How does your garden shape up for nature?
The 2019 Surrey Wildlife Garden Award is now closed to entries
Want to enter next year?
Make sure your garden is the best it can be for wildlife. Use the handy links below for top tips and detailed advice on making your garden wildlife friendly. Keep a look out for announcements, our Surrey Wildlife Garden Award 2020 competition will open for entries online on 1st April 2020.
Categories
The Surrey Wildlife Garden Award is open to everyone in Surrey under the following categories:
Private garden
Is your garden or courtyard bursting with wildlife? You can enter either your large, medium or small garden space.
School garden
Has your school created a wildlife garden area within the grounds for children to enjoy? If so, enter now, there is a chance your school could win £50 of Squires Garden Centres vouchers!
Business grounds
Is your business making space for wildlife in your grounds ? We want to know! Enter the Surrey Wildlife Garden Award and be recognised for your efforts!
Community garden
If you have a community garden or grounds and you are working together to make space for nature, enter now!
Allotment
Do you work together to make your allotment a wildlife haven? Enter now to have your efforts recognised!
Awards
To qualify, gardens must meet the following criteria:
Gold award
To qualify for a gold award, your garden must include twelve or more of the listed wildlife garden features, and must include at least three features from each section.
Gold award gardens will receive a wildlife garden certificate and garden plaque.
The top 3 Gold award nominees from each catagory may be contacted for further assessment to find Surrey's best wildlife gardens.
Silver award
To qualify for a silver award, your garden must include eight or more of the listed wildlife garden features, and must include at least two features from each section.
Silver award gardens will receive a wildlife garden certificate.
Bronze award
To qualify for a bronze award, your garden must include four or more of the listed wildlife garden features, and must include at least one feature from each section.
Bronze award gardens will receive a wildlife garden certificate.
