Floral displays judged for national competition

The pair, who are judging three places in the Thames and Chilterns 'town' category, visited Chestnut Lane School, where pupils had given up a day of their summer holidays to show-off their green-fingered efforts.
The judges were taken to Stanley Hill cemetery where they took in the sights of a wild flower meadow and Willow Wood, where plans for a woodland burial site are in progress.
Mr Parker said: "We are impressed by what we have seen. The school was fantastic and the pupils came into school to see us and show us what they have done. We are looking for horticultural achievement, environmental responsibility and community participation - what people are doing to plant the flowers and who does it."
In Amersham Old Town town councillor Ros Aitken showed them the displays before taking them on to the gardens of the business winners and runners up in town council's separate competition as well as residents' gardens and Amersham Museum following the results announced at the town's recent carnival.
Business winners Aston Hearing Services in Church Street displayed their blue and purple-themed garden which features wind chimes and a listening wall. The wall, lent to the company by a hearing aids supplier, lets its users hear different forms of music while also acting as a memorial - to one of its former clients, Steve Race OBE, a jazz musician who lived in Great Missenden and international popstar Michael Jackson, both who recently died.
Managing director Sue Webster said: "We were really excited about it. It's our 20th anniversary this year and so we wanted to do something. I think when people come to have a hearing aid fitted it's often not the most pleasant experience so the garden relaxes them and gives them something nice to talk about. Some of the hearing aids are high frequency so we bring them outside to see if they can hear the different things.
"Both Steve Race and Michael Jackson gave so much to music we decided to remember them on the wall."
Amersham is in its third year of entering Britain in Bloom, having previously been awarded silver and silver gilt awards. This year's results are due to be announced in September.