Doncaster Council

The Doncaster in Bloom Competition 2009

Doncaster in Bloom is an annual competition, which is for individuals, businesses and local organisations within the Doncaster Borough.

The categories range from Best Hanging Basket or Container, Best Presented Garden and a Young Person's Category. There's something for everyone.

The size of the garden is not important, the judges look for creativity, colour and originality.

Local businesses can also get involved. As well as entering the Best Commercial Premises category, companies can support Doncaster in Bloom by sponsoring one of the competition categories. Please contact Community Parks for more details.

Trophies and prizes will be awarded for the various categories, and these were awarded to the winners at a presentation evening on Wednesday 21st October.

Applications closed on the 30th June 2009 with a record number of entries.

The results for the 2009 competition have been published on the results web page within this area of the website. The results for the 2009 competition can be seen on the following page:

Doncaster in Bloom 2009 Results

All the categories are listed below.

Category 1 - Best Presented Garden

In this category judges assess the overall quality of plants as well as design and maintenance of the garden.

Category 1a  Entries are restricted to Council Owned Properties only. Please contact St Leger Homes on 01302 862731 for details.

Category 2 - Best Hanging Basket or Container

This category is for a container of any shape or size that is used to create an interesting display.  Additional points are awarded for originality!

Category 2a Entries are restricted to Council Owned Properties only. Please contact St Leger Homes 01302 862731 for details.

Category 3 - Commercial Premises

This category is for all businesses premises including shops, pubs, restaurants, petrol stations and hotels that has a horticultural delight which contributes to the attractiveness of the local area.

Category 4 - Community or Group Garden

In this category judges assess the use of plants, encouraging community involvement (two or more people), using environmentally friendly practices and initiatives that have been developed to promote and ensure cleanliness.

Category 5 - Best Environmental Garden

Gardens entered into this category incorporate recycled and reclaimed materials, combined with suitable planting to encourage wildlife habitats.

Category 6 - Young Persons

This category is for children, schools, special schools and colleges. The planting and maintenance of the garden or feature must be done by young people and the main emphasis of the judging will be on the practical gardening skills used.

Category 7 - Most Unusual Container

Does your garden have an unusual container, do you grow your beans in bucket - tomatoes in a tyre or begonias in a boot, then this is the category for you.

Neighbourhood Award

As part of the Doncaster in Bloom competition an inter-Neighbourhood competition takes place.

A selection of elected members, who are portfolio holders, travel throughout the 5 neighbourhood areas look for evidence of the engagement of the wider community. They check for the design and quality of floral displays and the standard of maintenance. They also check the environmental quality with the absence of litter, dog fouling, graffiti, fly posting and weeds. 

Most importantly the overall impression of the area showing the efforts made by the communities in the improvement and sustainability of their local environment.

Judging

Applications closed on the 30th June 2009 with a record number of entries.

Judging took place during July and August by appointment only.

Results of the 2009 competition are available on the Doncaster in Bloom results web page.