Garden Clubs’ Choice Award: 138 E. Main St. (Submitted photo)

NORWICH – The Norwich Garden Club and Town & Country Garden Club have announced the winners in the third annual Home for the Holidays decorating contest in Norwich.

The garden clubs, in conjunction with Norwich's Business Improvement District, created the house decorating contest in 2016 as a way to highlight some of the best examples of holiday decorating in the City of Norwich.

Organizers said in a press release that judging was difficult as a result of all the wonderfully decorated homes in the city. All homes decorated for the holidays in the city were eligible for consideration, with the exception of the winners of the various categories from Home for the Holidays in 2017 who were not eligible this year but will be once again next year.

The Norwich Garden Club, Town & Country Garden Club, and Norwich B.I.D. encourage locals to drive by, not just the winning homes, but all the decorated homes in Norwich for the holidays.

The 2018 Home for Holidays winners are listed as follows:

• Best use of colored lights: 18 Rowe Ave.