This competition has now ended.

You can win two signed gardening books and a beautiful bag by sending us a funny garden furniture photo.

It could be you have an unusual item being used as a garden chair, or you have an unexpected guest on your sun lounger:

A foxy sun-bather
Photo by Tomosaurus

The prize:

Batik print bag

Designed by Marie-Thérèse King from Eekbatik

101 Bold and Beautiful Flowers

Signed by the author James Alexander-Sinclair

Joe's Allotment book

Signed by the author Joe Swift








The rules:

• The photo must be owned by you
• The photo must include an item of garden furniture
• By sending your photo you are giving permission for use on our blog
• All photos must be sent by 31st May 2011

How you enter:

1. Choose your most unusual and entertaining garden furniture photo.

2. Email your photo (up to 3 images) to: dobbiesblog@gmail.com
(Images should be no larger than 1MB in file size but at least 500 pixels wide.)

3. Include your name, contact phone number and address in your email.

A collection of runner-up images will be displayed on the Dobbies gardening blog. The winning image will be posted on the Dobbies blog in a blaze of glory.

The closing date for entry is the 31st May 2011, runners up and winners will be announced by the 10th June 2011.

Win this voucher on Facebook now - click image above

Dobbies has been sharing its gardening expertise and enthusiasm for over 145 years, and now you can keep up to date with all the Dobbies news and activities on Facebook and Twitter.

Right now there’s a competition on the Dobbies Facebook page that could win you a £20 gardening voucher. To be in with a chance to win simply give the Dobbies page a ‘Like’. As soon as the page gets more than 1000 likes we will select one person at random who will win a £20 voucher to spend at Dobbies.com.

Win a Dobbies £20 voucher on Facebook - Click the image above

Add us to your favourites and be the first to find out about our special offers and sales. You can also get new ideas for your garden and home from our articles and photos.

As well as Facebook, you can get up to the minute information, links and offers by following us on Twitter. Just visit the Dobbies Twitter page or search for @dobbiesdotcom and don’t forget to follow us.

Join the fun today, stay connected and be in with a chance to win some prizes, with Dobbies online garden centre.

Dobbies have teamed up with LoveOffers.co.uk to offer you the chance to win a Gardening Starter Kit for your child.

This excellent prize, which is ideal for getting kids interested in gardening, includes:

• A pair of children’s gardening gloves
• A watering can
• Hanging seed feeder
• Planting trough
• Seeds
• A trowel
• A pair of Hunter wellies

To be in with a chance of winning, just visit the LoveOffers website to enter the competition and answer a simple question.

As if that wasn’t enough, you can also download a free Growing Vegetables is Fun guide, which is jam-packed with useful information, colourful pictures and fascinating factoids about how to plant seeds and grow delicious vegetables.

Gardening is a healthy, educational and fun activity to get kids involved with and Dobbies are determined to help you kick-start a summer of horticultural fun right now.

How do you fancy winning a £250 shopping spree at your local Dobbies store?

Dobbies are looking for Christmas Trees with the X-Factor

All you have to do is show us a picture (on Facebook, Twitter or Flickr) of your fabulous and stylishly decorated Christmas tree and you could be in with a chance of winning that amazing prize.

Dobbies are looking for Christmas Trees with the X-Factor and winners for the following four categories:

• Most Traditional Tree
• Most Colourful Tree
• Most Stylish Tree
• Biggest Tree

And as if you needed another reason to enter, for every picture uploaded, Dobbies will donate 50p to WellChild (up to the value of £2000), a national charity dedicated to improving the quality of life for seriously sick children and their families across the uk.

How To Enter

As stated, all we need is a picture of your Christmas tree and you can send it to us in any of the following ways:

On our Flickr page. Just submit your picture into the relevant discussion group.

On our Twitter page. Just submit your picture via Twitpic, including the name of the category you’d like to enter.

On our Facebook page. Just post your picture and category to our wall.

* Please note if you choose to use one of the methods above you must already be a member and signed in before entering a photo.

You can also enter the competition directly by email. Just send us your picture along with your contact details and the category you wish to enter to treemendous@dobbies.com.

The closing date for entries is 9am on 24^th December 2009.  The winners will be announced on Monday 28^th December 2009.

Eligibility

This competition is open to UK residents.

Entrants must have decorated the tree pictured themselves in either their home, garden or business.  Christmas trees in public places are not eligible for entry.

Judging

A panel of judges made up of Dobbies plant experts, visual merchandisers and interior designers will select the winners. All decisions by the judges are final and no correspondence will be entered into. All winners will be contacted immediately after the results of the competition have been announced.

Please read our full Terms & Conditions for more information.