Mayor's Garden Competition
The competition recognises local gardeners who help enhance the presentation and liveability of our city.
Categories for this year include:
- Community Garden
- School Garden
- Urban Residential Garden
- Native Garden
- Rural Garden
2025 winners were announced at a presentation event held 3 November 2025.
2025 winners
Congratulations to all award recipients for the 2025 Mayor's Garden Competition.
- Best Community Garden: Aldinga Community Centre
- Best School Garden: Happy Valley Primary School
- Best Native Garden: Flagstaff Oval Kindergarten
Best Rural Garden: Liping Han
- Best Urban Residential Garden: Allyson Spry
- High Commendation: Christie Downs Primary School
- High Commendation: Wirra Creek Community Garden
- Hall of Fame: Christine Pearson
Hall of Fame
Gardens that have received a Mayors Garden Competition award twice are automatically entered into the Hall of Fame. Hall of Fame inductees are still eligible to participate in the Mayors Garden Competition but are ineligible to receive an award. All Hall of Fame gardens receive a certificate of recognition and will be featured on our website.
2024 Recipients
Congratulations to this year's award recipients for the 2024 Mayor's Garden Competition.
- Best Community Garden: Woodcroft / Morphett Vale Neighbourhood Centre
- Best School Garden: Huntfield Heights Primary School
- Best Urban Residential Garden: Christine Pearson
- Best Rural Garden: Nick and Leah Maxwell
- Best Native Garden: Raylene and Jason Cook
- Best Memorial Garden: Sharyn Lockett
- High Commendation: Sarah McKillup
2023 recipients
2023 winners
Congratulations to this years award recipients for the 2023 Mayor's Garden Competition.
- Best Community Garden: Wakefield House Positive Ageing Centre
- Best School Garden: Happy Valley Primary School
- Best Urban Residential Edible Garden: Rebekah Ashby
- Best Urban Residential General Garden: Christine Pearson
- Best Urban Residential Native/Sustainable Garden: Josiah Whyte
- Best Urban Residential Small Courtyard Garden: Sharon and Tony Watkin
2021 recipients
- Best Community Garden and Hall of Fame: Elizabeth House Positive Ageing Centre
- Best School Garden: Willunga Waldorf School
- Best Urban Residential Garden: David Harding
- Best Edible Residential Garden: Dee Jones & Ian Nash e
- Best Rural Garden and Hall of Fame: Dual Winners: Louise Fuller and Irene Moon
2020 recipients
- Best Urban Garden: Dee Jones
- Best Community Garden: The Big Backyard Garden
- Best Courtyard Garden: Melanie and Ben Volkmann
- Best School Garden: Willunga High School
- Best Rural Garden: Irene Moon
2019 recipients
- Best Residential Garden: Mark Staniforth
- Best Community Garden: Elizabeth House Positive Ageing Centre
- Best Edible Community Garden: Aldinga Community Centre
- Best School Garden: Pimpala Primary School
- Best Edible School Garden: Clarendon Primary School
2018 recipients
- Open School: Tatachilla Lutheran College, McLaren Vale
- Edible Garden: Individual: Andrew Hickman of Aldinga Beach
- Edible Garden - School and Hall of Fame Entrant: O’Sullivan Beach School
- Rural: Robert Laffer of McLaren Vale
- Encouragement Award: Craigburn Primary School
- Encouragement Award: Clarendon Primary School
