Growing for Gold – Summer Competitions!

It’s not too late to enter the Scarecrow Competition or the re-vamped City Gardens Competition.

Gardeners entering this year’s Gardens competition will be competing for Bronze, Silver & Gold awards.

The competition is open to everyone in Salisbury.  There have been excellent entries from private gardens, care homes and schools in recent years – we’d love to see more entries this year though! As well as entries from businesses too, from pub gardens in the city centre to the lovely gardens kept by our guest houses, hotels, cafes and restaurants.

If gardening isn’t quite your thing but you have a creative side then maybe the city’s Scarecrow Competition is for you. Open to all residents and organisations in the city this competition has seen a number of colourful and unique characters in recent years.

To enter either competition, download an entry form or pop into our Information Centre, Fish Row, (to the rear of the Guildhall) to pick one up.

Scarecrow Competition Entry Form

Gardens Competition Entry Form

Terms and Conditions Scarecrow Competition

Terms and Conditions Gardens Competition

Entry forms must be received by Friday 28 June 2013.

Allotment Competition

The City's annual Allotment Competition entries should be in by 24 May 2013 and judging of plots should take place during the second week in July (weather permitting).  There will be an Overall Prize and a First, Second and Third winner from each Allotment Site.

If you would like to enter your allotment into this year’s competition, then all you need to do is tell us and you can do this;  in person, by post, by email or by phone.  The entry form and Competition Terms & Conditions are available below,  but if you would like a paper copy of these please contact us.

Allotment Competition Entry Form and Terms and Conditions

Hidden Nature - A photography competition for 2013

The deadline for this competition is now past, but watch this space for details of the lucky winners very soon!

 

Gilbert Colouring Competition - winning entries 2012

 

If you are a keen gardener why not enter our Gardens Competition?

Schools Category –
Woodlands Primary and Sarum St Paul’s schools were awarded joint first prizes.

Care Homes category –
First prize- Milford House
Second prize - Little Manor
Third prize - Milford Manor third
Highly Commended and Mayor’s Prize -  Meadow View

Private Gardens  Category-
First prize - Mr and Mrs Dolding
Second prize - Angela Bywater
Third prize – Mr and Mrs Lawrence

Highly Commended - Mrs Cowie and Jeanne Waller

 

If you are an artistic gardener who needs to keep the birds away – have a go at our Scarecrow Competition

First Prize -  Holmwood Residential Home for their representation of the Queen

Second Prize - Kimberley House’s Pipe Smoking Farmer
Third - Milford House with Benjamin Britten.

City Allotment Competition Winners 2012

Over All Winner    Amanda White    1B The Butts

The Butts        
1st    Amanda White    1B
2nd    Mr T White    25A
3rd    Diane Wood    45

        
Cow Lane        
1st    Mr K Lawrence    4/5
Joint 2nd    Mr R Fuller    1
Joint 2ND    Mr P Grant    9
3rd    Mr J Allnut    26
        
Coldharbour Lane        
1st    Mrs S Bugden    6
2nd    Mr R Shaw    25B
3rd    Mrs Jenkins    24B
        
Fisherton A        
1st    Marianne Clare    2
2nd    Mr P Talty    65
3rd    Mrs D Newman    72
        

Fisherton B        
1st    Mr R Hayes    46
2nd    Mr J Clifford    23
3rd    Anne Morris    14
        
Fisherton C/D        
1st    Mr J Haggaty    16
2nd    Mrs A Franklin    31
3rd    Sarah Luckham    26
        
London Road        
1st    Mr and Mrs Grimes    1

2nd    Karen Payne    66A
3rd    Mr K Day    64
        
Stratford Road        
1st    Matthew and Robert Short    39
2nd    Joe Cooper    26
3rd    Dan Adam    24
        
The Tunnel        
1st    Mr D Dolding    30
2nd    Mary Reardon    38
3rd    RETHINK    45
        
Warres Acre        
1st    Mr and Mrs D Harris    3
2nd    Mr R Bacon    4
3rd    Mr J Tribbeck    12
        

Westwood        
1st    Mrs H Beaven    3

2nd    Mr T Martin    13
        
Wiltshire Road        
1st    Mr R Schwender    13
2nd    Kyra Voce    18

3rd    Mr P Allenby-Braice    11

 

City Schools Sunflower Competition 2012

Winner – Wyndham Park Infants School – 123cm

 

Previous Competitions

City Gardens Competition 2011

The City Gardens Competition is generously sponsored by

Private Garden Category

Residential /Care Home Category

School Category

 Business Category

Gilbert Colouring Competition - winning entries

The Summer Photography Competition 2011
Celebrating Constable and the Landscape

This competition was run in conjunction with Salisbury Arts Centre

Winner: 'Misty Constable Bridge' taken by Alan Clarke

Runner up: 'Peter's Finger and Clarendon Palace' taken by Rashida Furber

Schools Sunflower Competition 2011

Launched for the first time this year, an impressive array of majestic sunflowers appeared in many of our schools.

Overall winner: Godolpin School

Scarecrow Competition 2011

We were thrilled with the number of entries across the City which certainly proved to be a colourful and entertaining competition.

Overall winner: Diane Poynting with Flora, 2nd – P Harris for her Scarecrow with Pipe and Castle View Nursing Home 3rd with Castle View Charlie

 

Sarum Academy and Salisbury City Council Photography Competition 2010

Salisbury City Council ran an exciting new photography competition in conjunction with Sarum Academy this summer.

Under the guidance of teacher Becky Middlehurst, Year 10 and 11 pupils were asked to take photographs of the buildings, parks or open spaces owned and managed by the City Council - with free rein to then digitally edit, enhance and colour their pictures. View the entries here in the gallery above.

City Gardens Competition 2010

Salisbury City Council was delighted to announce the return of the City Council Gardens Competition. 2010 saw many entries from across the city - from private houses to care homes and schools. The standard of gardens in all instances was excellent.

Judging was based on criteria ranging from quality of plants, design and layout to sustainability and good practice.
First prize in the Private Gardens category was awarded to Mrs J Tibbs for her effective use of space, clever choice of plants and her sustainable gardening methods. Second prize went to Mrs J Dolding and third to Ms G Kalinowski.

St Osmund’s School, under the guidance of Mrs Sarah Varney and Xanthe Dell, came first amongst the other entries. The school were commended on their range of planting, quality vegetables and a layout designed with pupils in mind. Second prize was awarded to the Little Manor Nursing Home. Third prize was awarded to the grounds of Turning Point, Meadow View.

There are many beautiful gardens across Salisbury in private homes; communal areas of residential homes and at local businesses.