Town and Country have gone national with their children’s gardening glove competition, following the success of an inaugural project in their home county of Leicestershire.

All 4- to12-year-old children will have an opportunity to design a new gardening glove for Town and Country to be launched at Glee.

The competition has been running since 4March and has already attracted more than 400 entries.  Closing date is 10 June. 

The judging panel who will pick a winner on 20 June includes Lee and Dale Connelly, Blue Peter’s Skinny Jean Gardeners. They will be joined by Stephen Kiernan, the schools coordinator for ‘My Edible School’, Rob Smith, winner of BBC2’s Big Allotment Challenge, HTA chief executive  Carol Paris and Gill Perkins, conservation manager of the Bumblebee Society. All are passionate about encouraging children into gardening and learning from the great outdoors.

The winning glove designs will be shown on the company’s stand at Glee in September.