Border Garden Competition

This one is for the plant lovers!

If you’re interested in receiving more information about exhibiting in the Border Garden Competition in 2025 and beyond please express your interest here

Applications for the Border Garden Competition will open in September 2024 and will be made through this page.

This exciting competition is a platform to help emerging garden designers and experts show what is possible to achieve in a tiny space with a sole focus on plants. The focus here is on all plants and making the greenlife the star of the space!

The competition offering those involved a fantastic opportunity to promote their creativity, innovation and horticultural understanding to an engaged horticulturally-inspired audience of over 100,000 attendees.

The below images are selection of the Border Gardens that featured in the 2024 Show.

The task at hand? Create a 2.4×2.4m Border Garden that shows a planting scheme that shows off your skills of planting design, plant arrangement and horticulture knowledge. You might decide to create a wildlife friendly design, a water wise planting design for summer droughts or a party planting theme for an urban space. Your story will rest with you!

CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPETITOR BRIEF

London College of Garden Design Melbourne is the partner of the Border Gardens Competition