House and home House & Home AVONLEIGH HOMES House and Home Open Garden Event raises more money for charity An open garden event in Grasscroft was a blooming great success as it raised £1,404.55 for The Christie NHS Foundation Hospital. me Improvements & GARDENS ed for Top National Award The local Driveway and Patio experts you can trust ations to local company AWC Home Improvements of Oldham, who have been recoginsed by s one of the countries leading contenders for the 2016 Customer Satisfaction Award. After nearly 40 years and with a to planting schedules.With their many portfolio of impressive work behind years of expertise, the Avonleigh team ceremony is due to take place on Saturday 6th May, at the exclusive Chesford Grange Hotel in them,Avonleigh Homes and Gardens can transform any size or shape of wickshire. 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Steven now heads the professional landscape team is looking forward to growing the business further whilst maintaining their excellent reputation. Based in Greenfifield and covering the Oldham Borough, Rochdale,Tameside and Stockport, Av vo Find us on facebook on nl l e e i ig g h h h ho o m me garden area be realised with a minimum of disruption. So give your lovely home the make Tom Adamson and Doreen Tetlow invited the public into their award- winning garden and put on a fantastic spread of refreshments, a bric-a-brac stall, luckydipandrafflfle.Asilentauctionwas held to fifind homes for signed Manchester City and Manchester United memorabilia which was beautifully mounted and framed by Millyard Gallery in Uppermill. The couple’s eye-catching garden has scooped numerous accolades over 15 years, and includes a fountain, a planted wheelbarrows, perennials, shrubs, an array of flflowers, begonias and bedding plants. AVONLEIGH HOMES & GARDENS £75, which along with donations, helped bring the total amount – a record for the couple’s open garden events. Tom said: “The weather was kind and it wassonicetoseesomanypeoplethere. The atmosphere was brilliant. Some people have made many donations as they couldn’t come on the day and wanted to support the event and charity.” “The positive feedback about the event and the garden has been great. We wanted to put on a really good display as well as raise money for the charity. A special mention must go to Newbank Garden Centre. They were unbelievable and so kind to support us with a generous donation towards the planting of the garden so it would look its best for the event.” Thank you also goes to Gordon Rigg Garden Centre,B&Q,Tesco andYorkshire Bank for their generous support towards the planting. Smith Knight Fay Oldham also supplied several VW merchandise Rafflfle Prizes. “The support of local and national businesses was overwhelming and people really helps and means a lot to us.We’d like to thank all our sponsors and supporters. The Avonleigh team are available ALL Photos courtesy of The Oldham Chronicle es sa an nd d g ga ar 48 www.AroundSADDLEWORTH.co.uk www.AroundSADDLEWORTH.co.uk .aroundsaddleworth.co.uk around SADDLEWORTH 53 Steven offers his clients practical 55 rd de e n ns s. . c c o o . .u u k k The local Driveway and Everything was blooming brightly in the sunshine for the charity afternoon, which PwastiooffificeiaxllypoepretnsedyboyuthceaMnayor of design advice and recommends Oldham Cllr Ginny Alexander and her The following sponsors are :- Park trust choices from materials to planting consort Adrian Alexander. Cllr Alexander, Cakes, Kelkay, Currys, Howarth Timber, who nominated The Christie has one of WschieteduHleasr.tWLyidtghateh,eTirhemTahnryeeyeCarroswonfs, her chosen charities this year, cut the Fletchers Florist Grotton, Zutti, Travis After nearly 40 years and with a expertise, the Avonleigh team can ribbon, which was held by Sam and Ava Perkins, Odeon Cinema, Jo Ferns Salon, portfolio of impressive work behind transform any size or shape of Bell, to launch the event.A record amount Well Pharmacy, Photo 2 Shop Oldham, them,Avonleigh Homes and garden from a wild wilderness into a of 110 people visited throughout the Gaftaerrdneonosncotontimnuarevetol laetadthtehebewaauytifiunl asleltatisnpgeacntdsohefllpaindgstcoaprianisgep£r9o0je3.c5t5son the day. Hartley Botanic, The Old Plough Chippy, CbelaayutotinfuGlrgeaernd,TeonbyoCuarwveilrlyb,Seapinrsoburdy’s, Ao&f.YBrierleyOldhamMarketHall,Fine BuysUppermill, The Post Offifice UTphperymhilal,veRaofbuelrl tranSgceotot’sf,mSoJdeSringns, Geqrluaibpemls4esnigtntso. ensure that the work is expertly done and completed on time so that your dream garden will be realised with a minimum of disruption. So give your lovely home the make over it deserves this Autumn and Winter. The Avonleigh team are available ALL YEAR ROUND and booking are already being taken for 2018, so make sure you don’t leave it too late to get your home looking perfect. For more information or a free quote, please contact Steven and the team today on Tel: 01457 873799 or Mob: 07860 119663. including driveways and patios, as The silent auction saw the City well as paths, dry stone walling, memorabilia raise £110 and the United