THE closing date for the Winchester In Bloom Floral Competition is Monday, July 16.

Entry forms are available at the Tourist Office, local garden centres and at The Brooks.

For the first time Littleton and Kings Worthy have been added to the competition area.

If you have a private front garden or a commercial frontage, a hanging basket, a window box or are living in a sheltered housing complex then there is a floral category for you to enter.

Judging will be on July 23 and 24 and an awards presentation evening, sponsored by Winchester City Council, will be held at the Guildhall on Wednesday, October 3.