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INAUGURAL
GARDEN SCULPTURE
COMPETITION
Owners of the Werai
Teahouse and Nursery, TAS & Mandy Smethurst have
come up with a novel idea and are calling on all
artistic people of the Highlands to get involved.
In light of the fact that they have been unable to erect
a new sign in the shape of a Teapot on their premises at
Werai, they have decided to hold a Garden Sculpture
competition and have some fun with the’ Teapot’
theme.
The signs that the
Smethurst’s wish to erect are in the shape of a
teapot. “Well, we thought that if we couldn’t have
the signs, then we might as well have the next best
thing – real Teapots!!” explains Mandy. “One
thing led to another, and before long the concept of a
garden sculpture competition was born. And you
guessed it, this years theme is ‘Teapots’”!
The competition is open to
anyone, with the only requirement being that the
sculpture must be at least 1m tall, and in the theme of
a teapot. Entries will be received onsite at the
Werai Teahouse & Nursery up until 5pm Saturday 12
September. All entries will be displayed on the
lawn and in the gardens of the Teahouse.
Judging will be done by the
general public via a Gold Coin donation, with all money
raised going to a local charity. The charity this
year will be the Exeter Rural Fire Brigade.
Voting will continue for a
month and will coincide with Tulip Time. Voting
will close at 5.00pm on Sunday 17 October. The
entry with the most votes will receive the first prize
of $500 cash.
“We’re hoping the community
will get behind this novel way of raising money for a
local charity and have a bit of fun at the same
time.” Mrs Smethurst exclaims with a bit of
excitement in her voice. “We have already spoken
to some people who are planning on building a teapot
from wrought iron. But we are hoping to get some
teapots made from recycled materials, as well as bright
colourful and perhaps novel entries, plus maybe ones
made from old corrugated iron. Really the entries
are only limited by ones imagination. We are
already thinking ahead and next year we might make the
theme a teacup to go with the pots or even a
cupcake.”
Entry forms and the
conditions of entry are all available online at
www.werai.com.au and follow the links.
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