Spring into Growing Competition Time!
Competition Time!
This Spring term we have a bumper crop of Food Growing Schools: London competitions and offers, with prizes to help your school garden grow. Whether you’re garden experts or complete beginners, there’s something for every school.
Bountiful Barrows
(School Food Matters) - Ends 12 February 2016
The Challenge: How much fruit and veg can you grow in a single wheelbarrow?
Give it a Grow Spring offer!
(Garden Organic) – February half term deadline
The Challenge: pledge to plant and grow something delicious to eat in just one pot!
Grow on, film it!
(Trees for Cities) - Deadline June 17 2016
The Challenge: Make a short film about planting, sowing, growing, gardening, and harvesting healthy food at school!
Harvest-ometer Challenge
(Capital Growth) - Ends July 2016
The Challenge: Grow as much as you can and measure it using our Harvest-ometer. Prizes for:
- Most food grown per square meter·
- Biggest range of produce·
- Growing School Hero
Rocket Science
(RHS) - Applications open now, to grow in 2016.
The Challenge: Grow rocket seeds that have been to space and compare them with seeds that have remained on Earth!
More competitions
- Grow Your Own Potatoes - 2016 registration. Deadline: 29 January 2016
- Young Horticulturalists of the Year 2016 - Deadline: 1 February 2016
- Teach a Man to Fish School Enterprise Challenge – enter now for 2016!
- RHS Photo of the Month competition – ongoing throughout the year!
To find out more and win fantastic prizes for your school garden, visit: Competitions
