Cleckheaton gardener has steered Huddersfield Irish Centre members to three gold medals
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Pete Facett’s hat-trick was achieved in 2022 following golds in 2018 and 2019 - with an unavoidable gap in the middle thanks to the Covid pandemic .
A former Scandinavia Mills horticulturist at Moor End, Cleckheaton, Mr Fawcett grows all the plants for the Huddersfield Irish Centre garden on Fitzwilliam Street himself.
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Hide AdThe Yorkshire in Bloom Judges said the garden had ‘wow factor’ - which was a delight to people passing alon g- with an ‘excellent’ choice and positioning of plants.
Mr Fawcett hit the headlines last year when he was uncovered for planting up four half barrel tubs at Cleckheaton’s car park for the Cleckheaton Chamber of Trade.
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