First timer on presenting my garden contest. Tips?

[Yuri Bezmenov]

Hi. I have the Garden DLC. I renovated several houses and sold them well in auctions, making a coin for myself and everything. Now, when you press Enter in your property you get the options to either sell the property or to put it in some garden contest.

I know absolutely nothing about the garden contest. Not a clue. I don't know if there is a prize or multiple prizes, I don't know the objectives or standards of the contest... all I know is that there is a contest and I can enter in it.

What should I do with my garden in order to win? It's a really big ground with a small building so I presume that almost anything is possible, but I have to be sure in terms of strategy and winning the contest. What should I do?

[icke]

Search the guides, there's a list of things every category needs to get a plus of 50 %.

[Moving Target]

Try this guide
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1754124116
It's a bit over the top on requirements but is a good help when you are first trying the competitions, trial and error will help refine your requirements. For example the Modern garden just requires symmetry with paving slabs and gravel, no need to eliminate all the grass, 6 chairs, 4 tables, 4 fountains, some cheap conifers and 2 to 4 of each tall deco grass with about 6 to 8 of each of the three 0.3 mtr plants should do it.

[CyberDiva]

There are lots of guides out there for gardens, both in the forums here and online. The problem that I have with them, myself, is that the guides do not help me because they are WAY too vague. If you are the type of person that needs something more specific than "place stones, statues, and conifers and group them by type" for example, you might have some trouble following the guides. However, you can definitely give it a try until you find one that works for you.

[Dutchgamer1982]

https://house-flipper.fandom.com/wiki/Garden_Competitions

use this especially the crop garden is fool proof.

preperation :
step 1 : chop all trees
step 2 : leave the tiles (terrace/path) but sell all plants and objects in the garden.
step 3 : cover everything with woodchips.

placement of trees.
-place 12 trees in. 3 rows of 4 evenly spaced and well lined out in front of house.
row 1 large pear - large plum - large apple - mulberry
row 2 medium pear - medium plum - medium apple - large cherry
row 3 small pear - small plum - small apple - medium cherry.

placement of berries :
place to the left of your house all berries in vertical rows of 3
row 1 : one of each type of grape
row 2 : one of each colour of ribes
row 3 : the plantable berry bush, one group of rasberry one blueberry
row 4 a line of strawberries.

placement of veggies
place of left of house in straight vertical lines
row 1 : 3 tomato
row 2 ; 3 cherry tomato
row 3 : a row of letuce
row 4 : a row of orange carrot
row 5 : a row of white carrot
place in back center of house in a circle :
one pumpkin plant, one courgette plant, one cumcumber plant

placement of objects :
step 1: place four composters place one in each of the four corners of your garden.
step 2: place a tool shed behind your house, place inside 2 of each type of shovel
step 3 place a chicken coop bedes it
step 4 place one. sprinkler right beside each tree, place two in your berry rows two in your veggie rows ans one in your back circle.
step 5 place scarecrows (not the halloween ones) 3-4 in between your trees one in your berry rows one in your veggie rows and one in your back circle.
step 6 place a few rocls/boulders
around your back circle

that should give 50% bonus always.