The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
Spalding pub The Punch Bowl has scooped £1,500 after being voted top in a field of 14 finalists for Enterprise Inns’ 2016 Pubs in Bloom competition for East Anglia.
Pete and Steph Williams with some of the many plants they are bringing on.
After winning £500 for being a regional winner, the New Road pub bagged an extra £1,000 as divisional champion. Judges were impressed with the pub’s colourful and unique flower displays including inside a golf bag, Victorian toilet system, lobster nets and on an overturned World War II bomb shell.
Landlord Pete Williams said: “We have a lot of people come into the pub because of our interesting flower displays, including visitors to East Midlands in Bloom, where we also bagged a gold medal for best garden this year.
“It’s a very gradual process, the easy part is planting the bulbs, the hard part is watering which my wife takes charge of, spending three hours, three times a week executing.
“This generous prize from Enterprise puts us in a position to be able to create different displays all year round.”
“It’s been a fun and rewarding experience.”
Pete and Steph Williams
Martin Obey, Enterprise regional manager East Anglia, said: “The Punch Bowl display was absolutely stunning, particularly its splendid rear garden, complete with some exceptionally eccentric props.
“It has deservedly won this year’s divisional prize for East Anglia. I know Peter and his wife put a lot of effort into their display, and their time and hard work has been rewarded.”
