The deadline for entering your garden or green space into 2025’s Ealing Biodiversity Award is fast approaching. Do you have a front garden or Ealing green space you’re proud of? Are you rethinking your front door step? Do you want your balcony to support biodiversity? Do you love nature, birds and mini beasts? Then the Ealing Biodiversity Awards for gardens is for you!
This year’s competition is, again, being run by Cultivating Ealing, in collaboration with Ealing Council, and ActforEaling. With great prizes to be won, we are inviting new and experienced gardeners (and everyone in-between) to enter this exciting competition which is free to enter and open to all Ealing residents.
Scroll down to discover more about our 5 competition categories. If you’re looking for inspiration, click here for some ideas and tips on our website to help you in planning your wildlife friendly garden. And click here for some additional information about National Park City and Front Gardens, including information about Ealing Front Gardens Project
Entry forms for this year’s categories are available by clicking on the links below:
- Front Gardens (entries by 30 June) – sponsored by Leslie & Co, Estate Agents
Open to any private front garden within Ealing Borough. Click here to Enter. Ts & Cs available here.
- Micro Gardens & Balconies inc terraces & narrow boats (entries by 30 June) sponsored by Leslie & Co, Estate Agents
Open to any outdoor private small space without natural ground that uses containers for growing and can be viewed from the street. With limited space and the need for containers to grow plants, the judges will be looking for clever uses of space and creativity in how different features are incorporated. Click here to Enter. Ts & Cs available here.
- Street/Community Space (entries by 30 June) sponsored by Greener Ealing Ltd
Calling groups of neighbours and friends who have worked together to create in a community garden or neighbouring front gardens. The judges will want to learn how the growing has created a sense of community and what wider benefits have arisen.
Prizes will be awarded to the nominated representative of the group. Click here to Enter. Ts & Cs available here.
- Schools (entries by Friday 6 June) sponsored by Japan Services
Entrants to this year’s annual Schools Gardening Competition will 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 Schools Competition. Ts & Cs for the 2025 Schools Competition are available here.
- Allotment Plots & Sites (entries by Monday 9 June) – sponsored by Tom Boswell Tree Services Ltd
Entrants to this year’s annual Allotments Competitions will 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. Before entering click here to read the Allotments Ts & Cs
Download, Print and Post Entries to: Cultivating Ealing, 67 Mattock Lane, Ealing W13 9LJ
PLOTS Entry Form to download and print here. SITES Entry Form to download and print and here.
You can read more about last year’s competition at: Around Ealing: 2024 Competition Winners Announced
More information can be found here on our posted page here.
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