Ruxley in Bloom 2025 Annual Gardening Competition
Ruxley Manor‘s annual gardening competition is back! Ruxley in Bloom 2025 will give everyone a chance to get out there and offers everything you could want from a gardening contest.
Ruxley in Bloom is as much about people and the community, as it is about plants and gardening. Founded on the principle that brightening up our outdoor spaces is good for us all, the competition gives individuals and local communities an opportunity to work together to bring about change.
There is free entry, professional independent judges and an abundance of prizes. With a range of categories to choose from, there’s plenty for hardy allotmenteers aiming to be the ‘pick of the crop’ to schools striving to be ‘top of the class’!
Heading up their judging panel is Jim Buttress, former Royal Gardener where he was responsible for Hyde Park, St James Park, Clarence House and Buckingham Palace. Jim has also won 8 gold medals at RHS Chelsea so knows a thing or two about judging!
A Little About Ruxley in Bloom 2025…
This year’s competition opens once again and gives those in the area the chance to get back out in the garden or to make an even bigger display in their outdoor space. Whether you’re a budding or hardy gardener, Ruxley in Bloom is for anyone and everyone.
They have a broad range of categories to choose from this year – including some new ones! There is a category to suit everybody and they encourage everyone to give their gardening competition a go.
For local schools, they have the Planted Container category and the Best School Allotment categories where the aim is to encourage schools and their pupils to dig deep and transform an allotment.
How to Enter
They will begin accepting entries when the competition is officially Launched on the 7th April 2025, when you will be able to enter via their contact form, accessible from this page (click here). If you prefer to enter the competition offline, please visit them in-store to pickup an entry form from the above date also. They are unable to send entry forms in the post.
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To enter, you must live within 15 miles of Ruxley Manor. You can choose to enter one or more categories and even nominate a neighbour, relative, business or community garden if you feel that their green-fingered talent deserves to be recognised!
For more information on the competition, as well as a full list of categories and criteria, please visit the Ruxley Manor Garden Centre website by clicking here.
Ruxley Manor Garden Centre
Maidstone Road
Sidcup
Kent
DA14 5BQ
