Submit your entries for Connect in Bloom

Summer is here and so is our Connect in Bloom gardening competition!

From June 29 you’ll be able to submit your entries to be in with a chance of winning up to £100 in vouchers!

You can put your garden forward for a maximum of two out of the three categories. Just be sure to make your submission before the deadline, which is Yorkshire Day on 1 August 2026.

The winners will be announced on August 14.

If this sounds like something you’d love to do, but you need a little help to fund your ideas, please reach out to your Community Housing Officer or the Tenant Engagement team and ask about seed funding!

Categories

Greatest Transformation

£100 voucher first prize and £25 voucher runner-up prize.

This will be awarded to the best private or communal garden that has gone from looking a little neglected to being a tidy, usable space.

Growing Together

£100 voucher first prize and £25 voucher runner-up prize.

This award will go to the best communal area or garden where a community has come together to make it a beautiful space. This isn’t just aimed at our community groups – any streets and schemes with a small area can get involved.

Golden Trowel

£100 voucher first prize, £50 voucher second prize, and £25 voucher third.

This award will go to the garden/outdoor space that’s best in show! This can be anything from a garden or shared space to a balcony or window box display.

How to enter

To enter your garden into the competition, you just need to send us the following information either by post or email:

• Name and location of entry
• Award/s you are entering
• Pictures of the gardens
• Contact number

Email: GettingInvolved@connecthousing.org.uk

Post: Connect In Bloom, 21 Bond Street, Dewsbury, WF13 1AX