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Fareham in Bloom has been bringing our community together for over 25 years. It has grown into a well-known and successful gardening campaign involving residents throughout the Borough and encourages local communities to provide bright and colourful planting schemes.
Residents are to invited to submit a photo online of their garden, open space, fruit and veg patch, hanging basket, window box or something else they're proud of in their outdoor space to be in with the chance of winning a prize.
There are 5 categories to enter, with an additional Mayor's Gold Award in celebration of the Borough's 50th anniversary in 2024.
With thanks to our kind sponsors, St Margaret's Nursery and Eco Support.
When will winners be announced?
There are five categories to enter. Please read each description carefully to ensure you enter the correct category.
Please contact us if you are unsure which category to enter.
Once you have submitted your entry we may be in touch if we think your entry would fit better in another category.
Please note there is no Young Green Fingers category this year. Children are still welcome to enter into another category with their parents/guardian's permission.
To enter, please complete one of the online forms below and upload one photo and short description about your entry.
Every entry will receive a 10% off voucher for St Margaret's Nurseries via email.
Please submit only one photo. Collages will not be accepted.
Please see the Terms and Conditions before entering.
Please complete one of the forms below.
Entries open on Tuesday 7 May. The closing date for entries is Tuesday 2 July at 12pm.
After the closing date, all photos will be uploaded to the Council's Facebook page 
.
The public will be asked to vote for their favourite photo in each category via Facebook likes or via email.
A member of the judging panel, along with a community volunteer, will then visit the two entries for each category receiving the highest number of votes received by the public. Based on what the judges view and hear from the entrant about their entry will determine the winning garden.
The garden visits will take place on Friday 23 August. You must be available on this date for the judges to visit you. Unfortunately, alternative dates cannot be arranged. If you cannot make this date, then your entry will be judged based on the photo and description submitted.
School visits will take place on Friday 6 September.
The `Something Small` category will not have a visit and will be judged purely on the photo and description submitted.
The winning entries in each category will also be put forward to the Mayor for judging, who will pick the best entry overall. The winner of the Mayor's Gold Award will receive a £50 voucher for St Margaret's Nursery in addition to the prize they received for winning in their category.
Public voting will open on Monday 15 July and will close on Tuesday 30 July at 10am.
You will be contacted if you are one of the top two entries that will receive a garden visit from the judges.
The winners will be announced in September. You will be notified if you are successful.
The winner of each category, along with one guest, will be invited to a tea party in the Mayor's Parlour to receive their prize.
Category |
Prize |
| Best Garden | Annual subscription to the Council's Garden Waste Scheme |
| Businesses and schools | £30 voucher for St Margaret's Nursery |
| Community | £30 voucher for St Margaret's Nursery |
| Something Small | £30 voucher for St Margaret's Nursery |
| Sustainable | £30 voucher for St Margaret's Nursery |
| Mayor's Gold Award | £50 voucher for St Margaret's Nursery |
When you submit an entry, your data is being collected for the purpose of this competition. It will be retained for the duration of the competition plus 6 months after the winner has been announced. Your details will be shared internally in order for you to be contacted in regard to the competition. Your name and locality (e.g. Locks Heath) will be shared on the Council's website and social media channels in order to identify your entry; however, this is not a condition of the competition and you may still enter if you do not wish for your data to be shared publicly. If you are a winner of your category, your name will be shared with the local press via a press release about the winners. However, this is not a condition of the competition and you may still enter if you do not wish for your data to be shared publicly. You have the right to withdraw your information at any point and can do so by contacting the Council. Further information about your rights can be found on our Data Protection page.
If you are happy for your information to be shared, please tick the appropriate box on the online entry form.
More information about your privacy is available on the Council's website or on request.
If you have any questions or queries please contact the Leisure and Community Team on inbloom@fareham.gov.uk
Check out the winning entries for Fareham in Bloom 2023:
Congratulations to our runners-up:
Residents from all over the Borough submitted photographs of their outdoor spaces, big or small, after the competition opened in April.
Voting took place by 'liking' the photos on Facebook or emailing inbloom@fareham.gov.uk.
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