Colour Your Life Winner 2018
A special category this year was the Colour Your Life category, sponsored by Calliope®. The only guidelines for this category were to create and imaginative and stunning display that included vibrant red Calliope® geraniums.
After receiving so many stunning designs we decided to double the prizes we had to give away. As a result, there are two winners - the display that was chosen by the Cultivation Street judges and the display that was chosen by a public vote online.
All the shortlisted entries for 2018 can be found at the bottom of the page.
Judges' Choice
The winner is:
Springhallow School Garden
Entered by Cath Baynton
Springhallow school are based in Ealing London.
They have won £500 and 100 Calliope Geraniums.
Springhallow’s display features upcycled school sinks overflowing with red blossoms before an inventive ‘garden’ sign made from leftover artificial turf. The judges liked that all the children participated in the creation of the display which is a really friendly and colourful welcome to the school garden.
The judges really liked the visual impact of this display along with its eco-friendly and creative upcycling, which really made this display stand out.
People's Choice
We put all the shortlisted Colour Your Life entries online and asked the public to vote for their favourite.
We were overwhelmed by the buzz around this on social media - people were sharing, tweeting and emailing - it was fantastic!
What was so exciting was that there were lots of different projects topping the leader board at different times - and it was very close between 3 projects in particular. There were just under 10,000 votes altogether - amazing! Now, however, the votes have been counted and the public have spoken, their favourite was...
The winner is:
The Allotment Angels
Entered by Suzie Wilson
Based in Glasgow, Scotland.
They have won £500 and 100 Calliope Geraniums
This project clearly has a fantastic following as they won with an outstanding 3,529 votes and shared posts about the competition over 140 times! A group of adults with disabilities and special needs, The Allotment Angels created their display using reclaimed materials from a local scrapyard - and doesn't it look fantastic?!
Colour Your Life Shortlisted 2018
A big well done to everyone that entered a display this year and was shortlisted:
- Shiloh Home School
- Pembury Primary
- St Alban's
- Highfield Park
- Petrus
- Wonky Garden
- Sandown Castle
- Chewton Playgroup
- Tullymeadow
- Ancaster Primary
- Northaw School
- Masefield Community
- Tinsley Allotment
- Haytown in Bloom
- Chaucer Juniors
- Aucherncairn
- Rockcliffe Avenue
- Whalley Rangers
The judges found it difficult to judge, it was a very fun and creative category. We hope you all enjoyed creating them as much as we enjoyed viewing and reading about them. Please don't hesitate to get in touch for feedback.