Blind Gardener of the Year 'Champion of Champions’
For the past few years we have run our Blind Gardener of the Year competition in partnership with RNIB, funded by the Big Lottery. The competition is a celebration of the skills of gardeners who have sight loss. In the four years of running the competition we have attracted some of the nation’s most talented gardeners.
Since 2010 is the final year of funding by the Big Lottery we have invited all our past winners to enter a 'Champion of Champions’ competition. Our short listed finalists have been visited and interviewed in their gardens by Mani Djazmi from BBC Radio 4 'In Touch’; the interviews were included in the final judging at the end of August 2010.
Gardener Jeremy Scott from Uckfield, East Sussex has been named Thrive’s Blind Gardener of the Year, 'Champion of Champions’.
The 37 year-old was named Blind Gardener of the Year in 2009 and his inspiring work at his garden has once again wowed the judges and earned him the coveted title of 'Champion of Champions’.
Jeremy was registered blind seven years ago due to diabetic retinopathy and had to give up full time work. As well as having had a kidney and part of his bowel removed due to cancer, he has neuropathy in his hands and feet. Despite all this, Jeremy remains a keen and enthusiastic gardener.
Watch the video of Jeremy Scott's Blind Gardener of the year entry