John's garden on Wyre Lane was the clear winner in the competition, sponsored by Booths, and he was overwhelmed if not a little surprised by the title.
He said: "It's not normally the kind of thing I enter and I've never thought of it as trying to achieve a prize-winning garden.
"But it has been lovely for people to have taken an interest in it and I really want to say thank-you so much to all those who took the time to vote for me.
"It was a lovely surprise."
John's all year round garden has been recognised for many years by people in the community with the local school children even referring to it as the 'helter skelter' garden for its topiary creations.
But John said people have been attracted from all over since the competition was launched, He said: "It really has been nice to see people wandering down Wyre Lane and having a chat with them about the garden.
"The schoolchildren come around here on nature walks and many of the older people come around on short walks, so it's been a garden that's caught the eye of the young and old."
John and wife Pat have lived at the Yew Trees in Wyre Lane for 44 years and John has transformed the house from its original shell, with the garden being just one of his many projects.
He said: "Whilst the children were small the garden was an area where they used to play and it was built around that purpose. But as they grew older, I was able to build it up and make something more of it and most of the trees have grown from seed."
The all year round garden, that John describes as easy maintenance, is made up of yew trees, conifers, with rose bushes, a variety of potted plants with lots of beautiful colours as well as ornamental features.
John's enthusiasm for gardening started from a young age with both his dad and grandfather keen gardeners and John used to help his dad maintaining the gardens of some of the nearby manor houses.
John said: "I often used to go along with my dad and that's where my interest started and wandering around these grand gardens in later years I used to spot things and think I can do that and so I'd come home and make my own creation."
John, 72, a retired joiner and former site manager for Preston County Council, says many of the pieces in the garden have been collected over the years on the various sites he's worked on.
"I have had always had a good vision for things and the stone trough I spotted at a site where a guy was using it as a step into his shed. It was ideal for the garden so I went back with a large stone for him and swapped it."
The focal feature of his garden, the brass sundial was picked up whilst John was out enjoying his other great love for vintage motorbikes.
And John's top tip for budding gardeners "Keep it simple. Doing a little bit everyday makes it a lot easier and helps keep things tidy."