Our Programs

City Gardening Contest

Each year Greater Newark Conservancy’s Community Greening Program organizes and implements an annual City Gardens Contest to recognize outstanding horticultural efforts by Newark residents. The contest serves as
an incentive for community residents to create gardens and street plantings to improve their neighborhoods.

Individuals, Block Greening Clubs, and other community groups enter the contest to compete for prizes in
thirteen separate categories. Volunteer judges tour the gardens twice during the summer, evaluating them and determining the winners in the various categories. Each entrant in the contest receives an invitation to our Annual Awards Ceremony which is held in October. In 2005, 172 entrants participated in the contest and well over
250 people attended the Awards Ceremony. Donated prizes valued at $6,000 were awarded.

This year planning for the 16th annual City Gardens Contest is well advanced and the Conservancy looks
forward to honoring the stewards of Newark’s many remarkable gardens. Click on the entry form below to
enter the 2006 City Gardens Contest

City Gardens Entry Form

4th Street Community Garden

Richelieu Place Community Garden

S.10th Street Community Garden

2nd Street Community Garden