The North Sydney Garden Competition is always a popular event for locals. Avid green thumbs across the Council area have created some magnificent urban sanctuaries in their backyards as well as some beautifully landscaped front lawns and public gardens for everyone to enjoy.

With more than 80 entries over 10 categories, it was a hard job for judge Judith Sleijpen to award the winners. There was a division for just about every kind of green space from balconies and indoor gardens through to vegetable plots and community gardens.