The long-running competition encourages green fingered citizens to help make the borough beautiful and improve biodiversity, with categories ranging from Best Kept Front Garden to Tallest Sunflower.
We’ve had a dig through the archives and unearthed these fab photos from Carrick in Bloom between 2011 and 2014 – can you spot anyone you know?

9. Carrickfergus in Bloom
Patrick Cregg from the Woodland Trust pictured with Alderman May Beattie and Sheila McClelland Town Clerk at the 2012 Carrick in Bloom Launch. INCT 22-087-tc Photo: Tim Cully

10. Carrickfergus in Bloom
Tallest Sunflower Competition 2012 - Runners Up pictured with Cllr Beryl McKnight, Alderman Jim Brown and Deputy Mayor Terry Clements INCT 44-426-RM Photo: RM Studios

11. Carrickfergus in Bloom
Best Kept Allotment 2012 - Runner Up Robert Donald and Winner Jenny Hawthorn pictured with Alderman May Beattie INCT 44-419-RM Photo: RM Studios

12. Carrickfergus in Bloom
Carrick in Bloom 2012, Children's Painting Competition 15 and over: Runner Up Erin Faulkner, Runner Up Jack Murray and Winner Katie Taylor pictured with Sunnylands PS Principal Gareth Hamilton and Cllr Deborah Emerson INCT 44-422-RM Photo: RM Studios

