APPLICATION forms are now available for an annual gardening competition.
Entry for the Loftus Town and Villages In Bloom competition in east Cleveland is free.
There are three categories - best front garden, best rear garden, and best window box, hanging basket or container.
Applications need to be submitted by July 23, and judging will take place on July 29, weather permitting, by a pan-el of judges.
Entries are invited from Carlin How, Easington, Liverton and Liverton Mines, Skinningrove and Loftus.
Application forms can be collected from the town council office in Loftus, Loftus library, Skinningrove Riverside Building and Liverton Mines Post Office.
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