Winners for North Sydney Council local 2025 Garden Competition were announced.
‘This competition highlights the creativity and care our community puts into their gardens. It’s a celebration of sustainable living and the pride people take in making North Sydney a greener, more beautiful place,’ says Mayor Zoe Baker.
Balcony Garden
Winner: Mary Curran
Runner-up: Helen Constable
Best Courtyard Garden
Winner: Armando Wong
Runner-up: Elizabeth Jenkins Kaine
Most Beautiful Garden
Winner: Frank Olivier
Runner-up: David Dufall
Best Indoor Garden
Winner: Patricia Drummond
Runner-up: Yael Higer
Best Children’s Garden
Winner: Cammeray Public School (Co-ordinator: Justine Myers)
Runner-up: Guthrie Child Care Centre (Co-ordinator: Jaclyn Stewart)
Best Native Habitat Garden
Winner: Harry Loots
Runner-up: Kim Ryan
Best Edible Garden – Private
Winner: William Martin
Runner-up: Jack Webb
Best Edible Garden – Community
Winner: ANZAC Park Community Garden (Co-ordinator: Sue Wright)
Runner-up: Little Young Street
Community Garden (Co-ordinator: Colin White)
Lex and Ruby Graham Prize –
Individual
Winner: Edmond Yan
Runner-up: Stewart Hodgson
Lex and Ruby Graham Prize – Group
Winner: Winslow Street, Kirribilli (Co-ordinator: Maria Scolaro)
Runner-up: Kareela Road, Cremorne Point (Co-ordinator: Prasad Vemulapad)
Judge’s Special Award
Wondakiah Estate (Co-ordinator: Tim Hayward)