FOUR winners in this year’s Pocket Garden Design Competition are from Dumfries and Galloway.
Pupils at Castle Douglas Primary won two categories, with a mini Threave Estate garden and another based on traditional Scottish food.
Children at Rephad Primary were picked for their curling, football and community garden idea, while Dunscore’s winning entry was called ‘Our landscape is our heritage’.
The contest challenged youngsters across Scotland to come up with
a miniature pocket-sized garden which included food for people, was good for wildlife and reused something.
The winning schools have now been invited to build and grow their garden at school before filming or photographing it to be displayed as part of an online garden showcase in June where people will be able to vote for their favourite.
Competition organiser Eve Keepax said: “The standard of design was even higher this year yet still as full of creativity and humour.
“Congratulations to the winners – I’m already looking forward to seeing the designs transform into real mini gardens.”
Further information and inspiration from past years can be found at www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/pocketgarden . The online showcase will be open for visitors and voting from June 13-22.
