Telegraph/Allett creatively striped lawn competition: the winners Entries poured in all summer, and competition has been fierce. From Ilfracombe to Inverness, Britain's gardeners have been adjusting their blade heights, planning their patterns and steadying their mowing hand, as they brought their lawns up to competition standard. The Telegraph creatively striped lawn competition taps into something deep in the national psyche, the British desire for an intricate, billiard-table patch of green in their garden. We are happy to announce that the winner of this year's competition is Mike Lee, for the lawns at his home in Claygate, Surrey. He impressed the judges, including Mark Fish, author of the Harper Collins Guide to Lawns, with his simple yet elegant stripes. "I'm delighted that the judges liked our picture," he says. The garden usually looks very good because my wife, Maggi, is an enthusiastic gardener with an artistic eye. I'm a typical destructive gardener, not very good at growing things but happy to cut them down with my array of boys' toys (mower, strimmer, scarifier, blower, hedge trimmer, etc.)  To this collection he can now add his prize: a complete Allett Lawncare system, including a Kensington mower, and worth £2,485 in total. I bought by current Atco mower second-hand more than 20 years ago. It's served me well, but the Allett mower will be a fantastic replacement, and will be put to good use. A second, smaller lawn at Mike Lee's home The second prize goes to Elizabeth MacLeod Matthews, from Chenies, Bucks. She proves that it isn't only men who put time and care into their lawns. Marked by four upright hedges, with a flowerbed at its centre, her lawn is an intricate pattern of circles, squares and diagonals. She wins a Kensington mower, worth £1,249. Elizabeth MacLeod Matthews's intricately patterned lawn Our third and final prizewinner is Charles Barnes, of Littleover, Derby. This diagonal check design is a textbook example of its kind, and a reminder that a simple pattern can be as satisfying on the eye as any ornate swirls. Charles wins a classic Allett cylinder mower, worth £689. Charles Barnes' diagonal check pattern Congratulations to all the winners, thanks to everyone who took part. Look out for notice of next year's competition in the spring.