2026 Guildford in Bloom Competition

Every one of your entries made Guildford Greener!

2026 Best in Competition

The Compasses Inn

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Congratulations also to all our Category winners:

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Individual Garden Categories

Best Small Front Garden :                                                  Mary and Keith Lawrence

Best Large Front Garden :                                                 Simon & Dominie Tranter

Best Allotment & Kitchen Garden :                                 Les and Stella Hind

Best New Allotment Tenant:                                             Clive & Mark

Best Garden for Wildlife/Pollinators :                             David Knapp       

Best Small Space :                                                              Sonia Paterson

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Community Garden Categories

Community and Neighbourhood Projects :                 HMP Send Horticulture and Waste Management 

Nature Champions :                                                            Bee Friends

Pub with a Garden or Floral Display :                             The Compasses Inn

Premises with a Garden or Planted Containers:          MMRG Limited​

And here's our full list of Awards:
 

Individual Garden Categories

​​Best Small Front Garden

Gold Award

Anne and Jason
Jana Heaven
Lynda Benson
Mary and Keith Lawrence
Paula Butler
Paul G Bearman
Rebecca Bushby
Sharon Smith
Sue Clutterbuck

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Silver Award

Barbara Owen
Kate Price
Katherine O'Flynn
Lynda Stone
Suresh Hiremath

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Bronze Award

Clive Redwood
Doris Stanford
Enchanted Garden
Fiona Loveland
Hazel Alexander
It’s Not Perfect
Joyce Hogsden
Julia Street
Krishna and Esther Ragbir
Mr and Mrs Rajaratnam
Rebecca Deadman​​​

​​​​Best Large Front Garden​

Gold Award

Lucy in the Skies
Mandy Butler
Michael and Doreen Boxhall
Mrs Christine Ford
Simon & Dominie Tranter
Trellis Cottage

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Silver Award

Ann Elms
Quirien Buchanan

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Best Garden for Wildlife/Pollinators​

Gold Award

Andy Wells
David Knapp
Gill Denyer
Stoke Cottage
Rosemary Smith
Anne Rasmussen 

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Silver Award

Joyce Coles
Julia Wake and Kris Burke
Lisa Cavalli-Green
Veronika Matewu

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​​Best Allotment & Kitchen Garden
Gold Award

Helle Angelholm
Julie and Peter Lee
Keith and Lucy's Plot
Les and Stella Hind
Lawrence Hodge
Terry and Carol McKinley

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Silver Award

Alastair Henden
Becky Plumridge and Nathan Cooke
Bob Hughes
Carol Albury
Clive & Mark
Guildford Spike WI
Gunta Majore
Jane Thrasher
John Strudwick
Keith and Rachel Sherlock
Nathan and Becky
Ola Komor
Stella and Les
Team Thilakawardana
The Percy family
Tom Gallannaugh-Rowse​

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Bronze Award

​Coleen Smart
Danny Want
Hayley Colgate
Jenny Jay
Jose Aguilera
Liam Byrne
Magic Garden
Magic Garden 2.0
Marianne Lidiard
Marta from Royal Surrey NHS Hospital
Nica Rodica
Peter Lockhart
Richard Seals
Sally Mansell
Sarani Adikaari
Shirley Mason​​​​

​​​Pub with a Garden or Floral Display

Gold Award

Guildford Jubilee Social Club
The Britannia
The Compasses Inn
The Kings Head
The Royal Oak
The Weyside
Worplesdon Place

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Silver Award

The Cricketers

The Star Inn

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Premise with Garden or Containers

Gold Award

MMRG Limited

​​​Silver Award

Tongham Bowling Club​​​​​

Bronze Award

Clandon Railway Station​​​​