Hunt for young photographers with a taste for herbs
The competition is aimed at schools taking part in the RHS Campaign for School Gardening, a UK wide initiative that inspires and supports schools to provide children with gardening opportunities to enhance their skills and boost their development. Entry is via the Campaign’s website, and budding photographers will be able to submit their herb pictures online at www.rhs.org.uk/schoolgardening.
Photographers are invited to capture a ‘living’ herb growing in the wild, garden, in a container or in a setting of their choice. The herbs may be growing in the UK, abroad or across any season. The closing date for entries is 25th September 2015.
There are two age groups for the competition – 11-17 year olds and an under 11s category. Entrants will compete for the title of RHS Young Herb Photographer of the Year, and the prize of an iPad Air, worth approx. £300, will be awarded to the winner from each age category. The winning photographer’s school in both age groups will also receive £500 of horticultural materials for their gardening clubs. In addition, the runner up in each age category will win an iPad Mini and £250 of horticultural materials for their school.
The judging panel for the RHS Young Herb Photographer of the Year 2015 will include representatives from Vitacress, Jekka McVicar and Lady Bacon, chair of the RHS Herb Group (Wife of Sir Nicholas Bacon, current RHS president) and Alana Tapsell, Schools’ Communications Officer for the RHS Campaign for School Gardening and Jason Ingram who was voted photographer of the year 2014 by the Garden Media Guild
For more information:
Louise Everett / Kathryn Race
Ceres
Tel: +44 01189 475956
Email: Louise.everett@ceres-pr.co.uk
or Kathryn.race@ceres-pr.co.uk
Alana Tapsell
RHS Campaign for School Gardening
Tel: 01483 212387
Email: alanatapsell@rhs.org.uk