Children's Painting Competition
East Midlands in Bloom is an annual competition to encourage the improvement of our surroundings through horticultural excellence, community involvement, environmental friendliness and sustainability. Over 150 communities, villages, towns and cities take part.
Through the Children’s Painting Competition we hope to encourage children to develop a caring attitude and interest in their local environment.
THE THEME
This year we have introduced a new theme, “In The Garden”. This can be interpreted in many ways. For those schools with gardens we hope children will find inspiration for a painting by exploring their school garden. Paintings could include trees, flowers or fruit and vegetable areas, wildlife, ponds etc. Entries could give an overview of an area or be a detailed close up. Paintings could also include children working or playing in the garden.
For schools who do not have their own garden, it might be possible for children to visit a garden nearby as a possible source of ideas or their own garden at home as the subject for their painting. Another alternative could be for children to create a garden from their imagination. This might be a starting point for creating a school garden containing the features children would most like to include.
Please read the competition rules and download the entry forms for both competitions from this page.
NEW Digital Photography Competition for Schools
East Midlands in Bloom aim to encourage young people to develop a caring attitude towards to the environment and that through this digital photography competition, they will explore and be inspired by their local environment.
THE THEME
The theme for the competition is “In The Garden”. For those schools with gardens we hope pupils will explore their school grounds to find inspiration for photographs, which could feature any type of garden. Photographs could be an overview of the garden or a close up of flowers, wildlife or any other feature. Other ideas could include action shots of fellow pupils working, playing or relaxing in the garden (subject to appropriate permission – see rules which can be downloaded).