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Our 2025 winners, Mr and Mrs Azad, created a garden on the edge of Luton that began as a calming space for their autistic son and grew into a place of confidence, connection and community. Their vibrant, welcoming garden reflects Luton’s quiet beauty, resilience and the power of nurturing something meaningful.
In second place, Aysha Begum revived her love of gardening, creating DIY planters and vibrant blooms that now attract wildlife, inspire neighbours and bring comfort, creativity and harmony to the maisonettes of Luton.
Best Fruit/Vegetable Patch
2025 winner Rukshana Khan grows organic fruits and vegetables on her flourishing plot, sharing produce with her community and nursery. Her garden promotes wellbeing, supports charity and gives children joyful hands-on experiences with nature.
Runners-up Alocious and Jijy grow a wide variety of organic vegetables, enriching biodiversity and reducing carbon impact. Their new allotment brings peace, exercise and fresh harvests they proudly share with neighbours, friends and community.
Best School Garden Project
This year's Best School Garden winner was Denbigh Primary School, their rooftop garden brings nature, wellbeing and hands-on learning to an urban setting, supporting science, SEND pupils and daily school life. It’s a vibrant, calming space that fosters inclusion, resilience and environmental responsibility.
Second place went to Whipperley Infant School, for their sustainability projects from mapping grounds to creating living walls boost wellbeing, biodiversity and green skills. Grants and fundraising helped transform spaces, teach planet care and install water-saving features the whole school community loves.
Best Early Year's Garden
Clever Munchkins’ were the 2025 winner, with a garden that is colourful, a calming space where children plant, water and harvest. It teaches responsibility, healthy eating and nature’s cycles, boosting wellbeing, teamwork and curiosity while creating a joyful environment for early learning.
Training Depot Nursery’s Secret Garden transforms a former storage area into a peaceful, upcycled space for wellbeing, learning and fresh herbs. Children, staff and families grow, explore and cook with homegrown herbs, building curiosity and community.
Best Community Garden
Finally, the Best Community Garden category was won by Grasmere Community Garden, developed by AMGIVINGBACK, grows seasonal produce, wildflowers and a small orchard. It provides free food, safe experiences for SEND pupils, social inclusion, community events, and joy for visitors of all ages.
Our Runner Up was Penrose Roots to Recovery offers a therapeutic, inclusive garden space for Luton’s most marginalised, promoting mental and physical wellbeing, social connection, horticulture, conservation, and donating over 1.4 tonnes of fresh produce to the community.
Congratulations to all category winners, finalists and all those who entered across all of our 2025 categories.
