Summer Of Sunflowers - Click here for sunflower seed collection points and further details

Spring has once again sprung; birds are chirping, and gardeners are getting ready to grow! It’s time to get back out in the garden with the children, as our ‘Summer of Sunflowers’ is here with a ‘blooming’ brilliant prize to be won!  

Children of all ages can take part in this fun, interactive, and outdoors challenge. We want them to try and grow the TALLEST Sunflower possible, and if they win, they will get a brand-new balance or children’s bike subject to age.

You will need one of our free seed packets to take part – details of how to collect and the T’s & C’s are below, where you can also find a helpful guide on how to plant and care for your Sunflower!
Get the family involved and in the garden!

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If you are a school and would like to register for seeds please fill in the form BELOW and we will have some sent out to your school. Or you can pick up seeds from the following collection points:

Wye Valley Visitor Centre
Hereford Gold
Handyman House
Apple Green

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SUMMER OF SUNFLOWER – CONTEST RULES
1.    The Summer of Sunflowers contest is open from Wednesday 7th May 2025 and is open to participants living within the Sunshine Radio transmission area for the duration of 6 weeks or until all seed envelopes have been collected.
2.    You can be young at heart to enter, but you must be up to 16 years old to win.
3.    Official seed packets are available from the locations listed above.
4.    Only seeds provided by Sunshine Radio are to be used in the contest.
5.    Retain seed packet as proof of entry as this will be required for the final.
6.    Final measuring for the entrants must take place in the week of August 18th 
7.    Judging will take place at the locations of the 3 tallest sunflowers .
8.    Participants must make themselves available for judging on the above dates or risk forfeiting their place in the final. 
9.    Participants are encouraged to send in photos as part of their entry into the final.
10.     The final prize will be awarded to the tallest sunflower as measured from soil point to the highest possible stem point by the judges and only the judges.
11.     The judge’s decision is final.
12.     Sunshine Radio retains the right to substitute the prize in the event of problems with the supplier.
13.     Multiple entrants from the same address will be disqualified.
14.     Sunshine Radio reserves the right to disqualify any entrant deemed to have cheated in line with the Stations’ general contest T’s & C’s found here: https://www.sunshineradio.co.uk/general-contest-rules/ 
15.    Prize is a brand new Childrens’ Bicycle or Balance Bike, which must be collected from Chris’s Cycles, Evenjobb.