Each year, all the plots on both our sites are judged for the annual Best Kept Allotment Competition.
In late June a small panel will select the best 10 plots from each site. These selected plots are then put forward for judging by an independent judge in mid July who will determine the best plot on each site. Each site winner will receive a prize of a £25 voucher to be spent at the members’ shop. Of these two, the plot gaining the most points will be declared the overall winner and the tenant awarded the Basil Bryant Cup.
Points for judging are awarded as follows:
Overall condition of the plot – 20 points
Good workmanship – 20 points
Quality and variety of crops grown – 30 points
Ingenuity used to improve growing conditions – 15 points
Originality of layout and planting arrangements – 15 points
In addition a separate independently judged competition will select the Best Newcomer for a new tenant in their first year of cultivation. The winner will be selected from new tenants on both sites who first took on their plots on or after 1 May 2019. The winner will be awarded the Frank Conway Cup.
The presentations will be made at the 2024 AGM.
The judging criteria can be found in the document below:
Best Kept Allotment Judging Criteria