Competition winners

 Discover the winners of our previous Grow Your Own competitions! Click on the links to read more.

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Schools Marketplace Competition

Autumn 2015 - Congratulations to the following three schools who won prizes at the Schools Marketplace event at City Hall on Thursday 15 October 2015, as part of Grow Your Own Business activities.

• People's Choice - St Scholastica Primary (Hackney)
• Best Enterprising Product - St Pauls Cof E Primary, Whitechapel (Tower Hamlets)
• Best Dressed Stall - Dormers Wells High (Ealing)

The standard of school-grown produce and stall displays was exceptional.

The competition was sponsored by Abel and Cole.  The Judges were Sara Haglund of Abel and Cole and James Campbell, Chief Executive Garden Organic (pictured below).

To find out more about the day and the 13 schools that got involved visit: Grow Your Own Business

Photos of the Schools Marketplace can be found on our Flickr Gallery.

What our sponsor said:

"Organic food pioneers since 1987, we at Abel and Cole really adore all kinds of food growing - regardless of scale. We understand how important lots of fruit and veg is to children, young people and their families. It is crucial that children learn early where food comes from, and we think that growing food is the best way to learn! We are happy to see so many London schools growing fruit and veg and we would love to help even more in doing so." Abel and Cole

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Grow Your Own School Garden Competition

A 'Grow Your Own Picnic 2015' Competition

Summer Term 2015  - The Food Growing Schools: London partnership launched a fantastic new London schools gardening competition to coincide with the launch of Grow Your Own Picnic 2015. And this time it was aimed at schools who aren’t yet growing food.

Award Ceremony - at the Schools Marketplace, City Hall - Thursday 9th July 2015,  12 - 3pm.

Expert Judge - the competition was judged by Chris Collins, BBC TV Gardener.

Press Release - Schools Marketplace and Competition Award ceremony.

What our sponsors said:

'Inspiring young people to grow their own healthy food, and to develop their knowledge of growing and the skills involved, is at the core of what we believe in at The Organic Gardening Catalogue.  We're delighted to be able to support the Grow Your Own School Garden competition and hope that it will encourage more youngsters to get growing, they are after all,  the next generation of farmers and growers!' Michael Hedges, Managing Director, Chase Organics and The Organic Gardening Catalogue

'Haxnicks are passionate about gardening and have a history of designing great new products to help everyone else who loves to grow. We are very excited to be supporting a project that is sowing the seeds for a new generation of grow-your-own enthusiasts, particularly in spaces and places where it might not otherwise be happening. We wish the schools good luck with their growing and happy harvesting too!' Damian Cardozo, Haxnicks Founder

'We are delighted to support the Food Growing Schools Project. It is essential for our future that our children get a hands on chance to grow food and plants in general. We work tirelessly around the world promoting grow your own and healthy eating and the London Schools Project is something we want to encourage as much as we can. Well done to everyone involved.' Joe Denham, CEO for VegTrug Limited.

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Grow Your Own Picnic 2015
Photography Competition

Summer Term 2015 - Capital Growth also ran a photography competition to celebrate what London schools are growing, as part of Grow Your Own Picnic 2015. Click on the link to find out more!!

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Grow Around the World Competition

A special prize 'Grow Around the World 2015' prize
as part of the Grow Your Own Lunch competition

Spring Term 2015 - Thank you to all the London schools who entered our competition. The standard was very high and the exotic lunch recipes made our judges feel very hungry. You all worked very hard and should be proud of your efforts. Visit our Grow Around the World 2015 page to find out who the winning school was!

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The School Enterprise Garden Competition

A 'Grow Your Own Business 2014' Competition

Autumn Term 2014 - Food Growing Schools: London teamed up with Capital Growth, to look for enthusiastic schools running their own food growing enterprises.

Congratulations to the winners of the School Enterprise Garden Competition as part of Grow Your Own Business 2014 activities. The winners were awarded their prizes at the Urban Food Awards on Thursday 4th December 2014, at Whole Foods Market in Kensington.