🌿 Mayor’s Garden Contest – 2025

 

The Mayor’s Garden Contest is a beloved annual event celebrating Boston residents who help beautify their neighborhoods through gardening. Open to amateur gardeners, the contest includes categories such as porch, balcony, or container gardens; shade gardens; small to large yard gardens; community gardens; and vegetable or herb gardens.

As part of Mayor Michelle Wu’s citywide beautification initiative, the contest encourages creativity, community pride, and environmental stewardship.

🏆 Awards & Prizes:

  • Winners receive the prestigious "Golden Trowel" award.

  • Gardeners who win three or more times are inducted into the Garden Contest Hall of Fame and honored at the awards ceremony.

  • All first-place winners are entered into a drawing for a grand prize of two round-trip JetBlue tickets for nonstop travel from Boston (courtesy of JetBlue).

  • Additional support is provided by Mahoney’s Garden Centers.

đź“… Key Dates:

  • Entry Deadline: Wednesday, July 9, 2025 (by 11:59 p.m.)

  • Finalist Notification: By Tuesday, July 22, 2025

  • Judging Week: July 28, 2025

  • Awards Ceremony: Mid-August

For Boston’s passionate green thumbs, this is a joyful chance to share your garden’s beauty with the entire city!

 
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