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  • Friday, July 11 – Entry Deadline for Mayor Walsh’s Garden Contest

    Launched as part of Mayor Walsh’s citywide beautification initiative, the contest recognizes gardeners who have landscaped, planted flowers, trees, and shrubs, and, in the process, helped beautify Boston’s neighborhoods.

    First place winners in the garden categories will receive the coveted “Golden Trowel” award from Mayor Walsh and prize packages from the Parks Department, Mahoney’s Garden Centers of Brighton and other sponsors at an awards ceremony in August in the Public Garden. Grand Prize provided by JetBlue.

    Mayor Walsh will recognize Garden Contest Hall of Fame inductees this year. To be eligible to be in the Hall of Fame, a gardener must have won three or more times. Residents and businesses are encouraged to nominate their own or a neighbor’s garden, window box, or front, back, or side yard. Only gardens planted by amateur gardeners are eligible to take part in the contest. No professionally contracted work will be allowed to enter. Entrants are required to submit photographs of their garden along with an official entry form. Using these photos, judges will narrow the entrants to five finalists per category. Site visits by contest judges will determine the winners.

    Your photo(s) and completed nomination form must be received at our Boston offices by July 11, 2014 at 11:59PM to be eligible for competition.

    Entries without photographs will not be accepted.
    Online Entry Form – http://www.cityofboston.gov/parks/gardencontest/gardencontest.aspx
    Complete the form online and upload up to 5 digital photos of your garden.
    For More Information call 617-635-4505 or email GardenContest@cityofboston.gov. Pictured below, last year’s first place senior garden in Roslindale.

  • Friday, July 12, 5:00 pm – Deadline for Application: Mayor Menino’s 2013 Garden Contest

    Amateur gardeners who are Boston residents, operate a Boston business, or who design and maintain an organization garden, join the citywide celebration of urban gardening with Mayor Menino’s 2013 Garden Contest, generously sponsored by Comcast.  The Grand Prize is provided by jetBlue.  Photographs or images submitted to the Boston Parks & Recreation Department become City of Boston property and may be used for press or marketing purposes.  The Department has the right to choose the appropriate garden category for entrants, if one has not been chosen, or if management believes the garden should be placed in a different category.  Gardeners may only win one category.

    Categories are: Porch, Balcony, Deck, or Window Box Garden; Shade Garden; Small Yard Garden (250 square feet or less); Medium Yard Garden (250 to 500 square feet); Large Yard Garden (larger than 500 square feet); Community Garden; Vegetable or Herb Garden; Senior Garden Category (65+); and Storefront, Organization, or Main Street District Garden.  The judging criteria are general appeal, use of color, neatness, variety, quality, sustainability, and art.  Participants who have won three or more times in the last ten years will automatically be entered in the second annual Mayor’s Garden Contest Hall of Fame.  These distinguished garden hall-of-famers are able to participate as an honorary judge during the 2013 contest, but will not be eligible to participate as a contestant.  The winner of the grand prize will be awarded roundtrip flights for four to any nonstop destination from Boston.  Terms, conditions, and blackout dates apply.  Applications with photos may be mailed to Mayor Menino’s Garden Contest, Boston Parks & Recreation Department, 1010 Massachusetts Avenue, 3rd floor, Boston, MA 02118, or apply online at www.cityofboston.gov/parks/gardencontest. Thank you, boston.com, for the image of a past winner’s garden, below:

    http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/assets_c/2012/08/Linh%27s%20Garden%201-thumb-520x333-80200.jpg

  • Mayor Menino’s Garden Contest 2011

    The July 15 entry deadline is almost upon us – enter Mayor Menino’s Garden Contest 2011, a citywide celebration of urban gardening, generously sponsored by Comcast and the Boston Herald.  All Boston residents, businesses, or organizational gardens are eligible, as long as the gardener is an amateur.  Gardens will be judged on the basis of general appeal (natural or formal), use of color, definition, neatness, the variety and quality of plant material, and garden hardware, furnishings, and art.  Submit photo of the nominated garden to Mayor Menino’s Garden Contest, Boston Parks and Recreation Department, 1010 Massachusetts Avenue, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02118, along with your name, address, telephone number and email address, or apply online at www.cityofboston,gov/parks/gardencontest.  Categories:  Porch, Balcony, Deck or Window Box Garden; Shade Garden; Small Yard Garden (250 square feet or less); Medium Yard Garden (250 square feet – 500 square feet); Large Yard Garden (larger than 500 square feet); Community Garden; Vegetable or Herb Garden; Storefront, Business or Organization Garden.  Photographs or images submitted to the Boston Parks & Recreation Department become City of Boston property and may be used for press or marketing purposes.  Gardeners may only win one category per year.  For more information, call 617-961-3051.  Chitose Suzuki’s photo of South End garden below courtesy of www.townhousecenter.org.