Better Bedfordview reveals 2023 winner of Best Pavement Competition
Winners for the best pavement competition were announced with a Florence Avenue pavement coming out tops.
A verdant verge in Florence Avenue has been named Bedfordview’s best pavement in the fourth annual Bedfordview Best Pavements Competition.
The NPO Better Bedfordview announced the winners in December.
The competition was initially launched in 2020. “We can all make a positive difference in our suburb by looking after our pavements,” explained the NPO’s chairperson, Marina Constas.
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Constas presented the first prize to gardener Augustin Chamanza, who accepted it on behalf of the resident.
Chamanza has been working on the picture-perfect winning pavement on Florence Avenue for eight years.
The second prize in the 2023 Better Bedfordview Best Pavements Competition was awarded to resident Wanda Bollo for her lovely, lush pavement on Rotherfield Avenue.
The competition included a category for residential complexes in Bedfordview with San Remo winning first place for this category.
Second place went to 8 St Andrews Avenue and third place to 12 St Andrews Avenue.
The judges also recognised a pristine pavement in Bowling Road and a prize was awarded for the best manicured lawn to a Florence Avenue resident.
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The competition judges were local foodie and Better Bedfordview committee member Vis Naidoo, Bedfordview Ward Clr Jill Humphreys, gardening guru and Better Bedfordview committee member Gail Diers, and celebrated gardeners Jill Gillman and Sharon Kroon who had their beautiful Bedfordview gardens featured in the Gardens of the Golden City.
The fourth edition of the competition was sponsored by Spilia Luxury Accommodation, Laura H Hair Studio, Franco International, The Fat Mermaid, Vini’s Restaurant, Build It and Synergise Spa Bedfordview.
“Our sponsors’ kind and generous support enables us to uplift and beautify Bedfordview and we are enormously grateful to them,” Constas said.
She also thanked the judges and everyone who entered and nominated pavements in the successful 2023 competition.
