ENTER THE MAIL’S 2017 GARDEN COMPETITION
ChelSea Flower Show might be over for the year, and Gardeners World live is just around the corner — but this is the real show of the season! The Daily Mail National Garden Competition, now in its 25th year, is open and is a superb opportunity for you to enter your garden and to share it with the judges. any garden of any size or type can be entered — if you’re proud of your garden, we’d love to hear from you. There are no classes, no hierarchy of what might be considered intrinsically better: from rooftop gardens, water gardens, formal, informal, conventional and thoroughly modern — they all stand a chance of winning the £2,000 first prize.
HOW TO ENTER
PLEASE send your entry to National Garden Competition, PO Box 485, Fleet GU51 9FF, by Friday, august 4, 2017. remember to include the following:
BETWEEN four and eight photos of your garden (which cannot be returned).
A PLAN of your garden.
YOUR full contact details including your name, postal address, contact telephone numbers (including a mobile number) and an email address (if available).
HOW IT WORKS
The judges will make a shortlist of gardens to visit, from which the four finalists will be decided. If the judges shortlist your garden and wish to visit it, you will be contacted by Saturday, august 5, 2017, and visits will take place between august 9 and 11. Four finalists will then be chosen and featured in Weekend magazine. Final judging will take place between august 16 and 18, and the winner will be featured in Weekend magazine.