The Council’s gardening competitions see borough residents of all ages show off their impressive horticultural skills. The popular annual event helps to show Newcastle-under-Lyme at its blooming best.
Green-fingered gardeners in Newcastle-under-Lyme are being invited to enter the Council’s annual gardening competitions this summer.
The Council is once again running a range of floral contests to help the borough look its blooming best as part of this year’s Heart of England in Bloom entry which has a “Plant a Bloomin’ Tree” theme.
The categories are allotments, community gardens, community projects (schools), licensed premises/businesses and residential gardens.
The deadline for applications is 5pm on Friday, 10 June and judging takes place towards the end of June and during July. Certificates and donated prizes will be awarded to winners at a ceremony at the New Vic Theatre later in the year.
The competitions are sponsored by local businesses in recognition of the economic benefits that an attractive environment brings.
Cllr. Jill Waring, Cabinet member for…
