Entries have opened across 13 different categories for the Warwick in Bloom 2022 competition.

The event encourages shops, businesses, pubs and schools - as well as local residents - to show off their growing and planting achievements.

Entries are open to those with a CV34 postcode and can be submitted to Warwick Town Council until Sunday 31 July 2022.

Entrants for Warwick in Bloom 2022 are also invited to submit photographs and even videos of their work.

And the council is accepting images taken between August 2021 to the end of July 2022, meaning that if your garden was at its best in the late summer of last year, in the winter, or this spring, you can take part in the competition.

The judges will also welcome the submission of any written background information about entrants' planting, especially if there is a planting theme – such as a Jubilee planting scheme.

Cllr Richard Eddy, chair of community and culture at Warwick Town Council said: "After a bumper crop of award-winning entries in 2021, it's great to welcome residents and businesses to showcase their planting prowess in the Warwick in Bloom competition for 2022.

"We welcome entries from everyone, whether they be first-time planters or horticultural experts.

"This is a competition that celebrates green spaces and the transformations that Warwick people make to them. We look forward to celebrating with this year's winners at the annual prize giving party in the autumn."

The competition categories for Warwick in Bloom 2022 are:

• Category 1: Retailers & Shops
• Category 2: Commercial premises (baskets and boxes)
• Category 2a: Commercial premises (Gardens)
• Category 3: Hotel, public houses, guest houses, B&Bs and restaurants
• Category 4: Domestic large gardens
• Class 5: Domestic small garden (front)
• Class 5a: Domestic small garden (back)
• Class 6: Domestic window box or hanging baskets
• Class 7: Sheltered/retirement accommodation (individuals)
• Class 8: Community gardens (groups)
• Class 9: School activity or garden
• Class 10: Public access gardens
• Class 11: Community Streets

The competition announcement comes as more blooming baskets, flowering tubs, and planting installations have been placed in the town.

Cllr Linda Butler, deputy chair of community and culture at Warwick Town Council said: "This year, Warwick Town Council and the Warwick in Bloom team have arranged for the town to be more plentiful in petals than ever before.

"We have installed more than 285 baskets in addition to some 60 tubs and planters thanks to the support of Warwick residents and businesses.

"With a royal theme of red, white, and blue planting, the baskets and planters were all installed ahead of the Platinum Jubilee and, alongside all the bunting displays, helped to make the town look resplendent for the celebratory weekend."

You can email your photographs and/or video entries to [email protected] as attachments or links.

Please include information stating which category you are entering.

Please also include your contact information in your email with your name, address, and telephone number.

For anyone who wishes to enter but does not have access to email, please call Warwick Town Council on 01926 411694 for support.

Everyone interested in following the latest Warwick in Bloom updates can join the Facebook group by clicking here