If there is one thing that brightens up the day, it’s a nice garden and if you like gardening why not enter this year’s new garden competition.
Anyone with green fingers and a passion for gardening can apply, you just need to be a tenant of Wigan Council.
The competition has 6 categories;
- Best garden front and rear
- Most improved or transformed garden. Please send before and after photos of an unloved space that has now been transformed
- Best Eco Garden. Making positive steps and doing your bit no matter how small, to make a difference to support local wildlife, improve our health and help tackle the climate crisis
- Best pots and baskets
- Best allotment/school, eligible sheltered housing or community garden scheme
- Best street.
The competition will be judged by our volunteer judges and prizes will be presented for the winner and runner up for each category.
Please note: by entering into the competition, photos of your garden may be shared on our social media platforms.
Volunteer Judges
If you have an interest in gardening and know your dandelions from your azaleas, why not contact us and become part of the judging panel?
How to enter the competition
- Complete the online form to enter the gardening competition
- Or post your entry to The Gardening Competition 2024, 2nd floor, Wigan Town Hall, Wigan, WN1 1DF. Please state what categories you are entering. Please include your name, address, telephone number and email address so we can contact you.
The competition closes on 22nd July 2024.
Our judges will short list all entries and will carry out in person visits in August and choose the winners and runners up.
If you need any further information, please contact tvegardeningcomp2024@wigan.gov.uk.