You've preened and pruned your garden all spring – now it's time to show it off!

Enter your pristine home garden and beautiful flowerbeds into the 22nd annual Greater Newark Conservancy's City Gardens Contest. The contest is open to home, business and community gardens with categories in best flower barrel, best children's garden, best organic garden and more.

Deadline for entries is June 8, with preliminary judging from June 21-23 and the final round from August 9-11. The annual awards ceremony is scheduled for October 11.

For more information, contact Anne Haney at 973-642-4646, email ahaney@citybloom.org or visit citybloom.org to download an entry form.

– Staff reports