Annual Front Garden Competition
There is still time to enter our annual competition
Do you have a display of pots and containers at the front of your house?
Are you nurturing a full and cheerful hanging basket?
Do you and your neighbours have pretty front gardens that could enter the part street category, or the whole street?
If so, why not consider entering the Bishops Waltham in Bloom Floral Competition? An entry from can be found by CLICKING this link. Closing date for entries is on 30th June.
To find out more follow this link.
To see photographs of winning entries from last year CLICK HERE
Hidden Gardens 2026
Sunday 12th July
11.00 – 5.00
We have 11 gardens taking part this year. 4 are new, 7 opened last time. Refreshments will be for sale at 4 gardens. Some gardens are in medieval properties, some are new builds. Some have fruit trees, some vegetable plots, some ponds, all are different.
To visit the gardens you will need to buy a Hidden Garden Guide. These are priced at £6.00 per person. The Guide tells you about each of the gardens that are opening. It gives a short description of each garden, a photograph and what facilities each one offers.
There are maps to guide you round the gardens and What3Words to help you locate them accurately. The maps show parking areas in Bishop’s Waltham and footpaths to help you walk from one garden to another.
Guides are now on sale at
Best Wishes, Brook Street and Sweet Corner, High Street
Or by post via the contacts page of this website
To see photos from 2024 Hidden Gardens please click here
Guides are now on sale at
Children’s Hanging Baskets
In Red Lion Street, Bishop’s Waltham, on the wall above the seating outside Costa are 17 hanging baskets. They were all planted up by young people in Bishop’s Waltham and hung there on Saturday 23rd May.
This photograph was taken on the day after they were hung. But what do they look like now?
They will be judged sometime before 12th July, so that the winners can be notified before the end of the school year.
A list of which group planted which basket can be found on our noticeboard in Red Lion Street.
Thank you to our watering team for watering them throughout the summer. The baskets will remain in place until September.
Sponsorship of flower beds, hanging baskets and planters
On 23rd and 25th of May a small band of volunteers planted the flower beds around the village. Thank you to everyone who was involved.
The hanging baskets will appear in the centre of Bishop’s Waltham at the end of the month and the planters shortly afterwards.
All of these are sponsored by local businesses or individuals.
A full list of sponsors for 2026 can be found by following this LINK
A list can also be found on our noticeboard in Red Lion Street.
Repair to our damaged planter
Two local firms are responsible for the repair to the damaged planters in Red Lion Street.
Equestrian Fencing and Timber supplied the timber and
Swanmore Property Maintenance Services carried out the work on Wednesday 18th March.
Photos of the initial damage and how the planters look now, can be found on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/bishopswalthaminbloom
We are extremely grateful to both companies for such a speedy response.