We have a unique art contest for you - "Ericalia 2025".

The theme of this year's competition is plants of the Ericaceae (heath) family, including rhododendrons and azaleas, heathers and heathers, pieris, enkianthas, crowberry, blueberry and others. We presented many plant silhouettes on our FB profile tagged with hashtags: #ericaceae, #ericalia.

Competition entries should be submitted by the deadline of 30 listopada 2025. Ogłoszenie wyników konkursu odbędzie się do 12 grudnia 2025. W konkursie mogą wziąć udział uczniowie szkół podstawowych i średnich z terenu powiatów otwockiego, piaseczyńskiego, pruszkowskiego, warszawskiego i warszawskiego zachodniego. Udział w konkursie jest bezpłatny.

Awards will be presented in the following categories:

  • grade I-III elementary school,
  • grade IV-VIII elementary school,
  • high school.

Competition entries:

  • should rearrange a plant or group of plants from the heath family (Ericaceae),
  • can be a detailed drawing depicting the morphological features of a particular plant made by a young botanist or an artistic impression on the subject,
  • can be made using any art technique (e.g., pencil, crayon, poster paints, watercolor, tempera, dry pastels, oil pastels, collage). Only flat art forms are allowed for the competition,
  • should be made on paper of the bristol or technical block type. Format A3/B3 or A2/B2,
  • should be made independently,
  • Their topics should be closely related to the theme of the competition - we encourage children and young people to work creatively and learn about the world of plants,
  • on behalf of the student sends Parent/Guardian. It is allowed to send several works by the Teacher (tutor or teacher of the thematic circle, e.g. art, nature),
  • Each student may submit one entry to the competition,
  • should be delivered to the Organizer in an envelope or folder via mail/courier to the following address: Polish Academy of Sciences Botanical Garden - Center for the Preservation of Biological Diversity, 2 Prawdziwka Street, 02-973 Warsaw, Poland. with the note: "ERICALIA" art contest.

The rest of the details can be found in: REGULAMIN – ERICALIA 2025.