The competition is open to all tenants and leaseholders, and schools in Wolverhampton. Each category will have a first prize of £75! There will also be prizes for second and third place.
The categories are:
- Best garden - does your garden have the ‘wow’ factor? Judges will be looking for a variety of plants in different colours and shapes, and ornaments used to good effect.
- Best patio garden - we want to see the best use of space, and a good variety of plants or flowers in the space available. This could be a lovely container on a patch, or flowers on a balcony.
- Best hanging baskets - these should be really colourful, with lots of different plants, not forgetting some greenery.
- Best communal garden - do you look after part of a communal garden, which helps to enhance the community?
- Best community garden - do you have a garden that’s shared and used by neighbours at your scheme or on your estate? We would love to see how the garden benefits you and your neighbourhood.
- Best natural or wildlife garden - is your garden helping the environment in some way? It could be particularly bee or butterfly-friendly, good for all pollinators, or perhaps you have a wormery?
- Pride in your garden - Wolves Pride returns for 2023, and we are proud sponsors of the occasion. To celebrate, you're welcome to enter a pride display to support the LGBT+ community. Think colourful and a celebration of our differences!
School gardens
Does your Wolverhampton school have a garden tended by the pupils? If so, you can enter one of our school categories:
- Best school garden
- Tallest sunflower
Children's category
- Tallest sunflower – a special category for our younger customers! This is open to anyone aged 12 and under. For every school and sunflower entry we receive, we will supply sunflower seeds and compost.
For more information, please contact Louise Ward on 07717 732798 or send her an email.
All garden entries must be received by Friday 21 July 2023. The deadline for the tallest sunflower competition is Friday 25 August 2023. Full rules of the competition and details of how to enter can be found below.
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The rules
Rules of the 2023 garden competition
- You must be a Wolverhampton Homes tenant or leaseholder
- Previous winners may enter the competition
- Work on gardens must be mainly done by you as the resident
- You can enter more than one category, but you can’t enter the same space in more than one category (for example, you can’t enter your front garden in both the front garden and containers categories) - please choose which category best applies
- By entering, you agree that Wolverhampton Homes can share your address and contact information with the judges, for the purpose of judging the competition
- Any photos submitted for judging can be used in promoting the competition and the winners
- Judging will take place in August 2023
- Wolverhampton Homes cannot accept any responsibility for loss or delay to entries being received
- There will be two rounds of judging, by a panel of gardening experts and enthusiasts, and by voting on social media
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How to enter
- Please submit 5 photos of your garden
- These can be sent over email or submitted using the website form on this page
- These can be submitted any time before Friday 21 July 2023, so you can take them on the day your garden looks at its best, and when our British weather is being kind!