RHS Young School Gardener of the Year Award 2013

Application Deadine has passed

The deadline for this competition has now passed and the winners of the 1st round have been announced.

The following 16 young school gardeners have been short-listed and are through to the second round of judging. Congratulations!

Aged 5–7 KS1 - Scotland Primary 1 & 2
Ben Rockley (Gilthill Primary School)
Hannah Buckton (Brooke House Day School)
Sophie Humphreys (Christ Church CE Primary)
Thomas Southern (Comberbach Primary School)

Aged 7–11 KS2 - Scotland Primary 3–6
Alice Ibbott (Balgowan Primary School)
Dylan Shankland (Hobletts Manor Junior School)
Edward Gregory (Ridgeway Primary School)
Larson Smith (Stanford in the Vale CE Primary School)

Aged 11–14 KS3 - Scotland P7 Secondary 1 & 2
Charlotte Hawksworth (Imberhorne School)
Daniela Sergejeva (President Kennedy School)
Lewis Ashfield (Moreton Community School)
Yaryna Pylypchuk (Cornhill Primary School)

Aged 14–16 KS4 - Scotland Secondary 3 & 4
Aidan Rogers & Josh George (The Windsor Boys’ School)
Taylor Liddell (Ridgeway High School)
Tom Galligan (New Mills School Business and Enterprise College)
Ronan Sawyer (Bath Community Academy)

Award details

The nominated young person needs to be associated with a RHS Campaign for School Gardening registered school or group. An adult (over 18) can nominate a young person by completing and returning an entry form. The RHS will choose the four best entrants from four age group categories and each school will receive a digital camera to demonstrate why their nominee is an exemplary young gardener. An overall winner and three finalists will be selected by a panel of celebrity gardening judges and judges from the RHS.

Prizes

Selected from the entry forms, 16 young people will be shortlisted (four in each age category) and each school will receive a digital camera to make a short film demonstrating why their nominated young person is an exemplary gardener. Engraved hand trowels will be presented to the shortlisted 16 young nominees. 

Judged on these films, four winners (one from each age group) will receive gardening tools and £500 worth of National Garden Gift vouchers for their schools. The three finalists (excluding the overall winner) will also be offered the opportunity to have a personal tour by a member of the Gardens or Education team when they visit an RHS Garden with an accompanying adult.

The overall winner, crowned RHS Young School Gardener of the Year 2013 will also spend a day at their nearest RHS Garden, working alongside RHS gardeners during the week 9 – 13 September 2013 and receive family tickets to either RHS Tatton Park Flower Show or RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2014.

Age categories

1. Aged 5–7 KS1 - Scotland Primary 1 & 2
2. Aged 7–11 KS2 - Scotland Primary 3–6
3. Aged 11–14 KS3 - Scotland P7 Secondary 1 & 2
4. Aged 14–16 KS4 - Scotland Secondary 3 & 4 

Significant dates 

Monday 1 July – Films to be received by 5pm.

Wednesday 10 July – Overall winner and three other age category winners to be contacted and announced on this page on the RHS Campaign for School Gardening website.

September 9 -13 – Overall winner to spend one day at RHS Garden to work with RHS gardeners and be presented with prize.

Who were our 2012 finalists and where are they now? Find out about their individual journeys since the Young School Gardener of the Year Award 2012.