Eden Project

Create a winning Olympic wreath for London 2012

We’re inviting 11-19-year-olds to enter a competition to design and make their own Olympic wreath out of plants.

Winning wreaths, photographed on the heads of their designers, will be displayed in London during the 2012 Summer Games.

Together with Botanic Gardens Conservation International we are running the competition to encourage young people to get in the mood for next summer’s events, while also learning about plants.

The first ever Olympic Wreath, presented to victors in Ancient Greece, was made from wild olive leaves picked from a sacred tree by the temple of Zeus. Can you carry on the tradition?

Find out how to enter, by 31 December 2011, on our competition page.

Thanks to Nell Brookfield.

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