Herb Society

Help us to design a children’s herb garden

Win a digital camera for your school

We are challenging young designers in schools or other learning groups to provide us with ideas for our new children's herb garden.  The school or group providing the most interesting and practical designs will receive one of the latest Kodak digital cameras.  We are very grateful for the people who donated this camera, who wish to remain anonymous.  The camera is an EASYSHARE C653 Zoom Digital Camera.  Check out the Kodak web site for details of the camera.  Smaller prizes will be given for other good cntributions.

Background

The Herb Society is based at a famous house called Sulgrave Manor where the ancestors of the first US president, George Washington, once lived.  We have set aside some space there for a children's herb garden which can be used by visitors to Sulgrave Manor.

Please let us have your designs.  You may work by yourself or with a friend. The competition is open to UK schools including children who are taught at home.

Young garden designers hard at work

Details

Use the plan as a starting point. Click here for this plan. It will be useful when you come to decide which plants to use.  It will also give you ideas about what else you can include in a herb garden like paths, stepping stones or furniture.

Make a rough sketch to show the layout of the garden using only the plan of the children’s garden plot.  Then draw on the features you will include, for example, the layout of the beds etc.

Then, make a scale plan of the children’s garden on squared paper.

Refer to herb books, the Internet and the Herb Society Schools’ Web Site for suggestions on which herb plants to use.

Think carefully about which plants you are going to use.

Clues

Consider the following

• Safety – you don’t want to cause harm to yourself and others by choosing the wrong plants!
• Growing conditions - the soil is neutral (neither acid nor alkali).  Many herbs grow well there as can be seen by taking a virtual tour of our adjacent herb garden.
• Eventual size of plants

Make a good copy of your design, showing the scale, and making sure any writing can be read clearly. 

To submit your plan

On the back:, write clearly your name, age, class, school name and address

Place it in a plastic folder to keep it flat and clean and post it to

Or send it as an attachment by email.

Your entries should reach us by Thursday 29 March 2007.

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