In Bloom Poster Competition 8In Bloom Poster Competition

Every year the Spelthorne in Bloom competition encourages us to tend our gardens, big and small. Blooming gardens embellish our borough and bring us all a sense of well being, whether we are tending them or just admiring them. The launch of the competition sees the crowning of talent of another kind. The children’s poster competition gives primary school children the chance to show off their own skills, namely painting and drawing. It is open to all children up to the age of 11 years who live in Spelthorne. The overall winning entry will be used to promote Spelthorne in Bloom and the winning poster will feature on the front cover of the entry form and other publicity materials for the 2021 competition. The Spelthorne in Bloom committee is pleased to open this years poster competition this month. This year’s theme is ‘Climate Change’ . The judges would like to see posters that are bright and colourful encouraging children to use their imagination to interpret how the plants, flowers and vegetables growing in their own gardens at home or at school are being affected by rising temperatures and changes in local rainfall. They would also like the words Spelthorne in Bloom to be included on the poster. Entries can either be hand drawn (or painted) or designed on a computer. The judges will pick 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners, grouped for children aged 5 -7 and 8 – 11. In past years Spelthorne’s schools have organised this competition and sent the posters back to the Council offices for judging. However, with most schools currently closed, the committee are asking parents (and indeed grandparents) to encourage their children to take part from home, for themselves or as a school art class project. The committee would like to receive all entries via email, so ask you to photograph or scan your poster and send it to: spelthorne.inbloom@spelthorne.gov.uk for the attention of Vanessa Surmon. Please ensure that the child’s name, age and school are included in the email otherwise the poster will not be judged. The closing date for receipt of entries is Friday 9th April at 4pm. It would be lovely to make this a bumper year of bright and inspiring art. We look forward to seeing the many entries and sharing the winning poster with you in Shepperton Matters in a future issue.

Above, the winning entry for 2020