Best Dressed Window Competition

Knutsford was blooming last week as the annual Best Dressed Window Competition took place during the RHS Tatton Flower Show.

14 town centre businesses participated in both the official RHS competition, and in Knutsford Town Council’s Public Vote contest.  The number of entries were considerably lower than previous years but a great effort by businesses badly affected by the pandemic.

Irlams Estate Agents were crowned the victors of the RHS Best Dressed Window Competition after the judges applauded their stunning display. The estate agents were awarded a plaque to keep, a certificate and 2 free tickets to one day of the RHS Tatton Flower Show.

Winners for the Town Council’s floral walk were chosen after careful consideration from Knutsford Town Mayor, Councillor Stewart Gardiner and Sam Youd, former head gardener of Tatton Park.

In 3^rd place this year was Irlams Estate Agents on King Street. In 2^nd place The Courtyard Coffee Shop, also located on King Street, who had a stunning display in the courtyard featuring a wide variety of beautiful flowers and grasses.

The winner this year is Nicolas Austen, also located on King Street, whose display featured a variety of unusual plants including Festuca, Diasius, Trailing Bergonias and a variety of grasses.

Sandra Curties, Town Centre and Marketing Officer said: “It is fantastic to see the great efforts our local businesses go to in creating stunning displays for RHS week every year, it adds real magic to the town centre after what has been an extremely difficult 18 months.”

Cllr Mike Houghton, Deputy Mayor of Knutsford, added: "A huge congratulations to everybody involved in the Best Dressed Window Competition this year! The standard has been outstanding, the time and effort shown by local business is commendable and a credit to all! The winners display was judged the best as the whole window was intricately themed and we found it extremely welcoming to us and to visitors of the town centre.”

You can still see many of the displays in town this week so don’t forget to have a walk through town if you haven’t already.

Pictured - Irlams Estate – Tim Irlam, Daniel Ardern, Anthony Leach, Declan Waters and Ash Griffin.