Babbity Bowster - Silver Spade Winner 2006


"Let Glasgow Flourish" Awards

Awards are given to businesses and institutions in Glasgow for green and flowering horticultural displays in public view during the summer season. The displays are monitored by a teams of judges during the summer and Awards are presented at the Trades Hall the following Spring, usually the last Thursday of April.

There are three categories of Awards:-

Commendation and High Commendation
A framed Certificate is awarded for the first year - brass plass plaques for subsequent years.

The Robertson Silver Spade
Presented to a business or organisation which in the judges' opinion has reached an exceptionally high standard over a number of seasons. The Spade is retained by the Winner for display at their premises for one year.



Sarah Jane Shannon and Paul O'Neill from The Sherbrooke Castle Hotel, Pollokshields, - winner of the Robertson Silver Spade 2008/09 - with Mr. Walter Gilmour who presented the spade and Deacon Gordon Miller at the LGF Awards on 30th April 2009.

Winners of the Silver Spade:-
The Winner of the Robertson Silver Spade for the Summer of 2008 was The Sherbrooke Castle Hotel in Pollokshields, Glasgow.  The spade was presented at the LGF Awards presentation on 30th April 2009.

2008: The Sherbrooke Castle Hotel
2007: The Rock
2006: Babbity Bowster
2005: Kelvingrove Hotel
2004: The Theatre Royal
2003: Willis
2002: Argyll Hotel
2001: Dow's Bar
2000: Argyll Hotel
1999: Glasgow Marriott Hotel
1998: Ashbourne Homes, Clarence Court
1997: Scottish & Newcastle Northern Inns
1996: Balmanno House
1995: Balmanno House
1994: University of Strathclyde
1993: Clydesdale Bank
1992: Kirklee Hotel

THE ROCK - spadewinner 2007/08




BABBITY BOWSTER - spadewinner 2006/07




KELVINGROVE HOTEL - spadewinner 2005/06