The Beautiful Durham gardening competition

The competition, which is free to enter, is open to residents, schools and organisations in Durham City and surrounding villages. Applications for this year's competition are currently closed.

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 and Britain in Bloom competitions.

You can enter either online or by post. Applications for the 2020 competition are currently closed.

2019 competition results

The 2019 competition is now closed. The winners were:

Best business premises
Daleside Arms, Croxdale - Special commendation
Finchale View Riding School, Leamside - Special commendation
The Brawns Den, Brandon - Special commendation
Court Inn, Durham - Winner

Best group horticultural project
Belmont Allotments Club - Special commendation
West Rainton & Leamside Parish Council - Special commendation
Durham Gilesgate Primary School - Winner

Best sheltered accommodation
Sherburn Hospital Care Home - Winner

Durham's best kept residential area
Sycamore Park, Brandon - Merit
Patterdale Close, Belmont - Special commendation
Wantage Road, Carrville - Winner

Best floral containers
HMP Durham - Merit
Brandon and Byshottles Parish Council, Langley Moor - Special commendation
A Burns, West Rainton - Special commendation
Mrs W Davison, Witton Gilbert - Special commendation
Mr P Thomson, Langley Moor - Special commendation
West Rainton and Leamside Parish Council - Special commendation
Finchale View Riding School, Leamside - Joint Winner
C Horton, Brandon - Joint Winner

Best house garden - small
J Peel, Coxhoe - Merit
Mr and Mrs Bell, Esh Winning- Special commendation
Finchale View Riding School, Leamside- Special commendation
C Horton, Brandon - Special commendation
Mr P Thomson, Langley Moor - Special commendation
Mr and Mrs Warburton, Esh Winning - Special commendation
R Wright, Durham - Special commendation
Mrs W Davison, Witton Gilbert - Winner

Best house garden - medium
Mr A Dornan, West Rainton - Merit
M Morritt and J Ritchie, Ushaw Moor - Merit
M Best, Durham- Special commendation
A Burns, West Rainton - Special commendation
Ms B Hume, Durham - Special commendation
Mr D Brown, Durham - Joint Winner
Mr P Wall, Belmont - Joint Winner

Best house garden - large
Mr J Deller, Shincliffe - Special commendation
Mr J McMahon, Sherburn Village - Special commendation
G and A Young, High Wooley - Special commendation
Mr S Feather, Durham - Winner

Best back yard or patio area
Finchale View Riding School, Leamside- Merit
Mrs B Hopper, Brandon - Special commendation
Mr S Thomson, Framwellgate Moor - Winner

Best allotment or kitchen garden
Mr N Garlick, Leamside - Special commendation
Mr R Hockin, West Rainton - Special commendation
Mr A Hopps, Brandon - Special commendation
D Snowdon, Waterhouses - Winner

Best small village
Shincliffe Village - Winner

Best village
Broompark - Special commendation
Quarrington Hill - Special commendation
High Shincliffe - Winner

Best large village
Coxhoe - Special Commendation
Sherburn Village - Special commendation
West Rainton and Leamside Parish - Special commendation
Belmont Parish Council - Winner