Share your shed for “Shed of the Year 2008″ and win £500 worth of prizes.

The race is on to win the coveted Shed of the Year title which will be held this summer as part of the second National Shed Week.

We are very pleased to announce that one of the UK’s leading online garden building companies, Garden Buildings Directwill be the official sponsor and shed partner for this year’s Shed Week and will be providing the grand prize for the Shed of the Year Competition.

The grand prize will total £500 and the winner will be able to choose products from Garden Buildings Direct or products from one of their sister websites selling extensive ranges of garden furniture, outdoor toys, fitness equipment and BBQ’s.

Organised by the internationally famous readersheds.co.uk, National Shed Week (which runs from July 7 until July 13 2008) will celebrate one of the cornerstones of British culture, the not so humble Garden Shed.

Can this year’s sheddies beat the wonderful and unique sheds that we showcased in the inaugural Shed Week last year, including the amazing Shed of the Year 2007 which was a Roman Temple built by Tony Rogers?

This year’s judges are property guru Sarah Beeny, wind-up radio inventor Trevor Baylis, Professor of beach huts Kathryn Ferry and Shedworking expert Alex Johnson and Eco-architect Lloyd Alter

Sheddies are still welcome to “Share their Sheds” and can enter their buildings on the website ready for the judging in Late June.

About the sponsor
Garden Buildings Direct is part of a number of websites owned by Kybotech Ltd started in 2000, however the business family tree goes back to 1878. Charles & William Walton are the 5th generation of the Walton family connected with the manufacturing of garden buildings and garden related products, based in Sutton-on-Trent the centre for garden buildings since 1927.

They are an online retailer who successfully operate a family of home, garden and leisure retail brands:

Simply Garden Furniture

Outdoor Toys Direct

Flaming Barbecues

Garden Centre Direct

Simply Fitness Equipment

Their main product lines go under the brand name of BillyOh.com with ranges of Wooden Sheds, Plastic Garden Sheds, Metal Garden Sheds, Summerhouses, Metal Greenhouses, Wooden Garden Storage, Plastic Garden Storage, Gazebos, Home Offices, Shed Security, Shed Electrics and Arbours as well as garden furniture and BBQ’s.

About National Shed Week

This is the second year we have run the competition which pits wooden sheds against TARDIS, garden offices against beach huts in a battle royal to win the title of Shed of the Year 2008.

After the success of last year’s Shed Week and the great reaction we got from press and the public, Sarah Beeny has agreed to become a judge again, along with inventor and entrepreneur Trevor Baylis.

They are joined by Shedworking expert Alex Johnson, Kathryn Ferry who is a beach hut expert and Treehugger and Eco-housing guru Lloyd Alter.

Contact us

To get access to hires images and more information on Shed week go to our press section

Competition Terms and Conditions.

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I am pleased to announce that last years Shed of the year winner Tony is going to be one of the judges for this years Shed of the Year.

Tony will be able to give his sheddies eye view on the potential winners to take his wreath (sorry crown).

We know have a great selection of judges for this years event, Sarah Beeny, Trevor Baylis, Alex from shedworking and Professor beach hut Kathryn Ferry.

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Our friends over at Thurgarton Iron Works have got themselves a Sales & Marketing Director to look after their interests in Shed of the year 2008, I wish I could bankroll a expert in that field

His first remit will be to concentrate his Monster marketing efforts on the upcoming Readers Sheds competition and the launch of Thurgarton Iron Works into the super-stratosphere of the higher echelons of this world renowned event. You will all remember Miss Bottifont galloping into first place in the “Hut” section last year and the media frenzy surrounding that. This year it could be world domination and with Monster determination and the dedication of Team Thurgarton and all you lovely Shepherds Hut supporters

UPDATE

The Sales & Marketing Director reading this blog

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This week we are going old school (if there is such a thing in the shed world)

With an allotment shed, as in the dark and distance shed time (and not using a TARDIS shed to go back) the only place to find a shed for most people was on an allotment, and of course most of them were cobbled together from bits and pieces around the wossname.

I got an allotment and the older blokes told me that there were break in’s every once and a while so I constructed the ultimate deterrent. Made totally from scaffolding boards and 3×2 timbers this is no B&Q special. I’ve got a coal fire parkray stove which will be getting installed later, still loads to do but should be finished it soon. I got everything from friends and so far it’s stood me £180.00 the place looks a mess at the minute but it’s because i’m building a greenhouse to go with it

It might not be as nice looking as a bought shed but it’s bombproof and no burgular will get in unlike those overpriced paper thin B&Q abominations.

If you want to see more allotment shed click here.

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