The Entente Florale is an international horticultural competition. There are two categories : towns and villages, and cities. It was founded in 1977, initially as an Anglo-French competition. Entrants now come from nations across Europe, including the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, the Czech Republic and Hungary. The Latin words hortus (garden plant) and cultura (culture) together form horticulture, classically defined as the culture or growing of garden plants. ... Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a residential community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Night view of Taipei City. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ...

The entrants are usually the winners of national competitions, such as Britain in Bloom or Ireland's Tidy Towns competition. Each competing nations send a judge to examine the other entrants and decide the winner. Britain in Bloom is a horticultural competition in the United Kingdom; organised by the Royal Horticultural Society, and currently sponsored by B&Q. It is entered by settlements; the winner is the settlement judged to have beautified itself best with the use of flowers and plants. ...

In 2005 Sheffield won the top prize for the Towns and Cities category. For other uses, see Sheffield (disambiguation). ...

External links

• Sheffield City Council - Entente Florale

Kilkenny City Entente Florale Website -Kilkenny is Ireland's 2006 Entry to the Entente Florale