Budleigh Past and Present

Fairlynch has been awarded 1 st prize in the Community Gardens category of the 2015 Budleigh in Bloom competition. The Museum’s volunteer gardeners are feeling pleased that they are certain to have contributed to the town’s success at regional level. In the South West in Bloom competition Budleigh Salterton won a Gold Award and the Ayre Cup for being the best in its category of a small coastal town with a population of under 10,000.   Fairlynch Chairman Trevor Waddington congratulated the team of gardeners – Odile Cook, Ann Hurt, Sylvia Merkel and Lynn Weeks – who work together to make the Museum garden such a magnificent spectacle.  “We know that the garden looks great, but it's nice to have this  officially  recognised by the experts!” he said.   South West in Bloom is one of eighteen regional/nat...

Margaret Burton, left, and Josie Ogg from Winteringham, near Scunthorpe , were staying in Sidmouth on holiday and had come to Budleigh for the afternoon by coach. Fairlynch, they said, was "a lovely little place." Fairlynch Museum 's gardeners are congratulating themselves on being awarded a 1st prize in this year's Budleigh in Bloom competition. The Museum's Ann Hurt, Lynn Weeks and Sylvia Merkel were delighted to learn that they had gained top spot in the 'community gardens' category winning a £25 voucher donated by local garden centre Kings Gardening and Leisure.    The competition’s judges, including Janice Hindley, Senior Horticultural Lecturer at Bicton College , were impressed by the garden’s mature planting in its mixed herbaceous lay-out and its neat and tidy appearance.   Certain specimens such as the tree lupin attracted particular comment. The Museum’s garden is distinctive for having been planned with the idea ...