38th Annual Cleaner Community Garden Competition 2023

Letterkenny Tidy Towns launch the 38th Annual Cleaner Community Garden Competition

We are delighted to run our Annual Garden Competition for 2023 with four categories to enter this year – Best Large Garden, Best Small Garden, Best Wildlife Friendly Garden and our new award Best Kept Apartment Balcony Flower Display.

The competition is open now and will run until the 12th July 2023, the entries will then be judged and each category winner will receive a trophy and an Alcorns gift voucher. (Please note we can only accept entries from Letterkenny and the surrounding townlands.)

The Large Garden competition is known as the Sean Higgins Memorial Award. Adjudication will cover planting, colour including shrubs, grassy areas and flower borders encouraging wildlife.

The Small Garden competition is known as the Charles and Rose Devlin Memorial Award. Adjudication will cover planting, colour including shrubs, grassy areas, and flower borders encouraging wildlife.

The Wildlife-Friendly Garden competition is known as the May McClintock Memorial Award, sponsored by An Taisce. For examples of what we might be looking for in this category, see the biodiversity section of our website.

Our new category this year is Best Kept Apartment Balcony Flower Display Award, this category will cover flower/plany displays and making the most of your space.

We can’t wait to see the amazing gardens in the Letterkenny area – SEND your entries NOW to lktidy@gmail.com or via our Facebook page or post/drop in pictures to Magees Pharmacy.

 

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