School Wheelbarrow Competition

The School Wheelbarrow competition at BBC Gardeners’ World Live is a hugely popular feature at the Show. 

School children, from nursery up to secondary level show off creative flair, working as a team, with the satisfaction of seeing their creations on display and being enjoyed by tens of thousands of visitors.

The competition is a simple, hands-on and fun gardening activity.

Come to BBC Gardeners’ World Live to support your local school and vote for your favourite!  

Find out how to enter the competition below. 

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    Climate Mitigation

    The concept for this year’s wheelbarrow competition is food and climate change. Schools are encouraged to think about the many different ways that climate and environmental changes are affecting food production (both globally and at local level); choose an aspect that interests pupils and decide how to interpret this in designing and planting a barrow to show how the particular problem might be reduced.

    A few examples of issues, potential solutions and how this might be represented in a barrow are given below but this is not an exhaustive list.  Pupils can be as imaginative as they like, carry out research and have fun reflecting their own ideas.

    Teachers may also want to think about making links with curriculum topics and / or relate to what they are already doing as part of the school’s Health for Life growing activities.

    Wheelbarrows

    We love seeing how the theme is interpreted each year so get creative! 

    Find out what schools are involved below!
    • Ark Tindall Primary
    • Bishop Challoner Catholic College
    • Bordesley Green Primary
    • Grestone Academy
    • Haslucks Green Junior School
    • Holycross Primary
    • Lea Forest Academy
    • New Oscot Primary School
    • Nonsuch Primary School
    • Oasis Academy Shortheath
    • Penns Primary School
    • Sacred Hearts Catholic Primary
    • Shenley Fields Daycare and Nursery School
    • Springfield House Community Special School
    • St Josephs Catholic Primary School
    • The Oaks Primary School
    • The Oval Primary School
    • Thorton Primary
    • Tilecross Primary
    • Victoria School
    • Waverly School
    • Woodgate Primary School
    • Paget Primary School
    • Somerville Primary School
    • Rubery Nursery
    • Barford Primary School
    • Blossomfield Primary School
    • Dickens Heath Primary School
    • Earls Dudley High School
    • Halesbury School
    • Monkspath J&I School
    • Pinfold Street Primary School
    • Rookery School
    • Shirley Heath Primary School
    • Solihull Preparatory school
    • St Margarets Primary School
    • St Mary of the Angels Catholic primary
    • Widney Junior School
    • Balsall Common Primary School
    • Damson Wood Infant School
    • Fordbridge Community Primary School
    • Peterbrook Primary School
    • Reynalds Cross Special School
    • St Albans Primary School

    With special thanks to 

    health for life
    mondelez
    tcv
    bull barrow
    services for education

    Check out some of our past School Wheelbarrows below!

    Wheelbarrow special edition
    England flag wheelbarrow
    Wheelbarrow past
    Wheelbarrow past 2
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