Allotment Plots & Sites Competition 2025 (entries by 9 June)
Once again we are delighted to announce our Allotment Plots & Sites Competition which Cultivating Ealing took over from Ealing in Bloom in 2019. This year plots and sites will be judged once only during week commencing 30 June 2025
ALLOTMENT PLOTS JUDGING CRITERIA 2025
Visual impact, originality, wow factor: Design, placement of structures, paths and features, use of colour.
Biodiversity/sustainability: Water conservation, compost, wildlife friendly area, wild flowers, plants to attract pollinators, birds and wildlife. Bird feeder, bug habitat. Recycling and upcycling. Evidence that biodiversity practice supports cultivation, eg pond/bog area for amphibians.
Crops/fruit/flowers: Health of planting, companion planting, succession planting, disease free, quality of crops. Balance of edible and other planting.
Maintenance: Plots, paths, open area, structures. Soil condition, use of mulch. Trees pruned, plants supported.
Productivity of plot
Entrants to this year’s annual Allotments Competitions will also be asked to opt in if they wish to be considered for a Biodiversity Award alongside the existing awards. Click Here to Enter the 2025 Allotment PLOTS Competition Click Here to enter the 2025 Allotment SITES Competition.
Entry Forms to Download, Print and Post to: Cultivating Ealing, 67 Mattock Lane, Ealing W13 9LJ
PLOTS Entry Form to download and print SITES Entry Form to download and print
Before entering click here to read the Allotments Ts & Cs