Viaduct for Knaresborough - Built in Flowers
This week Harrogate Borough Council's Parks team have been busy building another viaduct in Knaresborough, only this one will not be quite strong enough to carry any trains!
Constructed of marigolds, begonias and ageratum the viaduct is the winning design of Knaresborough In Bloom's
Design A Flowerbed
Competition
and now takes pride of place alongside the bowling green at Knaresborough Castle.
The Knaresborough in Bloom group launched the competition
for schoolchildren in the town aged 5 to 11 with a
theme of
The Area I Live In last year and had plenty of entries to judge. After much deliberation eight-year-old Bernice Lister from Castle CE Junior School was chosen as the winner.
"We chose Bernice's design because it was unmistakably Knaresborough" said one of the judges, "It was also a bold and simple idea that we knew would make an impact when planted."
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY:
Bernice Lister will be able to see her winning design fully bedded out alongside the bowling green at Knaresborough Castle on Thursday 16
th June at 3pm. Members of Harrogate Borough Council's Parks team will also be present along with a member of Knaresborough In Bloom.
NOTES TO EDITORS:
Highly commended entries came from Zuleika von Benecka, also a pupil at Castle CE Junior School, Victoria Leigh from The Forest School and Hayden Nelson from Meadowside Primary School.