Congratulations to our November/December Competition winners

Thank you to everyone who sent in an entry to our November / December 2012 competitions, they were all amazing and just shows how much creative talent there is, but it made choosing the winners all the more difficult.

Winning Entry by Isobel Stevens

The winner for the Family Competition was Isobel Stevens from Barry, South Glamorgan, ‘Well Done Isobel!’  Isobel has drawn a wonderful winter scene showing a Robin perched in a tree in a snowy garden complete with spade (which Robins often sit on) and a welcome bird feeder, she will receive as her prize:

• a Discovery Seed Feeder
• a Discovery Window Seed Feeder
• a bag of Table Seed Mix (6 litre)
• a whole fat filled Coconut Feeder
• a Peanut Cake Bell 

Winning Entry by Ineasa, Newton Regis School

The winner of the School Competition is Newton Regis School with the winning entry by Ineasa, ‘Well Done Ineasa’ we loved her Robin collage, it looks fabulous and would make a lovely Christmas card, it must have taken quite a long time to find, cut out and stick on all the pictures of the Robins, they will receive as their prize:

• a Square Ground Bird Table
• a Discovery Seed Feeder
• a Discovery Window Seed Feeder
• a bag of Table Seed Mix (6 litre)
• a bag of Bird feeder Seed (6 litre)

We hope that our winners enjoy these fantastic prizes and that they attract lots of birds into their gardens.

Gill

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Congratulations to our September/October Competition winners

The September/October School Zone Competition was to find 10 Hedgehog related words in our Hedgehog Wordsearch, the first correct winning entry pulled out of the hat was by Alex Courtman from Dane Ghyll County Primary School, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria and their fabulous prize is a Hogitat Hedgehog House, a Hedgehog Guide, a Hedgehog Snack Feeding Bowl and some Hedgehog Food – well done to them.

The September/October Family/Kids Zone Competition was a ‘Who am I? Wildlife Quiz’ the correct answers were  Q1 Ladybird,  Q2 Dragonfly,  Q3 Butterfly,  Q4 Toad,  Q5 Moth,  Q6 Hedgehog,  Q7 Bee,  Q8 Spider,  Q9 Bat,  Q10 Frog.

The first correct entry to be pulled out of the hat was from Taylor and Holly Rees from Gosport, Hampshire and they will receive a Mini Bug Bug Box, a Mini Bug Ladybird Tower and a Minibeast Guide – well done to them.

Thank you to everyone who entered these competitions, why not have a go at our

New Christmas Competitions

To enter our School Zone Competition all you need to do is to design a Christmas Card featuring a ‘Christmas’ Robin, it can be painted, crayoned, drawn in pencil/coloured pencil or could even be a collage. Our favourite card will win

• a Square Ground Bird Table
• a Discovery Seed Feeder
• a Discovery Window Seed Feeder
• a bag of Table Seed Mix (6 litre)
• a bag of Bird feeder Seed (6 litre)

To enter our Family/ Kids Zone Competition all you need to do is to send in a picture of a Christmas Robin that you have drawn, it can be painted, crayoned, drawn in pencil/coloured pencil or could even be a collage and our favourite picture will win

• a Discovery Seed Feeder
• a Discovery Window Seed Feeder
• a bag of Table Seed Mix (6 litre)
• a whole fat filled Coconut Feeder
• a Peanut Cake Bell

Have a look at the competitions pages for full details and an entry form, the closing date for both competitions is 31^st December 2012.

Good Luck

Gill

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Congratulations to our August Competition Winner

In the Family Zone our August Competition was to ‘Send in a photograph of your favourite crop, which you have grown this year’, we had some lovely photographs sent in from lots of enthusiastic young gardeners, but the overall winner was Ben Hamilton from Dronfield, Derbyshire, ‘Well Done Ben’ we hope that you enjoy using you prizes of a Gardener’s Apprentice Digging Fork and Hand Fork, a Wooden Trug and a pair of Gardening Gloves.

Ben enjoying his delicious tomatoes

We loved the photograph showing Ben sat next to his prized tomato plant eating his delicious crop, he looks thrilled. Ben’s tomato plant is amazing and looks very healthy, it has obviously been well looked after, and there are lots more flowers and tomatoes to come.

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Have a go at our current competitions for a chance to win some great Wildlife prizes:

In the School Zone you could win a Hedgehog Kit which includes

a Hogitat Hedgehog House

a Hedgehog Guide

 

a Hedgehog Snack Feeding Bowl

 

and some Hedgehog Food

by completing the Hedgehog Wordsearch.

 

In the Family/Kids Zone you could win

a Mini Bug Bug Box

a Mini Bug Ladybird Tower

 

and a Minibeast Guide to help you to identify the bugs in your garden

 

by completing our Who am I? Wildlife Quiz.

The closing date for both competitions is 31^st October, 2012 so don’t delay enter today.

Good Luck

Gill

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Congratulations to our June/July Competition Winners

Thank you to everyone that took part in our June/July 2012 Competitions on the theme of Butterflies, we were inundated with entries, which just goes to show how popular these stunning creatures are.

The Schools Competition was a Butterfly Wordsearch and was won by Blaengarw Primary School, Bridgend, South Wales whose correct entry was the first to be pulled out of the hat. Their prizes of a Solar Insect Theatre and a Butterfly and Moth Feeder are on their way, we hope that they will enjoy these great wildlife prizes.

Butterfly and Moth feeder

Solar Insect Theatre

Butterfly/Bee Nectar Feeding Station

The Family Competition was to fill in the missing colours to complete the butterfly names and the winning entry was by Lily Boyd from Ipswich, well done Lily. We hope her prizes of a Solar Insect Theatre and a Butterfly/Bee Nectar Feeding Station attract lots of Insects and Butterflies to her garden.

 

Why not have a go at our new competitions:

In the School Zone you could win a Hedgehog Kit which includes a Hogitat Hedgehog House, a Hedgehog Guide, a Hedgehog Snack Feeding Bowl and some Hedgehog Food by completing the Hedgehog Wordsearch.

In the Family/Kids Zone you could win a Mini Bug Bug Box, a Mini Bug Ladybird Tower and a Minibeast Guide to help you to identify the bugs in your garden by completing our Who am I? Wildlife Quiz.

Good Luck

Gill

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Congratulations to our April May 2012 Competition Winners

Thank you to everyone who entered our April May 2012 Competitions we were inundated with entries and choosing winners proved quite a challenge.

The Schools Competition was to ‘Draw a Royal Garden’, the variety of the entries and the ideas were wonderful but there could only be one winner and Southville Junior School was chosen, with the winning entry drawn by Adam. Adam has obviously put a lot of thought, time and care into his design and we loved his 3D Queen and Lions.

The winning entry by Southville Junior School

Their prizes of a Kids Standing Raised Bed Growing Table, a Gardener’s Apprentice Hand Fork and Hand Trowel, two Children’s Gardening Aprons, a Kids Traditional Watering Can and a selection of Seeds are on their way and we hope they will prove useful in their school garden.

The Family Competition was to ‘Sow and grow something you can eat on your windowsill’ again we had a great response to this competition, the winner was Sid Hunter from Hertford who grew a bean plant just like Jack and the Beanstalk. To germinate his bean Sid placed it on cotton wool so that he was able to see it growing and the roots and leaves appearing, what a great idea. Sid looks thrilled with the bean that he has grown and we hope that it will produce a good crop.

Sid and his bean

Sid’s prizes of a Children’s Mini Propagator Seed Growing Kit, A Growbox Children’s Flower Garden in a box, a Kid’s Traditional Watering Can, and a Gardener’s Apprentice Hand Fork and Trowel are on their way, we hope that he has great fun using these.

Sid watching his bean grow

Why not have a go at our current competitions; in the School Zone you could win a Solar Insect Theatre and a Butterfly and Moth Feeder by completing our Butterfly Wordsearch and in the Family Zone you could win a Solar Insect Theatre and a Butterfly Nectar Feeding Station by filling in the missing colours to complete the butterfly names.

Good Luck

Gill

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Two weeks left to enter our free childrens competitions and win gardening equipment

There is still time to have a go at our two current competitions to win some great childrens gardening equipment, but don’t delay as the closing date of 31st May 2102 is only two weeks away.

Our first competition, to celebrate the Queens Diamond Jubilee, is in

The School Zone

This year the Queen celebrates her Diamond Jubilee and there will be lots of events and festivities taking place all over the country.

For a chance to win get patriotic and ‘Draw a Royal Garden’ and one lucky school will receive:

1 x Kids Standing Raised Bed Growing Table

1 x Gardener’s Apprentice Hand Fork

1 x Gardener’s Apprentice Hand Trowel

2 x Children’s Gardening Aprons

1 x Kid’s traditional Watering Can

A selection of Seeds

So get designing and send in your drawings to us before 31^st May 2012. For more information and an entry form see our School Zone.

Our second competition, about sowing and growing from seed, is in

The Family Zone.

Lots of seeds can be started off on your windowsill and an ideal way to grow them is in a Mini Propagator especially if the weather outside is cold or wet.

To win some great garden goodies all you need to do is to

SOW AND GROW SOMETHING YOU CAN EAT ON YOUR WINDOWSILL

and then tell us all about it or send in a photograph or a drawing

 The winning entry will receive:

• A Children’s Mini Propagator Seed Growing Kit
• A Growbox Children’s Flower Garden in a box
• A Kid’s Traditional Watering Can
• 2 Gardener’s Apprentice Hand Trowels

So get planning, sowing and growing as entries need to be in by 31^st May 2012. For more information and an entry form take a look at our Family Zone.

Good Luck

Gill

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March 2012 Schools Competition Winner

During March our Schools Competition was to find three signs of spring, tell us what they were, as well as your favourite thing about spring.

We had a great vegetable growing starter kit to give away to one lucky school which included

• 5 Polypot Grow Bags
• 10 Seed Potatoes
• A Selection of Garlic Bulbs
• 2 Rhubarb Kits (2 patio planter bags, 1 Rhubarb Crown Timperely Early, 1 Rhubarb Crown Raspberry Red)
• 2 bags of vegetable compost to start you off.

There were lots of entries but the winning school was St. John’s Catholic Junior School at Bebington, many congratulations to them and we hope that their vegetables grow superbly.

Thank you to all of you who entered this competition, why not have a go at our current competitions in:

The School Zone

This year the Queen celebrates her Diamond Jubilee and there will be lots of events and festivities taking place all over the country.

For a chance to win some great gardening goodies get patriotic and have a go at our competition, all you need to do is to ‘Draw a Royal Garden’ and you could win:

1 x Kids Standing Raised Bed Growing Table

1 x Gardener’s Apprentice Hand Fork

1 x Gardener’s Apprentice Hand Trowel

2 x Children’s Gardening Aprons

1 x Kid’s traditional Watering Can

A selection of Seeds

So get designing and send in your drawings to us before 31^st May 2012. For more information and an entry form see our School Zone.

Take a look at our other competition in the Family Zone.

Lots of seeds can be started off on your windowsill and an ideal way to grow them is in a Mini Propagator especially if the weather outside is cold or wet.

To win some great garden goodies all you need to do is to

SOW AND GROW SOMETHING YOU CAN EAT ON YOUR WINDOWSILL

and then tell us all about it or send in a photograph or a drawing

 The winning entry will receive:

• A Children’s Mini Propagator Seed Growing Kit
• A Growbox Children’s Flower Garden in a box
• A Kid’s Traditional Watering Can
• 2 Gardener’s Apprentice Hand Trowels

So get planning, sowing and growing as entries need to be in by 31^st May 2012. For more information and an entry form take a look at our Family Zone.

Good Luck

Gill

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January / February Competition Winners

Thank you to everyone who entered our January / February Competitions we had a brilliant response and I am delighted to be able to announce the winners.

The Family Competition was to ‘Watch the wildlife from your window and tell us what you spot’ by sending in a photograph, drawing or even a story and you could win a Ceramic Bird and Bee Nester and a Ladybird and Insect Tower.

The winning entry was from Ryan Cinato age 6 from Luton and he sent in a lovely story about what he saw one night through his bedroom window.

‘ when it gets light in the morning i wake up and look out of my window i have some trees in my garden with apples on them and sometimes they fall off so i put them in a little pile for the birds to eat but sometimes they dont eat them so i put out some of my dinner that i didnt want to see if they would eat that. i left it out there and when i was in bed at night i heard something out of my window when i looked out it looked like a big dog so i call my mum and she told me it was a fox eating my dinner i was so excited.  i now put out lots of different things to see if any other animals come in my garden my friend said he has a hedgehog come in his garden i hope one comes in mine i just need to work out what they eat.’

We loved his story about the fox eating his dinner and it also showed his enthusiasm and commitment to feeding and caring for the birds and wildlife that come to his garden.

In response to Ryans hedgehog query ‘What do hedgehogs eat?’ we have the ideal solution and our Hedgehog Food has been trialled by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society, for more information take a look on our website.

Well done Ryan.

The Schools Competition was to ‘Design a Garden for Wildlife’ and you could win a Bug Board and a Hogitat Hedgehog House.

We had some lovely colourful designs and it was very hard choosing a winner but the winning school was The Greetland Academy, Halifax and the winning entry was by Molly Stevens. Molly’s design was well thought out with separate areas within the garden for Birds, Insects, Animals and Pond Life and was beautifully drawn too.

Congratulations to everyone your prizes are on their way and don’t forget to take a look at our current competitions.

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Take Part in the Summer Holiday Quiz – You Could Win a Prize!

If you have a spare five minutes over the summer holidays why not have a go at our Summer Holiday Quiz… Its free to enter, fun to do and the first correct entry out of the hat will win a great bundle of bird feeding goodies to use during the autumn. Get your entry to us by 5th September 2011 for a chance to win!

The prizes will include a Ground Feeding Bird Table, some high quality Bird Table Feed Mix, the brilliantly illustrated Laminated Field Guide to Garden Birds and a Bird Window Feeder which is brilliant for observing birds at close quarters.

Click here for all the details of how to take part – good luck!

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Could you be the BBC 3 Young Gardener of the Year?

Young Talent of the Year is back and BBC 3 are on the look out for the UK’s top young talent.

If you are aged 16-25 and are a talented gardener, or if you know someone who is,  BBC 3 want to hear from you.

If you think that you are a true ambassador for your trade and want to showcase your skills then contact the BBC for an application form.  The closing date is 5th August 2011.  Click here for all the details on how to apply …and good luck! 

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