Grow with Towergate Gardening Competition
Our 'Grow with Towergate' competition is designed to help share the joys and benefits of gardening through schools, foster carers and nurseries. Enter by 31st August for the chance to win £250 worth of vouchers!
With the warmer weather finally here, more and more people will be starting to tend their garden. Particularly after the long cold winter, some time in the fresh air will be most welcome!
As spring and summer arrive, garden activity will be in full swing. Not just in private or residential homes, either: school and nursery gardens, allotments and community gardens are on the increase too as people recognise the benefits of getting outdoors.
Health benefits of gardening
As specialists in the care sector, including for schools, we know that gardening can provide many and varied benefits, including:
- Promotion of healthy eating, particularly in young children, helping them to understand where their food comes from
- Boosts to vitamin D, important for bone health.
- A sense of pride and achievement can be developed and shared.
- Enjoyable learning from the cycle of sowing, planting, nurturing and harvesting and benefits personal health and wellbeing.
How to enter
To celebrate the benefits of developing green fingers and getting outdoors, we are running a school, nursery and foster home gardening competition – register now and we will send you a packet of sunflower seeds for you to plant and nurture.
To enter the competition, simply send us a short description (maximum 150 words) by 31 August 2018 on the benefits of gardening, along with a photo. All entries will be judged by our panel of experts and shortlisted for the public to vote for their winning entry.
All shortlisted entries will get a prize, with the winner receiving £250 of vouchers and the second and third prizes, £50 worth of vouchers each.
Any questions? Please email caremarketing@towergate.co.uk.