That other shed blog mentioned it last night , of course Alex is the shed news man, where as I jump on the shed news late

To represent what a perfect shed design is they have a picture of 2008 Shed of the Year winner Tim’s Rugby Shed – but sheddies could you design a better shed?

Walton’s Shed Design Competition 2010.

If you have an idea for a garden shed, write down some notes or draw some sketches detailing what makes your garden building stand out from the crowd. The lucky winner will have their garden shed made by our team at Walton’s and we’ll have it delivered to you all for free!

Walton's Premier Groundsman Dutch Barn Shed can you design better?

The garden building will need to be based around the following measurements:

* Maximum width – 1.830 meters
* Maximum length – 2.45 meters
* Maximum height – 2.5 meters

Using the following materials:

* 12mm thick pine wood cladding
* Pine wood framing
* 9mm thick ply wood
* OSB 10mm & 8mm thick
* Styrene glazing.

You will also be required to send us a 100 word introduction about your design, a list of features your shed has and a drawing or diagram depicting your design.

Entrants are required to send their ideas in the following formats: PDF, JPEG or Paper – For hand drawings

Simply design your shed and send us your entries by March 15th 2010 to entries@waltons.co.uk

For full terms and conditions see the page

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Well the nice people over at Transglobal Emporium have a great thing called a Calendar, which displays the dates of things for the year of 2010.

A great invention… I think you would all agree (plus it mentions again next year National Shed Week)

Anyway you can Win a copy of the Win a Luxury Shed Calendar 2010

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Well thanks to Eco Shed genius & Shed of year 2009 eco shed winner Michael Thompson you and a friend can, as he is giving away a two day course at his rammed earth HQ.

Make 2010 the year that you make the difference by learning how easy it is to build with rammed earth. Build your own low impact shed from cheap, sustainable and easily available materials.

Course details

Learn to build using what mother nature provides, at the world famous Rammed Earth Eco-Shed on The Norfolk Broads!

This fun and friendly course will be held over two days and will cover all the essential areas of building with rammed earth.

To enter this competition which is worth £198 then please answer the three questions over at the readersheds competition page.

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STORE is currently offering ReaderSheds readers £200 worth of shelving to give your shed a make-over and free-up precious space.

Their clever elfa system require only a few screws for a full span (everything simply clips into a top track and hangs in sheer) OR if you prefer, there’s a free standing version too.

To enter answer a simple question and fill in this competition form.

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We have two great new comps

1) Win Tickets to the RHS Show at Cardiff
Our friends at Cardiff Council and the RHS have given me Five pairs of tickets to give away to the excellent RHS Cardiff Show

Trowels at the ready – the RHS Show Cardiff returns to the parklands of Cardiff Castle during the weekend of April 17-19 for the first outdoor event of the Royal Horticultural Society season, bringing the best of the spring blooms from nurseries across the UK, with ideas and inspiration for the growing season ahead.

2) Win a copy of the lovely new book “Beach huts and bathing machines” by Kathryn Ferry

We have 3 copies to give away, With over 100 illustrations ‘Beach huts and bathing machines’ looks at the wonderful world of seaside sheds

More Details how to enter here

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We recently had some great competitions on readersheds

Win Rolawn Vegetable & Fruit Topsoil

and

Win Builders Tea

Many thanks to the promoters, Builders tea and Rolawn

and the Winners are
Topsoil – Chris Camplisson
Tea – Colin Holland

The promoters of the competitions will contact you soon.

You can still win with readersheds over here this time some beer related stuff including Wells Bombardier.

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To celebrate St George’s Day, Drink of England, Wells Bombardier is undertaking a nationwide hunt for the Champion of England.

And to celebrate readersheds.co.uk inclusion on the list of champions, our patriotic friends at Bombardier have given us four cases of the lovely Wells Bombardier to give away. So we are going to split it up so that two lucky sheddies can win two cases each!

Bombardier is the most English of beers – brewed right in the heart of England with accredited natural mineral water from the brewery’s very own well. It is available across England in good cask ale pubs, or it is available in bottles and cans at supermarkets and off licenses.

Enter here

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Our friends at Camra of course the people that are Campaigning for Real Ale, Pubs and Drinkers’, like us sheddies!

Has given us a copy of the 3rd edition of the excellent Brew Your Own British Real Ale

You can win a copy here.

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