If you have any questions about the competition entry process please contact the RHS Communities Team via email - gardencompetition@rhs.org.uk or call: 07734 962395

The personal data you supply as part of your competition entry submission will be used by the RHS and BBC Studios for the purpose of running the competition and featuring it on The One Show. This includes: contacting you if your Entry is selected as a finalist, to arrange a broadcast interview(s) and/or filming and taking photographs for publicity by the BBC The One Show and RHS on the BBC The One Show, potentially BBC Morning Live, iPlayer, BBC and RHS social media and any other media, and announcing and the finalists and the winning entry. Please read the full Privacy Notice here.

You can find the competition terms and conditions here. You will be asked to agree to these after filling in the form.

Your competition entry will be automatically saved as you go. We would advise you to draft your answers separately before completing the online entry form.

Please note: you will be required to submit a minimum of 4 images of your project and should have these ready to upload before completing your entry.

* Questions with an asterix must be completed
Under 'Project name' please provide the name of your transformation project. This will be how we refer to your project if your competition entry should be successful.

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* Project Name

Eligibility Quiz

In this section we want to make sure that you are eligible to enter this competition.

Please carefully read all the questions below.

You will need to be able to answer 'yes' to all the questions and check all the boxes to confirm your eligibility.

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* Eligibility check list

For examples of sustainable gardening practices please visit the RHS website
Your Group and Contact Details

For this section we want to find out more about your group and where your project has taken place.

The contact details that you provide here will be used for getting in touch with you so please double check that they are correct.

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* 1. Community Group Name

This will be used on any certificate or award that may be provided to your community group. Please make sure that the name and spelling is correct.

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* 1a. If you have partnered with other groups to deliver the project please list them here (optional)

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* 1b. Did your Community Group enter the RHS & The One Show Growing Together Award 2025 for Community Gardening competition last year?

Community garden groups that entered the competition previously may re-enter the competition in 2026 and the transformation can be the same one submitted last year provided your group did not win or receive a runner up prize (outstanding award) in previous years.

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* 2. Community Group Type

Please choose the type of group you most closely associate with

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* 2a. Please let us know if your group is associated with (optional)

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* 3. Which UK region or nation does your group work in?

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* 4. Contact Details

Please provide the contact details of the person who will be the main contact for your competition entry.

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* Please provide postal details

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* 5. The location of your transformed garden space

Please enter the address and postcode of the location of your transformed space.

If your transformed space does not have an address or postcode, please tell us the location of your transformed garden space by using the What3words format.

Enter address, postcode or what3words identifier for your transformed space

To use what3words, log onto the What3words website. Once you are on the website, use the search box to type in the nearest known address to your space. Zoom into the map to where your space is bringing up the square grid. Select the square relating to the area of your garden space. This will then generate the 'what 3 words' identifier for your garden space location. You should then enter the 3 words here.
Competition Entry

Your competition entry will be assessed based on your answers to the following questions and photos you provide in support of your entry.

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* 6. Please describe your transformation of the under-used space into a community garden. (Please keep to 300 words, surplus words will not be judged)

Suggested guidance; your answers may include:
  • What was it like before you started work?
  • How much work have you done to transform it into the community gardening space it is today?
  • How have you overcome any challenges along the way?
  • What factors were taken into account such as environmental or local issues?
  • Did you talk to the local community about making the changes?
  • Why did you transform this space, and why is it important to your groups' activities?
  • Is there anything that makes this space or project special or unique?
  • Has it benefitted the local environment, (such as helping nature thrive) or the local community?

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* 7. Please tell us about the people who are new to gardening and who have been making use of your transformed space. (Please keep to 300 words, surplus words will not be judged)

Suggested guidance - your answer may include:
  • Rather than listing generic groups (e.g. older people, isolated people, or parents) please try to identify the specific communities that have made use of the space such as residents of a local care home, people who live alone in a specific area or local food bankusers.
  • They may be from under-represented local communities such as ethnic groups or people with disabilities who do not have access to community gardens.
  • How you identified and approached the communities.
  • What gardening activities they have taken part in and positive changes they have seen, how you addressed any barriers to participation, how you intend to build lasting relationships and if this has led to long-term relationships or participation and learning.
  • Please tell us whether the new people have participated in a one off activity or whether they have become more regular gardeners.
  • Have there been wider impacts such as integrating more people with the community or improving civic pride in where people live and work?

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* 7a. How many people who are new to gardening have been making use of the transformed space? (Approximately 300 word limit)

If you do not know the exact number, please provide your best estimation.
Image Upload

Attachments may be supplied as follows:
1. Upload JPEG, PNG or JPG files. Maximum file size is 10MB per file.
2. Please do not upload any further written material as this will not be considered here. The written component of your entry should be fully explained within worded question responses in the Competition Entry section.

Please note: Each of the RHS and the BBC may, but is not required to, make any part of your competition entry submission available on their websites, the BBC, IPlayer and any other media, in connection with any publicity relating to the competition.

It is the responsibility of the lead community group applicant on behalf of the community garden group to have gained relevant written consents from individuals featured in the photographs, footage or content submitted as part of your competition entry, including consents from parents/guardians of any children aged 16 and under, to share their photographs, footage or content with the RHS and BBC for the purpose of this competition.

By submitting your competition entry you will be granting each of the RHS and the BBC a non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable licence to use, display, publish, transmit, copy, edit, alter, store, re-format and sub-licence any part of their competition entry submission for such purposes relating to the competition.
8. Please upload a minimum of four images (maximum eight) of your transformed space and the people using it.

If you have one, please include an image of what the under-used space looked like before your Community Group transformed it.

You should include images that show how your community is making use of the gardening space, including the new people that are gardening as a result of your transformed space where possible.

Please try to include different elements of the transformed garden to demonstrate its uses. For example, this may include seating areas, food growing areas, signage for users or composting areas. Choose images that show broad areas of the transformed space, not close-up shots of plants. You can include a brief description of the file in the 'File details' box with
each uploaded file.

See the RHS Community Gardening Photography guide for more information on taking good images.

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* 8a.

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* File Details (Optional)

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* 8b.

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* 8c.

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* 8d.

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* 8e.

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* 8f.

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* 8g.

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* 8h.

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Terms & Conditions

Before you submit your competition entry, please click the link below to open and read the Competition Terms & Conditions including the privacy notice. After you have read the information you will need to check the box to confirm you have read and agreed to them.

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* I agree to the RHS Competition Terms & Conditions

Please click the 'Done' button below to submit your competition entry.

You will not be able to edit it once you have clicked 'Done'.
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