Get arty and have a go at our new childrens competitions

On the Gardening With Children website we have just launched two new free Childrens Competitions, with a chance to win some great Wildlife and Gardening Goodies for your home or school.

1.  In the Family Zone and Kids Zone

To help the Bees in your garden why not enter our competition for a chance to win

 

 

A Solitary Bee Hive

 

 

 

A Butterfly/Bee Nectar Feeding Station

 

 

 

and a Guide to Solitary Bees

 

What you need to do

‘Bee’ creative and design a poster with the heading ‘Bee kind to Bees’  or  ‘Bee’ artistic and draw a picture of a Bee in your garden.

Send your drawing to us with an entry form before the closing date of 30^th June 2013 and our favourite will win. Click here for full details and an entry form.

 

2.  In the School Zone

Win a Scarecrow for your school garden.

 

For a chance to win one of our Scarecrow Kits complete with a hand crafted Head why not enter our competition, your Scarecrow will make a fun addition to the school garden; why not dress him in your School Uniform or a local Football Team Kit.

 

What you need to do

Simply draw or paint a picture of a Scarecrow, then give him/her a name and send it to us with an entry form before the closing date of 30th June 2013 and our favourite will win. Click here for full details and an entry form.

 

Congratulations to the winners of our last two competitions

The winner of our March/April School Zone Competition was Ludworth Primary School, Stockport, they have won a Kids Raised Bed Growing Table and the winner of the Family/Kids Zone competition was Lydia Clarkson from Leeds who won a Yeominis Childrens Wheelbarrow and a Haws Watering Can.

Well done to them, we hope they enjoy their fabulous prizes.

 

Gill

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Don’t miss out – enter our Free Childrens Competitions before the end of April

On the Gardening With Children website we currently have two free Childrens Competitions with some great Childrens Gardening Goodies to win so why not have a go before next weeks closing date on 30th April 2013.

1.  In the Family Zone and Kids Zone

This Month grab your wellies put on a warm coat, get outside, and spot 3 signs of spring for a chance to win

a fantastic Yeominis Childrens Wheelbarrow

and a pair of Childrens Embroidered Gardening Gloves

both are perfect for budding young gardeners.

For full details and how to enter take a look here.

2.  In the School Zone

All you need to do is to find 10 hidden words in our Gardening Wordsearch for a chance to win

a Kids Raised Bed Growing Table

Designed for children they are a perfect height for kids to stand at and around, to sow, grow and harvest their very own vegetables.

 

For full details and how to enter take a look here in the School Zone.

 

Have a look today and get your entries to us as soon as you can before the closing date on 30th April, 2013.

 

Gill

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Have you ‘spotted’ our NEW COMPETITION?

Why not have a go at our two free Childrens Competitions.

1.  In the Family Zone and Kids Zone

This Easter grab your wellies put on a warm coat, get outside, and spot 3 signs of spring for a chance to win

a fantastic Yeominis Childrens Wheelbarrow

and a pair of Childrens Embroidered Gardening Gloves

both are perfect for budding young gardeners.

For full details and how to enter take a look here.

2.  In the School Zone

All you need to do is to find 10 hidden words in our Gardening Wordsearch for a chance to win

a Kids Raised Bed Growing Table

Designed for children they are a perfect height for kids to stand at and around, to sow, grow and harvest their very own vegetables.

 

For full details and how to enter take a look here in the School Zone.

 

The closing date for both competitions is 30th April, 2013.

 

Gill

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Have a go at our Butterfly competitions

Our two current competitions both have a Butterfly theme, for a chance to win some great butterfly products have a go and enter before the closing date of 31st July 2012.

In the School Zone you could win a 

Solar Insect Theatre

 

 

(Made from durable FSC Timber, it features unique solar lighting that automatically lights up at dusk attracting Moths, Lacewings, Butterflies and other interesting flying insects into the Theatre which can then be studied and identified, the lower shelf has several Solitary Bee nesting holes as added habitat) 

and a

Butterfly and Moth Feeder

(Made from solid FSC certified timber, this product is designed for Butterflies and Moths and combines both a feeder and habitat for roosting and hibernating) 

all you need to do to is to complete our Butterfly Wordsearch. For full details and an entry form click here.

In the Family Zone you could win a 

Solar Insect Theatre

 

 

(Made from durable FSC Timber, it features unique solar lighting that automatically lights up at dusk attracting Moths, Lacewings, Butterflies and other interesting flying insects into the Theatre which can then be studied and identified, the lower shelf has several Solitary Bee nesting holes as added habitat) 

and a

Butterfly Nectar Feeding Station

 

 

(Attracts butterflies and bees to your garden) 

by completing our Butterfly Quiz. For full details and an entry form click here.

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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Take a look at our new Gardening Competitions

The Schools Competition theme is ‘Vegetable Planting’ and we have lots of goodies to give away.

Spring is in the air, the plants in the garden are coming back to life, the wildlife is becoming active and hopefully the worst of the weather is behind us. Now is an ideal time to start planting.

For this months competition we are giving away some brilliant planting kits and a selection of vegetables to grow, which will get your school garden off to a great start.

Growing potatoes is something that every child enjoys from delving in the lovely moist compost to plant the seed potatoes to looking for ‘treasure’ at harvest time. Rhubarb is an easy plant to grow and maintain and available in different varieties, we have included two varieties here so that you can compare them. Garlic is another easy plant to grow and all the more interesting as it’s the main ingredient of everybody’s favourite Garlic Bread.

 

 

To enter all you need to do is to find three signs of spring where you are and then tell us what they are as well as what is your favourite thing about spring, be imaginative it could be something that happens, or something that you do, as well as a plant, bird or animal.

 

So hurry, hurry, hurry as the competition ends on 31^st March 2012, get your entry in to us as soon as possible for a chance to win: 

• 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.

 

So get out there ‘Spring Spotting’ as entries need to be in by 31^st March 2012. For entry details and your entry form click here.

The Family Competition theme is ‘Seed Sowing’ and we have some great prizes up for grabs.

Spring is finally here and there are plenty of jobs to do in the garden, things to plant and seeds to grow. 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 entry details and your entry form click here.

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Enter Our Festive Competitions to Win Free Gardening Equipment

We have two great new competitions for you to get involved with during November and December .  The first for families is a fun little quiz that will have all the family involved – take a look at our Family Competition for all the details on how to enter. 

For schools we have a Christmas wordsearch – a handy rainy day activity which is great for helping with literacy too.  For all the details visit our Schools Competition page.  Both competitions close on 31st Decmber 2011.

Good Luck!

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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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Smile Please…. We have Winners for our Photo Competition

Many thanks to everyone who took part in our recent photo competition.  The winning school was Ryhall Primary School in Stamford for this great photo of the children enjoying the fascinating world of compost-making!

Composting is Fun!

The winning family entry came from Hannah and her family from Bristol for this lovely photo of her enjoying the roses.  Congratulations to everyone!  Your prizes are on the way. 

Enjoying the roses

For a chance to win gardening tools and equipment this month, including Growbox Gardens and Mini Raised Starter Kits click here for the Family Competition and here for the School Competition.  But remember the closing date is June 30th 2011 so get your entry in today!

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