Stewart Garden
is pleased to announce the launch of The Stewart Garden Schools Programme 2018.
The competition rewards the creativity and
achievements of schools' gardening achievements and is open to schools all over
the UK with students aged between six and eleven. Schools who wish to
participate are invited to use a kit, provided by Stewart Garden, in a creative
gardening project of their choice, and submit the results to judges. The
winning school wins £1,000 in vouchers to spend at their local gardening centre
to support them in their future projects. The three runner-up schools win
vouchers for £100 each.
Andy Burns, managing director at Stewart Garden
thoroughly enjoys seeing the efforts put in by schools each year. Burns said:
"We are delighted to announce the opening of the competition, which we
hope encourages young people to develop an interest in growing vegetables and
gardening. The programme is now in its sixth year and is growing year on year.
We were so impressed with the project created by last year's winners and look
forward to seeing what the schools get up to in 2018."
Stewart Garden recently announced the winners of
the 2017 Stewart Garden Schools Programme, the students of Victoria Road
Primary School, of Northwich in Cheshire. With the use of their kit, they
created bright planters from old wellies and bottle gardens on fences. Cutcombe
Church of England First School, in Somerset, were victorious in 2016 with a
project which judges loved because of its overlap with their curriculum - it
incorporated elements of science experiments and showed a real enthusiasm for
gardening on the part of the young people.
The Stewart Garden Schools Programme recognises
that it is now more important than ever that children learn how to grow their
own fruit and vegetables and aim to encourage this through the
competition.
Schools who apply to take part will receive a
kit to get them started. Last year this included flower pots, a scoop, watering
cans, seed trays, an unheated propagator and a booklet of information to help
them. This kit will be sent to the person identified as the point of contact at
each school.
To enter, schools should apply now by emailing pr@redheadpr.co.uk.
The closing date for entries to the 2018 Stewart
Garden Schools Programme is the end of December 2017.
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