The Boston Parks and Recreation Department has announced that the deadline for Mayor Menino?s 2012 Garden Contest has been extended. Boston?s amateur gardeners now have until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 18, to register for the contest presented by the Parks Department and sponsors Comcast and the Boston Herald. Winners will be eligible for prizes including the Golden Trowel award and a grand prize trip to Florida provided by JetBlue.?
Launched 16 years ago as part of Menino?s citywide beautification initiative, the contest recognizes gardeners who have landscaped, planted flowers, trees, and shrubs, and, in the process, helped beautify Boston?s neighborhoods. Gardeners or those nominating their favorite gardeners may find nomination forms at cityofboston.gov/parks/gardencontest. First place winners in 10 categories will receive the Golden Trowel award from Menino and prize packages from the Parks Department, Comcast, Mahoney?s Garden Centers of Brighton, and other sponsors at an awards ceremony in August in the Public Garden.
All finalists in this year?s Garden Contest will also be entered into a drawing for a JetBlue Grand Prize consisting of a trip for four to the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival in spring 2013 in Orlando, Fla. The trip includes airfare and a three-night stay with admission to the Epcot Theme Park, which hosts the International Flower & Garden Festival each year.
Beginning this year, the Garden Contest will create a Hall of Fame to honor those participants that have won three or more times in the last 10 years. Gardeners who have won three or more times in the last 10 years will be automatically entered into the Hall of Fame and will be recognized at the awards ceremony in late August. These Hall-of-Famers will be able to participate as a contestant or judge during the 2012 contest. Starting in 2013, the Hall of Fame members will be ineligible to enter as contestants but are welcome to return as judges.
To enter the contest, call the Parks Department at 617-961-3051 for an entry form or apply online at cityofboston.gov/parks/gardencontest/gardencontest.aspx.
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