The Beautiful Durham gardening competition

Beautiful Durham encourages impressive floral displays and environmental improvements in the Durham City area. The aim is to create and celebrate a more attractive environment in which we can all live, visit or work. 

By entering your floral containers, garden, back yard, village, business, school or group into the competition, you will also be contributing to Durham City's entry into the Royal Horticultural Society's Northumbria in Bloom competition.

You can enter either online or by post. 

2020  competition dates

Dates for this year's competition: 

• entries will close on Wednesday 24 June 2020 
• judging will take place on Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 July 2020
• awards will be presented at a ceremony on Wednesday 7 October 2020

Businesses and properties in the highlighted areas below are eligible to enter the competition.

The map shows: Bearpark, Belmont, Bowburn, Brancepeth, Brandon, Brasside, Broompark, Carrville, Cassop, Coxhoe, Croxdale, Durham City, Esh Winning, Framwellgate Moor, Gilesgate, Hett, High Shincliffe, Kelloe, Langley Moor, Leamside, Littletown, Ludworth, Meadowfield, New Brancepeth, Newton Hall, Pittington, Pity Me, Quarrington Hill, Shadforth, Sherburn Hill, Sherburn Village, Shincliffe, Sunderland Bridge, West Rainton and Witton Gilbert.

Categories 

Even if you don't have a garden, you can still enter your plant pots, containers, window boxes or hanging baskets for your displays. There are 14 different categories to enter: 

1. Best business premises (large - public houses, hotels, shops; factories, warehouses)
2. Best business premises (small)
3. Best group horticultural project (schools,community groups, garden clubs, youth groups, churches, resident groups)
4. Best sheltered accommodation/complex/warden controlled area
5. Durham's best kept residential area
6. Best floral containers
7. Best house garden - small (under 150m²)
8. Best house garden - medium (150m squared to 300m²)
9. Best house garden - large (over 300m²)
10. Best yard or patio garden
11. Best allotment or kitchen garden
12. Best small village (population of up to 500)
13. Best village (population 501 to 2000)
14. Best large village (population over 2000)

Last year's results

A list of last year's winners is available upon request. contact us.

Further information

If you would like more information about the Beautiful Durham competition, please contact us.