Staff at Wyevale Thornbury Garden Centre are challenging children to create weird and wonderful creatures and people from potatoes.

Paul Hodges, Manager of the garden centre, explained: “The competition is part of our Grow Your Own Potatoes Event, which runs from Saturday, March 20 until Sunday, March 28.

“It is a fun idea and we hope as many youngsters as possible enter. We will have the models on display in the garden centre and will ask customers to vote for their favourites via a ballot box.

“Although we don’t have any hard and fast rules we are looking for models of famous people such as politicians and pop stars.”

To help inspire youngsters to enter the competition, Wyevale Thornbury Garden Centre will be running free potato modelling workshops on Friday, March 19 from 9am until 12noon. Children can drop in at any time and must be accompanied by an adult.

Children aged from four to 11 can enter the competition and entry forms are available from Wyevale Thornbury Garden Centre. Forms can also be completed in-store when models are handed in to be displayed or during the workshop.

Paul added: “The rules are very simple. There are two age categories: four to seven-years-old and eight to 11-years-old. Any shape/size potato can be entered and any other products can be used to enhance the appearance of the potato.”

The first prize-winners in each age category will receive a certificate and a £5 gift voucher to spend at the garden centre. Each winner’s school will receive a WCF Phoenix bag of seed potatoes, a Burgon & Ball triple pack round potato planter and a Miracle-Gro Organic Choice potato and vegetable gro-sac to fill the potato planters.

For further details, please call the garden centre, which is located in Milbury Heath, on 01454 412247 or click below.
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