Promotional events terms & conditions
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The documents set out in this section govern your dealings with B&Q. Please read them carefully. They do not affect your statutory rights.
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR B&Q’S GARDENER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION
A CHANCE TO WIN A £10,000 CASH PRIZE AND A £2,500 B&Q GIFT CARD
Conditions of entry
1. This Promotion is only open to residents of the UK, excluding employees and agents of (a) the Promoter or (b) any company connected with the production or distribution of this Promotion, as well as their relatives or members of their family or household. Entries will not be accepted from a community or public/business space, professional gardener, professional garden designer, or influencer, or any individual who receives payment, or benefits in kind, from undertaking gardening or garden improvement tasks, or an outdoor space or garden designed or planted by a professional gardener or garden designer in the previous 24 months. Personal allotments will be accepted.
2. Entrants must be aged 18 years or over at the time of entry. Proof of eligibility must be provided upon request. By entering the Promotion you are deemed to accept and be bound by these terms and conditions.
3. The Promotion is free to enter via the following URL: https://b-and-q-home.zendesk.com/hc/en-gb/requests/new
4. To enter, you must complete the online application form which will include:
a. Uploading three photographs of your garden/outside space. Only one garden/outdoor space can be entered per person. Entries must not include images of people. The three images must be of three views:
i. From one end of your garden/outside space;
ii. From the opposite end of the garden/outside space; and
iii. A close up of your favourite/best part of your garden/outside space).
b. Entering a short explanation (max. 300 words), about your entry and the inspiration behind it (together, the photographs and the explanation comprise the “Materials”);
c. Selecting at least one category which best describes your garden/outside space:
| Category | Judged criteria |
| Best use of Planting | 1. This gardener will understand the importance of time, care and attention when building and caring for their garden. 2. The gardener has sourced perfect plants, carefully tending to them year after year. 3. The gardener has enhanced all parts of their garden with contemporary additions that provide talking points for guests. 4. Every texture and shape is considered. Every space is maximised. This is a garden made perfect. |
| Best use of Sustainability | 1. Gardens/outdoor space that welcome and support our wildlife from insects to birds and mammals 2. Considered use of plants – pollen rich plants and shrubs and trees providing habitat and food such as berries 3. Using sustainable practices throughout the whole garden including soil care, pest control, water management 4. Productivity – the garden will also fully utilised the space for produce growing potential 5. Overall impact - The big picture |
| Best Garden for Entertainment | 1. This gardener has designed their garden or outdoor space to fully immerse their guests 2. Whether the space is used to relax, eat, have fun or cook, it’s a fully thought-through design 3. It works in harmony with the rest of the garden space and all senses have been considered when creating the space complete – sound, smell, sight, touch and even taste 4. Overall impact - The big picture |
| Best use of Small Space | 1. Clever use of space – how space has been maximized to its full potential 2. Creative use of plants – how plants have been incorporated and perhaps used to enhance or make the space feel bigger and more inviting 3. Overall impact - The big picture |
5. Only one entry will be accepted per household.
6. The Promotion opens 17 April 2024 and closes at 23.59 on 21 June 2024. Entries received after 23.59 noon on 21 June 2024 will not be accepted and will not be entered into the Promotion.
7. By submitting Materials to the competition an entrant warrants:
a. that the Materials are their own original work and that they have the right to make them available for all the purposes specified in these T&Cs; that the Materials do not infringe any law; are not obscene or libellous; and that they do not violate the rights of any third party (including, but not limited to, intellectual property rights); and
b. that they have the consent of all individuals and other parties who have an interest in the creation of your entry (including the registered owner(s)) of the property) to enter into this competition on these terms and conditions.
8. By entering you agree to indemnify the Promoter against all legal fees, damages and other expenses that may be incurred as a result of a breach of the above warranties.
Prizes
9. There are four prizes to be won. The judges will select one entrant from each category. Out of the four entrants there will be one winner, which will be selected as the B&Q Gardener of the Year will receive £10,000 in prize money and a B&Q gift card to the value of £2,500 (the “Winner”). The other three runners up will each receive £1,000 in prize money. Terms and conditions for the use of the gift card apply: https://www.diy.com/customer-support/terms-and-conditions.
10. The decision of the judges is final. To find out more about our judges visit www.diy.com/gardener-of-the-year/judges
11. The Winner and three runners up will be selected on Friday 28 June 2024 and notified by the Promoter by email or telephone no later than Friday 28 June 2024. If the Winner or runners up fail to respond and/or claim the prize by Wednesday 3 July 2024, the Promoter reserves the right to select an alternative winner or runner up from the remaining valid entries and repeat this process until the prizes are claimed.
12. By entering the competition, you agree to allow the Promotor and its PR Agency access to your property and your winning outdoor space if you are shortlisted, or if you are selected as the Winner or a runner up. You agree that the prize(s) may be presented to you by one or all judges and that this event may be filmed and photographed by the Promotor and its agencies, and that such presentation, filming and photography may, at the Promoter’s discretion, take place at your property and/or winning outdoor space or in a South East England location of the Promoter’s choice (travel and an overnight stay will be arranged by the Promoter if deemed necessary by the Promoter’s sole discretion). In relation to the former, if such property or space is not owned by the Winner, by entering you agree to notify and obtain permission of the property owner for both entry into the competition and for the filming, photography and presentation event if you are the Winner.
Publicity
13. Any entries and associated materials (including the Materials) submitted by you as part of this promotion will become the property of the Promoter on receipt and will not be returned. By submitting an entry you agree to:
a. assign to the Promoter all your intellectual property rights (“IPRs”) with full title guarantee; and
b. waive all moral rights
in and to your entry, the Materials and howsoever otherwise arising in connection with your entry to which you may now or at any time in the future be entitled under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 as amended from time to time and under all similar legislation from time to time in force anywhere in the world and shall execute any documents reasonably required by the Promoter to evidence the same at the Promoter’s cost;
c. in relation to copyright subsisting in the Materials in jurisdictions which do not permit the assignment of copyright and any instances where assignment of any IPRs subsisting in the Materials is deemed ineffective by a court or other competent body, grant the Promoter an irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide licence for the full term of copyright and any other subsisting IPRs to use, display, publish, transmit, alter, adapt, edit, store, re-format and sub-licence copyright and any other subsisting IPRs in the Materials to third parties; and
d. be contacted by the Promoter and the Promoter’s PR agency, Freud Communications Limited and take part in media coverage, carried out throughout the competition and Winner announcement period (16 April –31 July 2022). Publicity can and may include use of photography, videography and quotes from the Materials and/or from or of the entrant for use within national and regional print, online and broadcast media as well as all B&Q social media, email, DIY.com and B&Q advertising activity.
13.1 For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in these Ts&Cs shall prevent the entrant from using the Materials in a personal capacity, save that any such use shall not be for commercial purposes or any other financial gain.
Personal information
14. The Promoter will process personal information provided by entrants as follows:
a. as set out at Conditions 2, 8, 11, 12, 13, 16- 18, 20 (verification of entries, selection and announcement of shortlisted entries, the Winner, runners up and delivery of the prize, publicity and regulatory requirements);
b. as set out below:
| Purpose of processing | Personal data | Lawful bias for processing |
| To enable you to participate in, and the Promoter to operate, this competition |
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c. as set out in the B&Q privacy policy at: https://www.diy.com/customer-support/privacy.
15. Entries must not contain images of people. Any personal information provided to the Promoter during the entry process (including but not limited to entrant’s name, e-mail address, telephone number and town) must be correct. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for any incorrect personal information provided to it.
16. The Promoter and its customer service agent, Teleperformance Ltd, will hold and process personal data in accordance with the Promoter’s privacy policy as set out above, and will not use that personal data other than for the purposes set out in these terms and conditions.
17. The Promotion will be managed by B&Q and its PR agency. You hereby agree and consent that if you are selected as the Winner or as a runner up your personal data will be shared with the PR agency.
18. Please note that the Promoter is obliged to publish and make available on request the following details of prize winners: surname, county and, where applicable, the Winner’s and runners’ up entry/entries. If you object to any of this information being made available in this way, please state this in your entry form. The Promoter must nevertheless share this information with the Advertising Standards Authority where it becomes necessary to do so.
General
19. Prizes are not transferable and may not be re-sold. There is no cash alternative in relation to the gift card.
20. The names and counties of the Winner and runners up will be available after the closing date by submitting a written request to the Promoter.
21. The decision of the judges at all stages, and the determination and decision of the Promoter on all matters, shall be final and no promotional correspondence or discussion will be entered into. The Promoter reserves the right in its reasonable discretion: (a) to disqualify any entrant, claimant, competitor or nominee whose conduct is contrary to the spirit of the rules or the intention of the Promotion and to declare as void any or all of their claims or entries based on such conduct; (b) to add to or to waive any rules on reasonable notice; and/or (c) to cancel the promotion or any part of it at any stage in the event of circumstances beyond the Promoter's reasonable control.
22. No entries will be accepted in bulk, from agents or third parties.
23. If any of the provisions of these terms and conditions are held to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part that part shall be severed from the remainder of the provisions and the validity of the other provisions and the remainder of the provision in question shall not be affected.
24. Insofar as is permitted by law the Promoter and its agents and distributors will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate the winners or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of taking up the prize except where it is caused by the negligence of the Promoter, its agents or distributors or that of their employees.
25. Nothing in these terms and conditions restricts your statutory rights as a consumer. These terms and conditions shall be governed by the laws of England and any dispute shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
Promoter
26. The Promoter is B&Q Limited whose registered address is B&Q House, Chestnut Avenue, Chandlers Ford, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO53 3LE (company number 973387).
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For each 1.5L and 2L English and French Lavender sold, B&Q will donate £1 to the B&Q Foundation, registered in England and Wales (company no. 11868617, charity number 1183275) and Scotland (charity no. SC051154). The total donated to B&Q Foundation is capped at £710,000. For more information visit: bqfoundation.or.uk