Gardening competition?
Do you have a passion for gardening? Are you blind or partially sighted with talented green fingers? If so, this competition is for you!
RNIB and Thrive are looking for the UK’s blind or partially sighted gardeners of the year. You don’t have to be an expert gardener to enter. If you are blind or partially sighted and love to garden you can take part. Whether you maintain a wonderful window box, a beautiful border or an abundant allotment we want to hear from you.
You can enter as many categories as you wish and we would like to have nominations for blind gardeners who have inspired others to garden in the ‘Inspirational Gardener’ category.
There's even a category for green fingered younger people! If you are aged 18 or under and enjoy gardening, we will welcome your entry. If you enjoy gardening with friends, you can all take part in the fun together by entering the competition as a group!
Categories
Entries will be judged in 5 categories:
Inspirational Gardener of the Year
Wildlife Blind Gardener of the Year
Small Space Gardener of the Year
Inventive Blind Gardener of the Year
Young Blind Gardener of the Year
The competition is open to blind and partially sighted people of all ages, experience and skills from across the UK.
Prizes
A wide range of prizes including garden tools, equipment and vouchers.
Judges
Nicola Carruthers, Chief Executive, Thrive
Lesley-Anne Alexander, Chief Executive of RNIB
Andrew Colquhoun, Director General of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS)
Vincent Robins, a blind gardening expert and Vice Chair of the Advisory Committee of Blind Gardeners
Bill Simpson, Chair of Thrive’s Board of Trustees
Harry Wardle, 2005 Winner
John Hodgson, 2005 Winner.
How to enter
For further details and an entry form please contact:
Lucy Morrell
The Geoffrey Udall Centre
Beech Hill
Reading
RG7 2AT
Telephone: 0118 988 5688
Email: bgoty@thrive.org.uk
Completed entries must be received by 31st July 2006. Winners will be announced in September 2006.
Further information
Thrive and RNIB are grateful for the generous support of the following organisations:
Sutton's Seeds
Peta Tools (UK)
Wiggly Wiigglers
Westland Horticulture
St Dunstan’s.
Blind ex-Service men and women from the charity St Dunstan’s, many of whom are keen gardeners, will create handcrafted trophies for the winners.
Thrive is a national charity whose aim is to enable positive change in the lives of disabled and disadvantaged people through the use of gardening and horticulture.
Further information about gardening and other home based leisure activities.
Content author: eleanor.ellison@rnib.org.uk
Should i join?
RNIB and Thrive are looking for the UK’s blind or partially sighted gardeners of the year. You don’t have to be an expert gardener to enter. If you are blind or partially sighted and love to garden you can take part. Whether you maintain a wonderful window box, a beautiful border or an abundant allotment we want to hear from you.
You can enter as many categories as you wish and we would like to have nominations for blind gardeners who have inspired others to garden in the ‘Inspirational Gardener’ category.
There's even a category for green fingered younger people! If you are aged 18 or under and enjoy gardening, we will welcome your entry. If you enjoy gardening with friends, you can all take part in the fun together by entering the competition as a group!
Categories
Entries will be judged in 5 categories:
Inspirational Gardener of the Year
Wildlife Blind Gardener of the Year
Small Space Gardener of the Year
Inventive Blind Gardener of the Year
Young Blind Gardener of the Year
The competition is open to blind and partially sighted people of all ages, experience and skills from across the UK.
Prizes
A wide range of prizes including garden tools, equipment and vouchers.
Judges
Nicola Carruthers, Chief Executive, Thrive
Lesley-Anne Alexander, Chief Executive of RNIB
Andrew Colquhoun, Director General of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS)
Vincent Robins, a blind gardening expert and Vice Chair of the Advisory Committee of Blind Gardeners
Bill Simpson, Chair of Thrive’s Board of Trustees
Harry Wardle, 2005 Winner
John Hodgson, 2005 Winner.
How to enter
For further details and an entry form please contact:
Lucy Morrell
The Geoffrey Udall Centre
Beech Hill
Reading
RG7 2AT
Telephone: 0118 988 5688
Email: bgoty@thrive.org.uk
Completed entries must be received by 31st July 2006. Winners will be announced in September 2006.
Further information
Thrive and RNIB are grateful for the generous support of the following organisations:
Sutton's Seeds
Peta Tools (UK)
Wiggly Wiigglers
Westland Horticulture
St Dunstan’s.
Blind ex-Service men and women from the charity St Dunstan’s, many of whom are keen gardeners, will create handcrafted trophies for the winners.
Thrive is a national charity whose aim is to enable positive change in the lives of disabled and disadvantaged people through the use of gardening and horticulture.
Further information about gardening and other home based leisure activities.
Content author: eleanor.ellison@rnib.org.uk
Should i join?
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