Children's Potato & Sunflowers Competitions at the Village Shows 2011
Calling all Children, get ready for this years Potato Growing "Spud in a Bucket" and Sunflower Growing Competitions. Collect your seed potatoes and sunflower seeds from the LIFE stand at this years Spring Show on Saturday 2nd April 2011, at Long Itchington Community Centre, Stockton Road.
Read on for further information...
These competitions are open to children who are residents in Long Itchington Parish or attend the village school or nursery; 12 years or under.
Seeds / seed potatoes are provided with FULL instructions.
You will need to provide a bucket & soil for your potatoes, a space in your garden or pots & soil for your sunflowers (and a stake), along with regular watering and lots of love tlc (tender loving care!). You will be rewarded with (hopefully) lots of potatoes and / or some lovely sunflowers!
Prizes are awarded at the Autumn Show for the following 3 categories:-
1) The heaviest crop of Potatoes
2) The tallest Sunflower plant
3) The largest Sunflower head
Rosettes are awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places.
The Autumn Show (10th September 2011 date to be confirmed) hosts a range of displays and competitions including the judging of the LIFE potato and sunflower competitions. We will up date this site with more information nearer the time.
Posted by Charlotte on January 15th, 2011