Florence Nightingale, William Shakespeare and King John were among the esteemed guests at Standalone Farm in Letchworth over Easter.
Schools had been tasked with designing scarecrows representing a historical character made up of recycled materials and dried or potted plants.
As part of ARCH community group’s school competition, judges from ARCH, the Heritage Foundation and Standalone Farm ran their eyes over creations including Woman of the Ages, King Scarecrow VIII and a scarecrow representing 100 years of Ladybird books.
Heritage Foundation community projects and learning co-ordinator Beth McDougall said: “These fantastic scarecrows were extremely difficult to judge on the day.
“Each one is a fantastic representation of the imaginations and hard work of the school children and staff at each school who had very obviously put a lot of thought and time into their scarecrow.”
The winning scarecrow is hoping to steal the limelight at the RHS Hampton Court scarecrow competition and be rewarded with £100 worth of gardening vouchers to be used in the winning school’s grounds.
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