School Gardening Awards

Gardening and feeling connected to nature can change lives. These awards provide a structure to develop gardening through the curriculum at your school and a way to celebrate your progress.

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Our free five-level awards scheme provides achievable goals to help your pupils gain the benefits that gardening brings, including supporting the environment and improving wellbeing.

You will receive a certificate, a digital logo and rewards at each level to celebrate your achievement.

Get started at Level 1 today, or apply for the next level if you already have a School Gardening Award.

Level 1

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"The school gardening awards are such a great way to help young people to feel proud of their hard work."

- George Bream, Outreach and Science Teacher, Loudoun Academy, East Ayrshire
 

Level 1

Level 1 is about starting out on your school's gardening journey and getting growing.

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Rewards:

'Your Wellbeing Garden' book, a selection of seeds, a certificate and a digital logo.


Level 2

At Level 2, you'll be gardening to support wellbeing, using pupils' ideas to steer your plans and developing new growing skills.

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Rewards:

£50 National Garden Gift Voucher, a copy of 'How to Garden the Low Carbon Way', a selection of seeds, a certificate and a digital logo.

 

Level 3

Level 3 is about planet-friendly gardening, growing a range of plants and keeping your plants healthy.

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Rewards:

£50 National Garden Gift Voucher, 'The Little Book of Wild Gardening', a selection of seeds, a certificate and a digital logo.

Level 4

Level 4 focuses on linking gardening to the curriculum, gardening to support wildlife and sharing your plants or seeds.

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Rewards:

£100 National Garden Gift Voucher, the 'RHS Gardening School' book, a selection of seeds, a certificate and a digital logo.


Level 5

Level 5 is about gardening with your community, gardening through the seasons and planning for the future.

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Rewards

£150 National Garden Gift Voucher, a selection of seeds, a plaque, a certificate and a digital logo.