Our 2024 Gardening Competition is back again this year, with a new and improved way of judging. 

We have listened to you and this year we are letting you decide when we come and judge your garden. You tell us which week you’d like us to visit (between May and the first week of September) and one of the team will be there to see your Hydrangeas in full bloom!

This is a fantastic opportunity for ateb customers to show off your skills, no matter how big or small your garden is.  With great money prizes, judging in the flesh, small prizes for every child that enters, and a fabulous cream-teas prize-giving event open to all competitors and their closest, this is a competition not to be missed.

You can enter any of the following classes:

1/ Best Young Person’s Garden (Under 16 years old and includes a small prize for every child that enters).

2/ Best Eco-friendly / Wildlife Garden (Is your garden helping the environment in some way? EG use of water butts / bee or butterfly friendly / wormery / pollinators)

3/ Best Use of Old – This class celebrates the imaginative use of old items, you do not need to spend a lot of money to have a beautiful garden.

4/ Best Window Box or Best Hanging Basket

5/ Tallest Sunflower

6/ Most Improved Garden (You’ll need to send in ‘before’ photos to enter this class, so that we can see how your garden has improved)

7/ Best Accessible Garden 

8/ Best Edible Produce

9/ Most Innovative Use of SMALL SPACE

10/ Best Individual Garden

11/ Best Communal / Shared Garden (to have been nurtured by a group, rather than an individual)

12/ Best Kept Outdoor Space – This class is all about how clean and tidy you keep the space around your home.

13/ Best Kept Street or Estate – Do you take pride in your street? Do you keep it clean and tidy? Have you made improvements?

14/ Unsung Hero Award – Do you know someone who goes the extra mile to look after a communal garden / outdoor space who deserves a big thank you.

15/ Special Class – This is an outstanding achievement class awarded to one of our 14 winners. Winners in each class are automatically entered and Judges will choose one person or group to be crowned ateb’s premier gardener for 2024.

Prizes

1st £35

2nd £10

3rd £5 all classes

except for Classes 11 and 13 where there is a 1st prize of £100.

We will contact the winners during the week starting 23/09/24. Everyone, even if you are not a winner, will be contacted by email with the results of the competition.

All competitors, whether you are successful or not, are invited to the Prize Giving Tea-Party on Thursday 10th October 2024, venue tbc.

How to Enter

To enter, please use our online ENTRY FORM,

If you are not able to do that, please send the below information by email to [email protected]

• Name
• Address
• Phone number
• Email
• Week that you would like a judge to come and view your garden / produce etc. NB this can be between Wednesday 1st May to Friday 6th September.  2024: You choose the week we judge your entry!
• The names of the classes you’re entering

If you are unable to use our online entry form or email, please call us on 0800 854 568 with the above information.

Rules

• All entries must be in by 3pm on Friday 30th August 2024.
• We will visit you and your garden in person. All judge visits must be completed before Friday 6th September.
• You must be an ateb customer or have close connections to ateb, subject to judge approval. 
• You must allow at least ten days notice when requesting your judging week.
• We do not guarantee we will be able to visit during your requested judging week.
• If you are entering Class 6 – Most Improved Garden, you must send in ‘before’ photos, or short videos, before our visit.
• You may enter the same garden for any number of suitable classes.
• You must state which classes you’d like to enter when submitting your online entry form.
• Entries will be accepted by online form, email or over the phone as one of our team completes the online form. All entries are free of charge.
• Staff of ateb may not enter.
• By entering the ateb 2024 Gardening Competition, you are confirming you grant us permission to use photos taken of your garden on our website and social media.
• If we have less than 5 entries in any class we reserve the right to withdraw that class.
• We reserve the right to withdraw classes or the entire competition at any time. All judges decisions are final.

For more information please contact Ali Evans: 01437 774766 / 07500 446611  [email protected]

Published 20/02/2024

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