Thanks to everyone who took part in our garden competition 2026.
Read our press release which includes a list of the winners and runners-up:
East Ayrshire Council Newsroom: Garden awards for East Ayrshire's greenest fingers
For individual photos of winners and runners-up please email customerliaisonteam@east-ayrshire.gov.uk and we will send a photo to you.
Information about the garden competition for 2027 will be published next year.
Housing areas and categories
The judging will take place across three housing areas:
- Cumnock and Doon Valley
- Irvine Valley, Ballochmyle and Kilmarnock South
- Kilmarnock Central and North
A winner and runner up are selected in each of the following categories:
- Best Council garden
- Best private garden
- Best planters or hanging baskets
- Best vegetable garden
- Best newcomer
- Environmentally friendly
- The Jennifer Elliot Memorial Award (rose garden)
- Special achievement award
- East Ayrshire Overall winners
There are also three exciting categories for communities:
- Clean, green, vibrant street
- Clean, green, vibrant town or village
- The John McKenzie Memorial Award (best community garden)
Judging of the event
We are offering entrants the chance to send us photos of their garden as part of the judging process.
Please email customerliaisonteam@east-ayrshire.gov.uk with three of your best photos highlighting your garden, along with your name and address.