Keith Smith from Birmingham has won the 2018 Creative Lawns competition organised by Allett Mowers. Keith, a member of the greenkeeping team at Edgbaston Golf Club has finished in the top 3 for the past two years running and has been working hard each year to win the competition.

273 hrs of hard work went into his winning design with Keith using two 1940’s push mowers to create the pattern and is meticulously mowed to a height of 5mm for two hours every day in summer. Keith is so protective of his lawn he does not let any of his family members on it.

Despite the hot, dry summer in the UK, there was a strong number of entries including from as far away as the US, Poland and Holland Entries are judged on creativity and must be cut with a lawn mower. All entries received were put to a panel of Allett experts who judged the most creative designs.

Keith wins an Allett Liberty 43 battery powered cylinder mower with a complete set of cartridges and two cartridge stands.