The Great Drum Rake Off

Ready, Set, RAKE! Our Gardening Competition "The Great Drum Rake Off" has returned for another year to get dug in to! This competition is completely free to enter; snap a photo of your garden and enter it via our website! The dates of each stage of the competition are as follows:

Saturday, May 24^th - Sunday, June 15^th		Entry Period
Monday, June 16^th - Monday, June 23^rd		We Review Entries & Get In Touch Regarding Progress
Tuesday, June 24^th - Monday, June 30^th		Public Vote
Tuesday, July 1^st - Sunday, July 6^th		Finalists From Public Vote Will Be Informed To Organise A Visit To Their Garden
Monday, July 7^th - Friday, July 11^th		Our Plant Team Visit Gardens

What is The Great Drum Rake Off?

The Great Drum Rake Off is a free gardening competition! We invite our customers in the local area (AB postcodes) to submit photographs of their gardens to us. Submissions will be made through our website using a form that will become available during the entry period. Our Plant Experts will review entries and score the gardens independently, with the highest scoring gardens being taken through to the semi-final vote. The semi-final vote is done on our Facebook page, allowing our customers to vote on their favourite gardens through liking and sharing. The gardens with the highest interaction get through to the final, where our Plant Team will visit each garden and decide on the winners.

What Are The Requirements?

Your postcode must begin with AB to ensure entries are only in the local area, and photos of your garden must have been taken during the entry period. These will be used on our social media and website; we will ask your permission before posting. We have two garden categories:

Category 1	Gardens up to around 200 square meters*. For example, window planters up to a back garden in a suburb.

Category 2	Gardens above 200 square meters* For example,large suburban and country gardens.

* The garden's square meters guide you to understanding the different garden size categories; an exact measurement is not required.

What Are We Looking For?

We recommend you take a picture (or a few) of the overall garden. You may want to include closer pictures of your garden to showcase any features you are particularly proud of. You must include at least one image of your garden to enter; we recommend up to 5 photos. If you have more than 5 photos to send, you will need to do this over WeTransfer, as our website cannot support this. As plant lovers, we love to see gardens of all kinds! There is an optional opportunity in the submission forms to add extra information on your garden, should you want to include any environmental efforts or personal endeavours that may help your application.

What's Up For Grabs?

The all-important part... What could you win? We will have first, second, and third place for both garden categories. We have organised it this way to allow all garden types to get their chance to shine.

1st Place £150 Mains of Drum Gift Card
2nd Place £100 Mains of Drum Gift Card
3rd Place £50 Mains of Drum Gift Card

How Do I Enter?

To enter The Great Drum Rake Off, click the button below with the number of images you want to submit and fill in our entry form. You can submit as many or as few photos with your entry as you would like.

	Submit 1 Image	Submit 2 to 5 Images	Submit 5+ Images*
			*Requires use of WeTransfer

Rake Off FAQ's

I Need Help with the Photo Dates

Photos can be taken between the entry period dates (Saturday, May 24th - Sunday, June 15th). It is okay if these photos were taken on separate dates, as long as they are within the entry period. The time frame is a guide so that entries are all of current gardens; please let us know the additional dates the photos were taken in your additional notes entry, so that our plant experts have a reference.

How Many Photos Should I Add?

We are looking for photos to give an idea of the garden; how many will vary depending on each person's garden.
Ideally, we would like an overview of the garden. You can choose to submit just one photo or multiple, depending on what you want to showcase! Close-ups of particularly landscaped areas are always welcome, as this will give us a good idea of the garden.

How To Attach Photos

On our website, you can select from 3 different buttons depending on the number of photos you would like to submit.

If you wish to submit more than 10, you must do so via email. We recommend creating a link for this using WeTransfer and sending it to [email protected]