Judging teams from Richmond Borough in Bloom will be visiting all the gardens, frontages and properties that have been entered for this year’s merit awards.

Judged to Royal Horticultural Society standards, entries may be awarded gold, silver gilt, silver or bronze and there will be a special plaque for the best in each of 10 categories.

These include the Richmond and Twickenham Times award for the best residential floral display, chosen from the front gardens and residential frontage categories.

Some of the best entries will be visited by London in Bloom judges later in the month and in early August, by judges from the national final of Britain in Bloom.