Ready, set, grow!
This year's competition is now closed for entries. Thank you to everyone who entered. Read below to see when we'll start the judging process and how we'll inform you if you win!
Categories:
- Large garden
- Small garden (12m x 12m or smaller)
- Patios/containers/windows/hanging baskets/indoor pots
- Sustainable garden
- Communal Garden
- Vegetable/and or fruit garden
- Children’s creative gardening.
Get your children involved!
The children’s creative gardening category in our garden competition is open for any children under the age of 16 to enter. They could create fairy gardens, miniature gardens, anything at all! Take a look at these two entries from last year for inspiration.
New sustainability category
Sustainable garden is a new category this year, which also includes the wildlife category we’ve had in previous years. Sustainable gardening means to work with nature instead of against it. We’ll be looking for:
- Your garden is a home for wildlife as well as your outdoor space
- Giving food and shelter for wildlife
- Leave some areas to grow wild
- Save resources by making your own: collect water in water butts, make your own compost, mulch, and liquid fertiliser
- You reduce waste and the use of plastic as much as you can.
Judging:
The judging will take place in the week commencing 9 June 2025. We will contact you in advance to arrange a suitable time to visit. This is what our judges are looking for:
- Use of colour
- Use of space/design
- Variety and quality of plants
- Overall impact.
These are all marked out of ten for each heading to give us a total score for each entry.
Winners will be announced on our customer Facebook group and our website at the end of June.
Prizes:
Everyone who enters will receive a £10 gardening voucher for taking part.
There will be winners in each category. They will each receive gardening vouchers and a certificate:
1st place - £100
2nd place - £50
3rd place - £25
