RHS Gardening Through The Year: Month-by-month Planning Instructions and Inspiration

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There will be ten finalists for the RHS School Gardening Team of the Yearcategory, two of these will be chosen as overall winners for the category. There will be five finalists for the RHS School Gardening Champion of the Yearcategory, one of these finalists will be chosen as the overall category winner. No. The prizes must be accepted as stated and cannot be altered. There will be no cash alternatives. Vouchers cannot be exchanged for their value.

the questions are designed to give you the opportunity to really sell the nominee so make sure you use the space to get across how your nominee meets the criteria and ensure your answers cover what the question has asked No. The individuals nominated for the RHS School Gardening Champion of the Yearcategory must be 18 years or over. A team of children can be nominated for the RHS School Gardening Team of the Year category. There is no RHS Young School Gardener of the Year category this year.

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These videos will then be watched by our panel of judges, including horticulturalist Frances Tophill, in May to decide who should be crowned RHS School Gardening Team of the Year 2023 and RHS School Gardening Champion of the Year 2023. We will announce our winners in June. Only one nomination will be accepted per RHS School Gardening Team of the Year. In the case where two are received, only the first will be accepted. Eligibility The Countryside Classroom offers a complete series of ready to go lesson plans for teachers looking to run gardening clubs in KS1 and KS2, including powerpoints. Only one entry will be accepted per adult nominated for the RHS School Gardening Champion of the Year. In the case where two are received, only the first will be accepted. However, schools may nominate more than one adult via separate nomination forms.

This is not intended to be a full statement of all your rights under the Distance Selling Regulations. Full details of your rights under the Distance Selling Regulations are available in the UK from your local Citizens' Advice Bureau or your Local Authority's Trading Standards Office. I find it useful to record whether I start crops off on the windowsill or in the greenhouse, and then again once they’ve been hardened off. What insect damage and diseases affected your crops, and how could you avoid them next year? Sometimes it’s just a case of commenting ‘grow more’ when something was successful, yet you didn’t have enough of it for the pot. Kew Gardens has a comprehensive free resource for KS1 schools and home learning about how we can protect life on the land. Watering - particularly containers, and new plants, preferably with grey recycled water or stored rainwater

Goods that by reason of their nature, cannot be returned - (Items such as underwear, where the 'hygiene patch' has been removed, or cosmetics where the seal has been broken). The sale of customised goods or perishable goods, sealed audio or video recordings, or software, which has been opened. Applicability of cancellation rights: Legal rights of cancellation under the Distance Selling Regulations available for UK or EU consumers do not apply to certain products and services. Write down, or even draw, any nuggets of information that you’d like to remind yourself of the following year. Your gardening journal can become somewhere that you go to not just to make notes on seasons and weather, but to say how you’re feeling, as you approach your veg growing tasks on a particular day. Journaling is itself is a mindful activity that helps avoid any trepidation you may feel. Once you’ve harvested and created gaps, record any repeat-sowing of crops such as beetroot, leafy veg or carrots, for future reference. Experimenting with timings can be a detail that takes your gardening skills to the next level.

Many birthdays ago, in January, a friend bought me a garden journal. I had just created a vegetable garden at home and her present turned out to be a timely gift. I find myself turning to it throughout the year, but it’s in February that the big planning stage happens. My journal is where I write these new ideas down ready for the following season. Sometimes, it’s RHS members telling me their successes with a novel vegetable that sends me to find my pen. So keep fresh, informed and inspired by keeping a garden journal of your own! take a look at the competition’s Terms & Conditions for the category you are interested in: Champion T&Cs, T eam T&Cs Keep on top of garden tasks with month-by-month chapters, "Last Chance" reminders, "Get Ahead" tips, and handy to-do lists. This RHS book will make gardening easier by providing helpful guidelines and realistic advice, so you can plan out your time efficiently and effectively.Finally, I’m often inspired by new and unusual veg I see in other gardens or am introduced to by recommendation. Kalettes (like mini kale florets on a Brussels sprout plant) were one such example, with which I had first time success - see photo! Whatever your level of skills in the garden, expert advice from the well-known gardener, Ian Spence, will help you keep your garden thriving all year round. RHS Gardening Through The Year is a must-have for anyone who has a green thumb! Frequent use is key to using a journal, so set reminders to yourself on your phone, or leave it somewhere visible and handy, to ensure you regularly return to log your gardening progress. That said, when the season is in full swing (May-August) and you’re hoeing weeds like crazy and weighed down with watering cans, it’s likely you won’t be thinking of your journal. However, come harvest time, remember to jot down your yields - and what you most enjoyed eating! Discover top tips to guide you with clear, easy-to-follow gardening advice and illustrated step-by-step projects and gardening ideas. This fully updated edition includes brand-new visual galleries that showcase a garden throughout the year, with inspirational ideas for achieving colour schemes, your favourite scent, or striking foliage in your garden.

The Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum has a great range of free resources for EYFS, KS1, KS2, KS3 and KS4, including a wildflower meadow spotting sheet and a guide to killer plants. Can a team or individual who has been a finalist or winner in this competition before be nominated again? The person making the nomination must be an adult (age 18 and over) and must be an appointed representative of a school. For example a teacher, teaching assistant, member of the Senior Leadership Team, parent helper or volunteer or a school governor. The nominated adult (aged 18 years and over) must be working or volunteering at a school registered to the RHS Campaign for School Gardening that is within the UK (England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland). Everyone in the nominated team must attend a school registered to the RHS Campaign for School Gardening that is within the UK (England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland). If the school is not currently registered, you can register onlinefor free.The person nominating can then complete a nomination form for the Champion or Team. PDF versions of the nomination forms are available here: RHS School Gardening Team of the Year PDF and RHS School Gardening Champion of the Year PDF to enable the forms to be viewed offline. All applications however should be submitted via our online nomination forms.

Achieve a luscious garden all year round with this best-selling, easy-to-follow guide for novice gardeners from BBC Gardener's World writer Ian Spence. No. The RHS School Gardeners of the Year competition is open to UK residents, excluding i) employees, agents or subcontractors of the RHS, ii) any Competition sponsor or its employees, agents or subcontractors, iii) the immediate families of such employees, agents, subcontractors or sponsors. Each judge on this year's panel has a passion for school gardening.They are: George Hassall, RHS Young Ambassador and Young School Gardener of the Year 2014; Frances Tophill, horticulturist, author and TV presenter; and Matt Willer, Founder of The Papillion Project and RHS School Gardening Champion of the Year 2018.