Calling all green fingered enthusiasts to get your gloves out and enter our garden competition

1st June 2021

Garden enthusiasts are being invited to show off their green talents and enter this year’s garden competition.

Each year, Tamworth Borough Council holds a ‘Best in Bloom’ competition to encourage green-fingered residents in the borough to make their gardens blooming marvellous. 

Previously this garden competition would contribute to Tamworth taking part in the annual Heart of England in Bloom competition, however, with the continued pandemic impact Tamworth Borough Council have decided to not enter this year, but still honour all those stunning residents gardens around the borough.

Whether it’s a huge garden with wild flower beds and statues or just a small square of grass, a fairy garden, a hanging basket or a window box, residents are encouraged to send their photos to the council to enter the gardener’s competition. The winner will receive a top prize of garden centre vouchers.

Last year’s individual garden competition attracted a large number of entries, and the standard was extremely high. The decision to choose the winners was so hard that the panel chose an overall winner and two highly commended.

Lockdown indeed improved the quality of our gardens, with more people than usual having time to spend caring for their outdoor spaces.

Highly commended places were given to Mr Thomas and Mrs Flor Masters in Belgrave and Nerma Williams in Coton Green; and the overall Tamworth in Bloom Resident Winner was given to Joanne Brennan from Hazelgarth in Glascote, who received a top prize of £100 worth of Planters vouchers.

It doesn’t matter whether you are an experienced gardener, a complete beginner, young or old– we’d love you to enter this year’s competition.

Cllr Rob Pritchard, Deputy Leader of Tamworth Borough, said: “Last year so many of used lockdown as an opportunity to spend more time in our gardens and show off our green finger talents.

“What I love about this competition is how it acknowledges the pride that people have in their gardens and their community, and it is always lovely to share some of the amazing work people have achieved in their open spaces.
 

“It’s clear from previous competitions that we have a lot of people around the town who put a tremendous amount of effort into their floral and wildlife displays. It has demonstrated that during lockdown communities have still been working together in the borough and doing their bit to make Tamworth a place to rightly be proud of.”

To enter this year’s individual garden competition, just take a picture of your garden and either email it to Garden Competition at communications-@tamworth.gov.uk or tag your photo on the Tamworth Borough Council and Tamworth Arts and Events Facebook and twitter pages.

The closing date for entries for the competition is 12 noon on Friday July 30th and the winner will be announced mid- August.