Celbridge Tidy Towns Local Competitions 2008     

 

 

Awards Night held upstairs in the Celbridge library on Thursday 16th October

 

 

 

Judging Dates: Thurs 24th & 25th July

 

Judges:              Martina Dempsey, Horticulturalist

                                    Siobhan O’Rourke, Community & Enterprise

 

 

 

 

Awards

 

 

Small Estate:              Joint 1st   Killadoon Park    -              72 

                                                Joint 1st   Grattan Court       -              72

                                                                 Simmonstown Park -          69

 

Medium Estate:                       Temple Manor          -      95

                                                                 Hazelhatch Park       -       85

                                                                 Celbridge Abbey      -       80

 

Large Estate:                           Wolstan Abbey          -     80

                                                                 Abbey Farm              -      75                                                        

                                                                 St. Raphael’s Manor -      72

 

 

Overall Winner:                       Temple Manor

 

 

 

 

Best Commercial Floral Display:

 

1st Place:                                         Castletown Inn

 

2nd Place:                                        The Abbey Lodge Public House

 

3rd Place:                                        Centra Shop

 

Best new Entry                                           Michelangelo Restaurant

 

 

 

Unusual Artistic Endeavour:                St. Patrick’s Church

 

Creative Excellence:                                  Absolutely Fabulous Flowers – prop. Lorcan Burke

 

Community award:                                    The Mill Centre

 

 

 

Abbey Farm

 

Good entrance – some colour of season would be nice at entrance. Some weed around the back area. Ideal area at rear of River View for picnic tables – maybe.

 

St Raphael’s Manor

 

Entrance good. Could remove stakes from mature trees. Some bedding might be attractive at name plaque area. Shrubbing inside entrance could be maintained and top-dressed. Spray area at Priory Close

 

Celbridge Abbey                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

 

All houses well-maintained, nice bright estate. Remove dead trees and replace

 

Ballymakealy

 

Name plaque area could be better maintained. Some colour would be nice introduced around. Weed out shrubbing and top dress. Prune, maintain existing trees & remove all dead trees

 

Oakleigh

 

Make more of a feature of new plaque with shrubs and colour. Spray area around hedge at back and trim hedge

 

Grattan Court

 

Remove stakes from trees at back wall. Scrubbing could be cleaned back and top dressed

 

Killadoon Park

 

Nice attractive entrance and shrubbery area is well maintained

 

Ballygoran Court/View

 

Trim grass around trees. Grass area could be trimmed. Some litter visible around estate. Shrubbery would thrive if maintained better

 

Thornhill Meadows

 

Conifers possibly too big in front of name plaques.  Some weeds visible around kerbs & paths

 

Castle Village

 

Graffiti is visible. Hedge at left hand side could be pruned and maintained. Trim grass around trees. Plant up area around name plaque

 

Ashgrove

 

Litter at entrance could be removed. Big green area could be planted up with more trees. Edge the hedge on right hand side

 

 

Willowbrook Lodge

Graffiti on wall. Weeds on kerbs could be removed. Grass not trimmed. Litter around estate. Spray weeds at wall at back

 

 

Willowbrook Lawns

Trees to be tidied and maintained. Grass to be cut. Weeds noted on kerbs

 

Beatty Park

 

Entrance is nice. Remove rubbish at trees. Weed area. Some litter around

 

Oldtown Mill

 

Nice trees dotted around. Flowerbed needed. Pull out and replace dead trees. Make more of a feature of name signs with colour and stones maybe

 

Wolstan Haven

 

Entrance could be improved. Some litter visible and some weeds at kerbs also

 

Vanessa Lawns

 

Hedge at entrance needs to be worked on. Some flowers would improve area at name plaque. A lot of weeds visible around kerbs. Shrubs at walls to be maintained

 

Thornhill Heights/Gardens

 

Grass not trimmed around trees. Plant up area around name plaque. Weeds quite visible on verges

 

 

Castletown Estate

 

Clean up around trees. Trim grass around kerb area. Plant and improve name plaque area

 

Larkfield Mews

 

Entrance could be worked on and plants maintained & pruned

 

Chestnut Grove

 

Grass to be cut. Maintain existing trees and shrubs and spray all weeds

 

Dara Court

 

Graffiti quite visible. Trim around trees.

 

Elm Park

 

Entrance area could be improved and cleaned up. Maintain and prune shrubs around

 

Patrick’s Park

 

Nice entrance to the estate. Houses well kept and maintained

 

Vanessa Close

 

Graffiti at entrance could be removed. Clean up planted area. Spray weeds on kerbs

 

Simmonstown Manor

 

Trim and maintain existing plants and shrubs around. Nice clean entrance

 

Temple Manor

 

Excellent entrance. Good general appearance overall. Grass not trimmed on the day

 

 

Little Grove

 

No Visible litter. Maybe consider more planting at right hand side of entrance. Name and sign could be bigger

 

Temple Lawn / Primrose Hill

 

Good clean tidy estate. Just trim grass around trees and plants. Cut grass

 

 

 

Hazelhatch Park

 

Good impression of estate at entrance. Well maintained houses and areas

 

Wolstan Abbey

 

Grass to be cut. Would benefit from colour in estate

 

Beatty Grove

 

Weeds on kerbs to be sprayed. Cut grass around trees. Plant colour under name plaque

 

Crodaun Forest Park

 

Plant around name plaque. Plant trees in green area. Spray areas trees, and plants. Trim and maintain existing trees. Some litter visible on the day

 

Hawthorn View

 

Clean up area inside new wall space. Sign could be on ground level. Trim around trees and shrubs. Area at back to be cleared back an maintained. Obvious graffiti on wall

 

Chelmsford

 

Good clean attractive entrance. Lawns not trimmed on day of visit. Colour around trees noted and admired.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gen App

Pres GV/OS

Gard&Prem

AOL

Comm Eff

Total

Small Estates

 

 

 

 

 

 

Killadoon Park

15

15

15

15

12

72

Grattan Court

15

15

15

15

12

72

Simmonstown Park

15

15

15

12

12

69

Temple Lawns

12

12

12

12

12

60

Oakleigh

12

12

13

12

10

59

Chelmsford

13

10

12

12

10

57

Little Grove

12

12

10

12

10

56

Ballygoran Court

12

12

12

10

10

56

Elm Park

10

10

10

10

10

50

Larchfield Mews

10

10

10

10

10

50

Hawthorn View

10

10

10

10

10

50

Vanessa Close

10

10

10

10

10

50

Chestnut Grove

9

9

9

9

9

45

Ballymakealy

10

10

6

7

6

39

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medium Estates

 

 

 

 

 

 

Temple Manor

19

19

19

19

19

95

Hazelhatch Park

18

17

16

18

16

85

Celbridge Abbey

17

16

16

16

15

80

Simmonstown Manor

12

13

13

16

14

68

Willowbrook Lawns

12

12

12

10

10

56

Ballygoran View

12

12

12

10

10

56

Thornhill Meadows/Ashgrove

12

12

12

10

10

56

Thornhill Gdns/Heights

12

10

10

10

10

52

Vanessa Lawns

10

10

10

10

10

50

Dara Court

10

10

10

10

10

50

Beatty Grove

12

10

10

8

10

50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Large Estates

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wolstan Abbey

16

16

16

16

16

80

Abbey Farm

15

15

15

15

15

75

Raphael's Manor

15

15

15

15

12

72

Oldtown Mill

12

15

15

15

12

69

Wolstan Haven

12

14

13

12

12

63

The Grove

12

12

12

12

12

60

St. Patrick's Park

10

12

14

12

10

58

Beatty Park

12

12

12

10

10

56

Castle Village

12

12

12

10

10

56

Crodaun Forest Park

12

10

10

8

9

49

Castletown

10

10

9

9

10

48

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gen App:

General Apperance

 

Pres GV/OS

Presentation of Grass Verges/Opens Spaces

 

Gard&Prem

Garden and Premises

 

AOL

Absence of litter

 

Comm Eff

Community Effort