Time to make your garden grow!

22 February 2010

Green fingered Bracknell Forest residents are once again invited to have their watering cans and spades at the ready as its time to get back into ‘Your Gardens’.

Residents, business, schools, community groups and allotment holders can make Bracknell Forest bloom again this summer by making the most of their patch and entering this year’s ‘Your Gardens’ competition. There are many prizes to be won, as well as the chance to make local gardens or businesses stand out.

The Competition, run by Bracknell Forest Council and sponsored by Bracknell Regeneration Partnership opens for entries on Monday, March 29, and has a range of different categories for every type of garden and gardener.

This year, Best Kept Allotment has been added to the usual categories which are:

• Best Front Garden

• Best Community/Neighbourhood Garden

• Best Commercial Premises

• Best Young Gardner

• Best Group of Young Gardeners

• Tallest Sunflower

Preliminary judging starts in early June, while the measurement for the tallest sunflower will take place in September.

The emphasis of the competition is on participation and the aim is to recognise the efforts of the  community in brightening up Bracknell Forest.  By taking part in the competition, residents will be supporting the boroughs entry in the regional Britain in Bloom competition.

Bracknell in Bloomm the name given to the borough's entry,has been a regional winner on many occasions and last year scooped the accolade as overall winner in the small city category and a silver gilt award.

ranelagh school, which achieved a silver medal at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show also received a commended certificate in the Mark Mattock Schools challenge cup in recognition of their horticultural and environmental achievements.

Cllr Mrs Dorothy Hayes, executive member for environment, said: "Gardens play a key role in our visual environment and it's fantastic to be able to reward the efoorts of the community. I was particularly pleased to see so many entries last year, working together to make a difference to the local environment."

Landscape manager David Harries added "All entries are invited to an awards ceremony in September to celebrate all the hard work they have put in through the year. The awards for the Your Gardens competition provide a great opportunity for gardeners from across the borough to get together and celebrate their enthusiasm for all things green".

Helen Barnett, marketing manager for Bracknell Regeneration Partnership(BRP) comments;  This is such a wonderful competition and BRP is delighted to be sponsoring it once again and play a key part in the Bracknell in Bloom 2010 campain.  The campaign, including Your Gardens, benefits the whole community, people and businesses alike.  I wish everyone who enters the Your Garden competition all the best and look forward to judging the finalists later in the year.  Here's to another year of fabulous floral displays across the town centre and borough".

To enter the Your Gardens competition or to nominate a garden in the borough, visit www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/env-your-gardens and complete an online application form.

Altenatively, request an application form by calling 01344 352000 or e-mailing yourgardens@bracknell-forest.gov.uk

Complete and return application forms to 'Your Gardens' Competition, Environmental Services, Commercial Centre, Central Depot, Old Bracknell Lane West, Bracknell RG12 7AE

Entries must be received by 14 June.

 

 

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