Tenant Garden Competition
Get your gardening gloves on it's competition time. Do you spend most of your time in the garden or maybe your neighbour is a dab hand at pruning their petunias?
We are running a garden competition for our tenants, and we want to showcase the impressive gardening skills throughout the borough. Whether you want to nominate a neighbour or show off your hard work we want to see them all.
The competition is currently open to all Melton Borough Council tenants and leaseholders and will close on Friday 27 June at 5pm.
After the closing date, Melton in Bloom will judge and select the winners, who will be announced at the Your Voice Your Choice tenants meeting on Tuesday 12 August.
Gardens can be entered or nominated for the following 7 categories:
- Best community garden – awarded to a space designed to bring the community together.
- Best edible garden – awarded to the best vegetable, herb or fruit patch.
- Best wildlife friendly garden – awarded to the garden which is designed to attract bees, birds, hedgehogs, butterflies and other creatures (can include ponds).
- Best young gardener - for those 16 years and under, please get permission from a parent/guardian.
- Most creative use of space - awarded to the most creative use of small spaces such as water features, pots, hanging basket or something entirely unique.
- Most improved garden – awarded to a space that has been transformed into a gorgeous garden. Before and after photos of the transformation will be required.
- Most lavish lawn – awarded to the cleanest, greenest lawn.
- Best overall garden – All of the winners of the categories will be judged together to award a best overall garden.
Tenants can enter more than one category.
Tenants can enter the competition via the online form below:
Enter the tenant garden competition online
Or post your entry to Tenant Garden Competition, Parkside, Station Approach, Burton Street, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire LE13 1EP. Please state what categories you are entering. Please include your name, address, telephone number and email address so we can contact you.
Entries must include recent photos of the garden you want to enter.
Category winners will receive gardening vouchers. The prizes are £50 for first place, £30 for runner up place for each category. The best overall garden will see one winner who will receive a £50 voucher.
All winners and runners up would also receive a certificate and an article in the tenant’s newsletter thanking everyone for their contribution.
- The deadline for the garden competition entries is 27 June at 5pm.
- You must be a tenant or leaseholder of Melton Borough Council.
- You can enter more than one category.
- The winner of each category will win a £50 voucher. The runner up of each category will receive a £30 voucher.
- By entering in the competition you are giving permission for Melton Borough Council to use your entry photo for publicity purposes.