Harrogate in Bloom Competitions

Throughout the year we run a number of competitions to recognise endeavour and to encourage more involvement.

Children's Art Competition 2024

The first competition of the year is always for children. The theme of our 2024 competition is 'Peace' - something we all want for every generation.

Children between the ages of seven and eleven years are challenged to design a flower bed on this theme, which will be planted in 2025, on the circular bed near the main entrance of the Valley Gardens.

An information pack will be delivered to each school which expresses an interest in entering. We look forward to seeing some beautiful designs. The closing date for entries is 14th June 2024.

Harrogate in Bloom Awards 2024

Harrogate in Bloom values the contribution made by all floral

features in the town; therefore we would like to invite you to

enter your premises for our Bloom Awards.

The 2024 categories are:

Hotels and Guest Houses
Pubs and Restaurants
Communal grounds
Residential Community

Points were awarded for:

First Impression/ overall design
Planting appropriate in colour/scale with summer interest
Containers appropriate size and style Click the pdf. for an Entry Form:
Paving, paths, fabric well maintained/ signage in good order
Plants in good condition/disease free/dead headed
Noticeable environmental features and/or residents involvement

All entrants will be judged against standards set by the RHS. The results will be announced at the “Harrogate in Bloom” Awards evening on 19th September at The West Park Hotel.

Closing date for entries: 30th June 2024. Judging will take place between 16 – 26 July.

School Garden Award 2024

Harrogate in Bloom’s School Garden Award is for all schools - both Primary/Junior Schools and Secondary/Senior Schools.

The trophy is for the best School Garden.

The judges are looking for:
• A good first impression
• Are you making a difference to your school environment?
• Do you work hard to keep it looking beautiful for everyone visiting your school to enjoy?
• Does your garden encourage wildlife?
• Are the pupils directly involved in creating and maintaining the garden?

As with all our competitions, all entries will be judged against the standards set by the RHS. The results will be announced at the “Harrogate in Bloom” Awards evening on Thursday 19th September at The West Park Hotel.

Closing date for entries: 21st June 2024. Judging will take place between 1st - 4th July.

Click the pdf. for an Entry Form:

"Happy Harrogate" design

planted in Valley Gardens in 2023.

2023 Competition winners

School Gardens Award

Shop Window Competition

Hotels & Guesthouses

Communal Grounds

Pubs and Restaurants

Residential Communities

Best Allotment site

Discretionary Award

Best Allotment Plot

Discretionary Award

Hammond Mann Trophy

McCrindle Trophy

Crowther Trophy

Harrogate in Bloom Shield

Parks Dept. Rose Shield

Bettys Teapot

Edgar Scholey Shield

Harrogate Chamber of Trade & Commerce Trophy Harrogate Borough Council Trophy President’s Award Mayor’s Trophy

Richard Taylor School

Helen James

The White Hart Hotel

Royal House, Laxford Ltd

The Winter Gardens

Swan Court

Pine Street Allotments

Open Country

Peter Walker

Refuse Collection Team

Carolyn Rothwell

The Children’s Art Competition 2022 was to design a bed depicting ‘Happy Harrogate’ as Harrogate is deemed to be one of the happiest place to live in the UK! Schools taking part were Brackenfield, St Peter’s C of E School, Richard Taylor C of E School and Oatlands Junior School. It was decided to amalgamate the better entries and the winners were George Barrat and Ava Ulyett from Brackenfield and Charlotte Collyer, Sophie Bolton and Noah from Oatlands Junior School. The design was planted in the Valley Gardens in 2023.