GREEN-fingered folk gathered at Alton Assembly Rooms last Friday for the annual Alton in Bloom prizegiving ceremony.

This year’s commemorative displays were in honour of the 200th anniversary of the death of literary legend Jane Austen, and the judges were looking for Regency-themed planting and colour schemes.

Pictured are some of the prize winners at the Assembly Rooms, including children from Alton Infant School, who lifted the Pam Jones Cup for the best school garden.

For full story, results and more pictures, see next week’s Alton Herald.