Results Of The Contest "Envy, Neighbor!"

2023 Author: Sebastian Paterson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-08-25 05:47

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On August 19 the exhibition "Autumn Flora - 2004" finished its work. According to the already established tradition, on the penultimate day, the results of the landscape design competition "Envy, neighbor!" Were announced, which was held for the second time by our editorial staff with the active support of the exhibition administration. If readers remember, we announced it back in mid-April. And they did it on purpose, so that everyone who decides to participate would have more time to prepare. This season turned out to be difficult for both vegetable growers and gardeners. Many complained that not all of the plans worked out. And yet the materials for the competition were received. The jury, headed by the General Director of the Mika firm OM Mikhailov, summed up the results. And on September 18, the winners and prize-winners of the competition went to the podium of the Eurasia Cultural and Exhibition Center "Envy, neighbor! -2004 ". The jury unanimously awarded the first place to Nina Vladimirovna Golenkaya for a good style solution. Together with her husband and son, they created a really beautiful garden. In one of the next issues we will try to publish the winner's story about the creation of the garden and photos of its most wonderful corners. the owner of the prize from the permanent general sponsor of our contests - the firm "Life in the Country" - a collapsible garden bench and a vertical trellis for ornamental plants (see photo) N. V. Golenkaya received the Audience Award, also provided by the firm "Life in the Country" For the skillful use of natural stones and boulders in landscape design, the second place was awarded to Natalia Valentinovna Denisova, the winner of our spring competition "Summer Season -2004". She received a decorative vase from the Dom-Sad store on Industrial Prospect and lawn grass seeds from the Elita farm. Another second place was awarded to Svetlana Ivanovna Dotsenko from Stary Peterhof. "For the courage and heroism shown in the struggle for the beauty of our city" - this is how the jury defined its decision. Despite all the difficulties associated with any attempt to improve our courtyards, she, together with her mother-in-law Lyubov Ignatievna, created a surprisingly cozy, beautiful corner in a vacant lot near the new building. We will also tell you more about their deeds and successes later. They received as a prize ornamental plants from the Mika firm and the Northern Flora nursery. The third place was awarded to our permanent author and experienced gardener Larisa Alexandrovna Egorova - for the successful application of modern trends in landscape design. An ornamental plant from the Tellura firm, a black film from the Shar firm, and lawn seeds from the Agbina firm she received as a prize. We have received prizes provided by our sponsors: firms "Severny Ogorod" - sets of flower seeds and fertilizers; "Search for St. Petersburg" - fertilizers and seeds; "Agbina" - lawn grass seeds; "Telluria" - flower bulbs; private nursery "Makarevich" - grape seedlings and flower bulbs, and other active participants of the competition: N. N. Alexandrova, O. V. Vinokurov, G. I. Balueva, S. V. Petrov, L. N. Shchelchkova, Dmitry Malun …We would like to thank the gardener K. A. Bogdanova for her constant active participation in the competition. Once again, the editorial office expresses its heartfelt gratitude to our good friends - sponsoring firms for their support of the competition and generous prizes. We hope that you will support all our other endeavors. We wish our winners and prize-winners, as well as the teams of sponsoring firms, prosperity, new achievements and good luck!