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Jun 2024
Floral window competition returns to Harrogate this summer
Harrogate Business Improvement District has announced the return of a shop window competition.
The Floral Window Competition aims for businesses to celebrate the town’s famous floral heritage.
Harrogate BID has partnered with Harrogate in Bloom to facilitate this year’s competition and entries are set to open on June 28.
This summer, the BID will be running the competition alongside the annual Floral Summer of Celebration which will have a theme of friendship in line with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year.
Matthew Chapman, Harrogate BID Manager, said:
Harrogate is renowned for its floral heritage and it’s an honour to celebrate this through our Floral Summer of Celebration, which won Gold at the Britain in Bloom awards last year.
We’re passionate about promoting our town as a floral destination and the shop window competition is an important part of this which forms our floral history.
We hope as many businesses as possible will take part to create fantastic displays to ensure Harrogate is a blaze of colour to welcome visitors and residents into the centre.
Entries from businesses will be judged by the dedicated volunteers from Harrogate in Bloom on the week commencing July 15.
Judges will award points on key aspects including first impressions and ‘wow factor’, planting, size and style of containers, maintenance of paving, paths and signage, condition of the plants and noticeable environmentally friendly features.
The floral displays will be located across the town, along with dozens of hanging baskets outside town centre businesses as well as more than 200 barrier baskets funded by Harrogate BID and commissioned floral street art.
To enter this year’s Floral Shop Window competition, please email the Harrogate BID at info@harrogatebid.co.uk
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