Stewart Garden has launched its Stewart Garden Schools campaign for 2015. Now in its third consecutive year, the campaign encourages children across the UK to begin growing their own fruit and vegetables.
Bradley Barton Primary School took first prize in 2014 with their Wizard of Oz inspired garden, and the challenge is on to create something special in 2015 as part of the celebration surrounding Stewart Group Holdings 70th anniversary as a UK manufacturer of gardening products. Based on the popular musical, this years winning creation featured scarecrows, floral rainbows and woodland made of peas. The pupils also created a wormery to break down old leaves for compost.
The Stewart Garden Schools Campaign challenges schools to be creative with Stewart Garden products. Every entrant in this year’s campaign studied growing seeds and explored the differences between electric and non-electric propagators.
Almost 200 schools across the UK have participated in the campaign this year. Participating schools receive garden products worth over £400 and three varieties of easy-grow vegetable seeds from Pippa Greenwood’s range. Compost was donated by professional growers’ specialist, J Arthur Bowers, and participating garden centres.
Building on previous years success, the top ten entrants in the 2015 campaign will receive a generous amount of prize money. The winning school will receive £1,000 to spend at its local garden centre, and the nine runners-up will each receive £100.
In partnership, J Arthur Bowers will donate £500 worth of vouchers to the winner. The global electronics giant, Brother, is again supplying its GL200 garden label printer.
Nigel Thompson, sales director at Stewart Garden, said: “The Stewart Garden Schools Campaign has really captured the imagination of school children over the last 2 years. We’re looking forward to seeing what ideas our entrants will come up with in 2015.”
The Stewart Garden Schools campaign 2015 is open to school pupils aged 6-11 years.
To inspire young people and give your local school the chance to win £1,000, nominate yourself or a school near you. Contact Emma De Maio on 07921 160 134 or email emma@redheadpr.co.uk.
