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Once again, our annual Flower Show at Thrive, Reading was a joyful occasion where friends, family, staff and volunteers came together to celebrate the gardening achievements of our client gardeners.

A fantastic variety of creative and impressive entries were proudly displayed. Prizes were awarded for the bendiest bean, garden shadow photos, miniature gardens, carrot cupcakes, 5 radishes, scarecrows, mixed posies with herbs and fabulous poems about sitting in the garden written by our talented staff and volunteers.

“Months of planning, sowing weeding and watering paid off for Thrives gardening clients, as we celebrated our annual Flower Show." said Specialist STH Practitioner, Vicki

"It truly was a chance to celebrate all that we have achieved in the garden so far this year, with client gardeners able to show their family and friends around, sit and share tea and delicious cake, listen to the music or join in one the activities available.

A highlight of summer and a joy for practitioners to see the pride that our clients have in the garden and the wonderful community spirit that thrives within our garden.”

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Judges Emma, Debbie and Alina with their planters

A heartfelt thank you to our wonderful judges—trustees Ian and Debbie, Alina from Hozelock, and Emma from Dedici—for generously giving their time to help make the day so special. A special thanks also goes to DJ Geoff for providing the perfect soundtrack and keeping the energy high throughout the event.

The category winners were:

  • 5 radishes
  • The bendiest bean
  • Shadow in the garden photo
  • Miniature garden
  • 2 carrot cupcakes
  • Scarecrow building
  • Mixed posy with herbs
  • The poem “Sitting in the Garden”

We also extended our thanks to Thrive Reading’s volunteers for giving their time to support us over the years.

Lynne Hibbs, Mike Hibbs, Jean Bisacre, Jackie Chadwick have been with us for 10 years, and were awarded with a special thanks for being longstanding volunteers at Thrive, Reading.