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Rob Knight MINISTER FOR HOUSING |
Territory Housing Gardening Competition
The winners of the Territory Housing Gardening Competition in the Top End were this morning announced at the
Minister for Housing Rob Knight was on hand to present the winners with their awards for the annual competition.
“The Public Housing Garden Competition has been an annual event in the Territory since 1997,” Mr Knight said.
“This year more than 50 tenants entered the competition in
“It has been great to see so many Territory Housing tenants put such effort into their gardens and take such pride in their homes.
“The competition has been a great opportunity for tenants to showcase the hard work, time and effort they have put into their gardens and learn how to improve their skills, through feedback from judges.”
There were a number of categories for tenants to enter in each region including best house garden, best unit garden, best environmentally friendly garden, best recently developed/new garden and best communal/complex garden.
Entrants were judged on various criteria with winners taking home vouchers for local gardening stores, enabling further enhancement of their gardens.
Winners in Nhulunbuy and Katherine, including Pine Creek will be announced later in the month.
Winners for the
Jacqui Martin - 1st prize
Delphine Newton - 2nd prize
Merlita Marquez - 3rd prize
Ilda Pedruco - Highly Commended
Milivoje “Mitch” Radovanovic – 1st prize
Li Jin Lay - 2nd prize
Betty Vandenberg - 3rd prize
Eva and John Humphrey - Highly Commended
Best Recently Developed Garden/Best New Garden
Tanida and Norman Barnes - 1st prize
John “JD” Degoumois - 2nd prize
Jenny Howe - 3rd prize
Vikki Riley - Highly Commended
Best Environmentally
Catherina and Arthur Post - 1st prize
Dora Hunter - Highly Commended
Best Communal Garden
Donna Kittel - 1st prize
Valerie Kildare - Highly Commended
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