Welcome to Cultivation Street!

Cultivation Street is a garden competition, sponsored by Calliope, that recognises and rewards communities that are caring for their streets, as well as encouraging other communities to join together and start new projects.

Below you will find info on the campaign and what we do, how to sign up, useful blogs and ideas for your project, find out where your closest Garden Centre Ambassador is, and more.

Our goals:

  • Bring back community gardening and revitalise our streets
  • Promote and support community gardening and school garden projects
  • Inspire people to take up gardening and grow their green skills
  • Bring communities together through gardening activities

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Who can enter?

Our judges will be looking for inspirational gardening projects. This includes:

Individual

Front gardens and small spaces

Communities

Community garden or project

Schools

Primary Schools, School gardens, Secondary Schools, Nursery Schools

Garden Centre

Garden Centre Ambassador

Cultivation Street Categories Explained

We have five specialist categories, designed to reward passionate people taking part in community, neighbourhood and school gardening projects.

Find a Garden Centre near you

Find a garden centre in your area who have registered a dedicated member of staff to be the Ambassador and help your garden, community or school project. Please contact them to find out how they can help you further and all free of charge.

Cultivation Street Social Media

Keep updated on our social media pages. Follow us for the latest hints and tips for your garden and stay posted on the latest news!

Garden Centre Ambassador Scheme

The scheme is free to join and it gives garden centres access to communities and projects in your area.

Register your Garden Centre to be part of the Cultivation Street Competition

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