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PR 1771

For Immediate Release                                                                                            

17 June 2004

A blooming successful competition

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

THE winner of a competition organised by Bath & North East Somerset Council to design a flower bed at Wellsway in Bath will be presented with his prize at 9.30am on Friday, June 18.

Kevin O’Malley from Bath has won a meal for two at The Wife of Bath restaurant and will be the first to see his design completed.

The competition was organised as part of the annual Bath Spring Flower Show and to mark the Royal Horticultural Society’s Year of Gardening.

Mr O’Malley’s design was based around a daisy made up of different coloured petals and features a number of different plants and flowers.

The flower bed itself is 12 metres in diameter, is slightly raised and is highly visible from the road and walkway.

Notes to Editors:

A photo call has been organised at the flower bed on Friday, June 18 at 9.30am when Mr O’Malley will be presented with his prize by Mrs Ainsley Ensom of from The Wife of Bath, Andrea Winterflood from the Council’s Parks Department and Cllr Marian McNeir, Chairman of Bath & North East Somerset Council.

The flower bed is situated at the bottom of Wellsway - just under the railway bridge at the Churchill Gyratory. If you have any problems finding the bed please call Andrea Winterflood on her mobile - 07980 998875.

For more information, contact:

Andrea Winterflood, Parks Technical Officer, on Tel: 01225 477010 or e-mail andrea_winterflood@bathnes.gov.uk

Issued by: Bath & North East Somerset Press Office, tel 01225 477827 or 477283, email: pressoffice@bathnes.gov.uk