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Posted by Kathy (U898169) on Wednesday, 17th September 2008
I entered him in Leeds Young Gardener of the Year and he has been invited to the ceremony at the Town Hall. Christine is presenting the prizes. Ryan is really scared!
I entered him because he volunteered on the Herbs and Dragonflies project with me, and he also does loads of gardening at home, at our gran's, on my mum's allotment and with me.
I posted more about the Herbs and Dragonflies project on Design Inspiration but this is the site about it again, you can see a pic of Ryan looking really sensible wearing a kids' apron, pink gloves and dragonflies if you want!
He was also the model in my pic I entered in the photo comp, again looking really cool! I don't know if he's planning on attaching dragonflies to his glasses again for when he meets Christine though...
I'll let you know how it goes.
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I hope Ryan isn't too scared. I'm sure once things get going all his nerves will disappear.
He should wear the dragonflies on his glasses. I bet Christine would like them.
Did he know you had entered him in the Young Gardener of the Year?
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He was absolutely terrified! He didn't wear any dragonflies but he had attempted to dye his hair blond last week and it turned out bright yellow so he still stood out!
I hadn't told him I'd entered him, I just told him when I got the phonecall asking for Ryan's address to send him the invite. They didn't actually tell us he'd won, just made it obvious without telling us? But Ryan was convinced he hadn't won. Even when before the ceremony we went to look at all the trophies and the organiser said "yours isn't there because yours is handed out first. oops, that's if you've won of course!" he still thought he wouldn't win!
There were absolutely loads of people there, because it was also the ceremony for the best gardens in each district of Leeds. And Ryan was the very first up! He was terrified and tried to sneak down the side of the room but we made him walk right up the middle. He got the loudest claps with being the first up.
His prizes were presented by Christine and the Lord Mayor. He got a lovely glass trophy, a certificate and some garden centre vouchers. The vouchers were in an envelope and when he got back to the table we counted them up and there's £300 of vouchers! He's really looking forward to spending them. He's planning on buying some tools and has said he'll buy me a plant as long as it's not a fern.
He's so proud to have won and is taking his trophy into college tomorrow to show everyone. All his family are so pleased for him too.
I'll just put the pics on the internet.
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That's him with Christine Walkden and the Lord Mayor.
That's me, him and his trophy!
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That's fantastic Kathy! Well done Ryan.
Can I just say what 99% of us blokes are thinking - we'd be bloomin' terrified if we had to meet Christine too. I avoid dark ginnells these days for this very reason.
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Don't you mean snicket, mangetout?
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Posted by talloulah2 (U11194472) on Thursday, 18th September 2008
Or jitty?
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Poor Christine! It's okay, he's brave is Ryan. Well kinda. He'd been terrified since he got the invite and when his name was called out he first stayed sitting down, then tried to head off in the wrong direction. But he got to the front to collect his prize in the end.
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Well done to Ryan for winning and to you, Kathy, for entering him.
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cheers. I've told Ryan that I've told everyone on the internet about it.
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I've told the local paper too and they've emailed me back so I think he'll be in next week. I am a mad embarrassing cousin! I think Ryan would love to be in the paper though. He has never won anything before and he is so proud to have won this.
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