A humble Mrs Stacey said that a lot of the credit must also go to her son, Jeremy McTaggart, who helped her with the heavy lifting. 

This was the green thumb’s second time on stage after taking out the major award for the household garden category.

Other big winners on the night were Jeanette and Tony Leonard (Household Not on Town Water Garden), the Singleton Showground (Commercial or Industrial Garden), Elizabeth Gates Village (Educational or Community Garden), Ben and Margaret Fairhall (Apartments, Villa, Townhouse or Multi-dwelling Garden), Singleton Heights Pre-School (Sustainable Garden) and Austin Latter (Vegetable Garden).