Stevenage In Bloom
Information about the competition, how to enter, the categories and the judging.
Categories
Best Garden front or back - Sponsored by Van Hage Garden Company and The Comet
Front or back garden. Large or small. If you keep a well maintained, tidy garden this category is for you.
Best Container - Sponsored by B&Q
Window boxes, hanging baskets, planters or more unusual containers. This category is ideally suited for those living in flats, or who have limited space, with only pots.
Best Wild Life Garden - Sponsored by Groundwork Hertfordshire
For those who manage their garden to encourage wildlife – insects, birds, butterflies, bats, hedgehogs.
Best Young Persons Project – Sponsored by Van Hage Garden Company and The Comet
There are all sorts of exciting environmental projects happening in Schools, Play Centres, Scouts groups and Nurseries. Whether it’s a nature trail or a vegetable garden, show off your project.
Best Community Project - Sponsored by QES
For any community or volutary group who have achieved improvements to their environment this is the project for you.
Best Pub - Sponsored by John Lewis Distribution Centre
An attractive floral display or well maintained garden can help to create a more inviting atmosphere for customers. There are plenty of pubs that provide fantastic displays, so wht not compete against the rest?
Best Small Business - Sponsored by The Comet
For Stevenage businesses, with no more then 250 employees. Whether you provide an attractive landscaped area for your staff to enjoy, or colourful planters at the entrance to your organisation, we want to hear from you.
Best Large Business – Sponsored by The Comet
For Stevenage businesses, with more than 250 employees. An attractive landscape just outside of the workplace can improve staff morale and impress partners and customers. Why not receive some local recognition for your hard work?
Best Road or Street Display – Sponsored by CharactersSigns
For residents who try to make their street look colourful, tidy and attractive, through landscaped front gardens or stunning floral containers, which are visible from the road. You only need a minimum of THREE gardens in any street, so why not encourage your neighbours?
Best Young Gardener Under 16 years old – Sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline
Are you a budding young Alan Titchmarsh or Charlie Dimmock? Do you have an area of garden that you look after? Do you grow trees, shrubs, flowers or vegetables? Whether you do all the work yourself, or work with a brother or sister, you should enter.
Best Allotment – Sponsored by John Lewis Distribution Centre
Organised by the Stevenage Garden & Allotments Association, this category judges the best allotments at each of the fifteen sites throughout the town.
Best Flat Block – Sponsored by Stevenage Homes Limited
Large or small blocks, this category is for the residents who have made a communal area more vibrant, or have made the appearance of the block more attractive to benefit the whole street.
Water Friendly Garden – Sponsored by Three Valleys Water
For any business, individual or community group/school whose garden demonstrates that a beautiful garden is not dependent on high water use and have put into practice different methods of making the most of water.
Best Sheltered Housing – Sponsored by Stevenage Homes Limited
This is a brand new category for 2008. It’s for residents who have made a communal area more attractive, to benefit all its community.