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From Cauliflowers to Cabbages and Poppies to Poinsettias, the talented green fingers of residents, relatives and staff at Hallmark Healthcare’s group of care homes work hard throughout the year to creating beautiful gardens for everyone to enjoy.

The annual Hallmark in Bloom competition is a fiercely competitive event within the company and 2009’s overall winner, Tuxford Manor, will have their work cut out to retain the title! Hallmark in Bloom was initially developed to encourage everyone at Hallmark’s care homes to make the most of their gardens so that residents have a pleasant area to sit and enjoy the fresh air. Tuxford Manor was awarded the top prize last year after beating off competition from 25 other care homes within the Hallmark Group.
 
Linda Sumner, Home Manager at Tuxford Manor commented, “We were determined to win a prize in the 2009 competition after spending a good few months pulling up weeds, sowing seeds, planting bulbs and flowers and trimming hedges in order to transform the garden. I would like to say a special thank you to seven of our residents who were particularly instrumental in transforming the garden. They are; Pat Kilner, Jean Begg, Joan Curtis, Nancy Richards, Doreen Slinger, Betty Husband and Sylvia Norton. I would also like to thank Tesco for donating some money to help us renovate the garden and to our chairperson Sandra Cooper.”
 
Managing Director, Avnish Goyal toured the country judging the 25 gardens and said of the garden at Tuxford Manor, “The array of colours and spectacular range of flowers in the garden at Tuxford Manor was simply amazing. I was totally blown away by the amazing transformation of both the front and back of the garden as well as the planning that had gone into creating such a beautiful area for residents to enjoy."

"The deciding factor for me was the hard work, dedication and effort from members of staff, residents and relatives and the attention to detail within the garden”.

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