Spring into Lewes

Spring into Lewes 2021 was an online festival with downloadable activities, competitions and resources to inspire and help you to access the beautiful nature on our doorstep. We ran it for the first time during the Covid-19 lockdown and hope to repeat and expand it in Spring 2022. In the meantime, here are the winners of the various competitions we ran. Congratulations to all of them.

 

Competition Winners

Photography

Many thanks to our judge, Katie Vandyck, whose comments are listed below each photo.

Photography competition winners for the 11+ category

Winner: Robin by Vincent Clark

Runner up: Flower on Tree by Eva Eserin

Under 11 category

Winner: Nature Mandela by Kitty Mole-Davies

Kitty
"I love the way Kitty has used the materials she found in Railway Land both to make an interesting pattern and also to suggest the variety of life that can be found there. The limited range of tones makes this a very attractive and subtle image. Very calming, interesting and a little intriguing, something magical and ancient going on here".
Eva
"Eva's photograph is surprising and romantic and suggests all the stories I have ever read where humans have been lost in a wood. The flower is exotic but abandoned, lost and alone, and the colour reminds me of Little Red Riding Hood".
Vincent
"Vincent has been very clever to get this shot. I stalked this particular Robin for months before being able to capture him. Aside from his skill, I love the way the background behind the Robin is the Heart of Reeds, this makes this shot quintessentially Railway Land, and so is the winner".

Art Competition

Judged by local artist Fiona Griffin @fi_griffin_prints

11+ category

Winner: Sylvie Bartholomew age 11 ("Miss Spring Mushroom", created using the app "Ibis Paint" on an iPhone)

Under 11 category

Winner: Leena Clark age 9 (Daffodil painting)

Miss Spring Mushroom
Miss Spring Mushroom
Daffodil
Daffodil

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