Primary School Design-a-Garden Competition (Years 5 & 6)
Our 2012 competition details will be available shortly.
Sponsored by West Lancashire Freemasons’ Charity as part of its Supporting the Community Scheme
A chance for the gardeners of the future to create a garden for the show. The David Bellamy school garden competition, now in its 14th year, is open to all primary school children in years 5 and 6 across the North West.
The two winning designs chosen will be constructed by a professional garden company in time for this year’s show. The two winners, their families and their teacher will be invited to the show to meet Professor David Bellamy OBE and will be presented with £500 to enhance their school grounds, a £50 gift voucher for themselves.
The winning gardens will be on display for the duration of the show and always receive a great deal of attention and media coverage.
2011 Winners of Primary School Design-a-Garden Competition are:
Amy Hayward from Mount Pleasant Bolton-le-Sands Primary School, Carnforth
Amy Hayward from Mount Pleasant Bolton-le-Sands Primary School, Carnforth, cleverly designed her garden around the recycle logo. Filled with old pots and recycled materials it provides a haven for wildlife. The tree provides oxygen and flowers encourage pollinating insects.
Amy's finished garden
Jamie-Lee Scott from Read St. John’s Church of England Primary School, Burnley
Jaime-Lee Scott from Read St. John’s Church of England Primary School, Burnley, designed her imaginative garden around a vintage guitar shape and added lots of eco friendly ideas. These included a compost bin the heart of any good garden, a strawberry shaped plot for growing strawberries and some novel plant containers e.g. old wellies for growing vegetables. The guitar shaped shaped pool with its flowery island attracts wildlife to keep the pests down and pollinate any fruit and the tipping bucket water feature helps aerate the pool.
Jamie-Lee's finished garden
The 2011 Runners - Up
Charlotte Crane from St. Bridgets Primary School, Warrington designed a 1960’s style garden with a vegetable patch, an insect area and a bottle top path. There is an insect area with Beatles logs, a guitar-shaped bird table and a couple of benches decorated in 1960’s hearts.
Alexander Douglas from Clifton Primary School, Lytham included a green house, pond, herb garden and vegetable patch.
Drew Marron from St. Peter’s Church of England Primary School, Chorley submitted this floral inspired design with a new garden feature in each petal.
Heidi Little from St. Teresa’s Catholic Primary School, Penwortham had animal welfare in mind when she created her garden design. All animals are welcome here: birds can bathe and drink in their own bath, insects can enjoy the flowers and fish can swim in the pond.
The recycling of bottles is the key to Eleni Cotterall’s garden design from Larkfield Primary School, Southport. She proposed a green house made entirely out of plastic bottles.
Emily Kirkham from St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School, Southport, created a 1960’s inspired garden which includes bee hives, chickens, a pond and a host of other horticultural and non-horticultural items.
Finn Whyte, Charles Sear Community Primary School, Fleetwood, has created a fabulous floral garden with wildlife in mind. He has used many ideas including A Pond for frogs and newts, a wildlife garden to attract insects, a bug house and a chair for Granddad.
Holly McLeod from Read St John’s Primary, Nr Burnley has used her natural instinct to create this fantastic eco-friendly garden incorporating many different ideas, such as crates for a compost bin, a windmill to create its own energy and old teacups used as bird feeders.
Katie Ritchie, Clifton Primary School, Lytham St Anne’s, designed this eco-friendly garden using a water butt, vegetable patch, bird table, wind turbine and bee hives to create a haven for insects and animals alike.
Tilly Murphy, Charles Saer Community Primary, Fleetwood, created this imaginative garden in the hope of attracting insects, frogs and birds by incorporating flowers, a pond and a vegetable patch.
2010 Winners
Congratulations to the 2010 winners, Millie Loraine of Valewood Primary (Crosby) and Kerry Eakins of Penketh Community Primary (Warrington).
Kerry Eakins, winning design - titled “The Path of Life” in memory of Private Thomas Sephton
Millie Loraine, winning design - titled Octopus Garden
Kerry Eakins of Penketh Primary in Warrington, constructed garden
Kerry Eakins of Penketh Primary in Warrington, show presentation
Millie Loraine of Valewood Primary in Crosby, constructed garden
Millie Loraine of Valewood Primary in Crosby, show presentation
