ENTER OUR BRILLIANT NEW COMPETITION

BRITAIN’S BEST PATIO

Is your patio your pride and joy? Then why not enter our competition to find the most beautiful patio in Britain – with the chance to win a fabulous £5,000 prize.

It doesn’t matter what shape or size your patio is – it can be your whole outside space, an outdoor ‘room’ adjoining your home or just a tiny area tucked away at the bottom of your garden. All we ask is that it is primarily an area of hard landscaping with a large part of the planting in containers. And don’t worry if the rest of your garden isn’t up to show standard – all we’ll be looking at is your extra-special patio. So if you love your patio, please do share it with us – you could be the lucky £5,000 winner!

HOW TO ENTER

Send your entry to Patio Garden Competition, PO Box 485, Fleet, Hampshire GU51 9FF. Entries must arrive by Friday 20 July and include: Four to eight photos of your patio (which have not been unreasonably enhanced by means such as Photoshop). These cannot be returned.

A plan of your patio including key dimensions and aspects (i.e. the direction it faces). Hand-drawn or computer-produced is fine.

Full contact details – name, postal address, telephone number (including mobile phone) and email address. The judges will make a shortlist of patios to visit and then contact the successful shortlisted entrants by Sunday 22 July.

Final judging will take place in the week starting Monday 23 July. The winner will be announced in Weekend magazine in August.

COMPETITION RULES

The competition is open only to amateur gardeners, who do not design, maintain or build gardens for payment.

Entrants should have designed and planted the patio themselves, maintain it themselves and have the permission of the patio owner.

Entrants should be aware that their patio may be used for promotional purposes in conjunction with the competition.

Entrants cannot submit patios that have previously won an award.

Entrants must be aged 18 or over and be UK residents. Usual Daily Mail rules apply, see newspaper for details. Judges’ decision is final.

First prize of £5,000 is awarded to one winner.

£5,000 PRIZE