Terms & Conditions for 2026 RHS Botanical Art & Photography Show Tickets and Book Prize Draw

  1. The Royal Horticultural Society with registered charity number 222879/SC038262 of 80 Vincent Square, London, SW1P 2PE (the RHS) is the promoter of the prize draw. 
  2. The prize draw is open to all UK residents aged 18 years or over, except employees of the RHS, their families, agents or any third party directly associated with administration of the prize draw.
  3. The prize draw is free to enter and no purchase is necessary. There is a limit of one entry per person. Entries on behalf of another person and joint submissions are not permitted.
  4. All entries must be submitted via the RHS’s Instagram account.
  5. The prize draw runs from 10am on Friday 26 June (the Opening Date) to 10am on Friday 3 July (the Closing Date). Entries received after this time will not be valid.
  6. The three winners will be chosen by random draw performed by a random name generator, with the fulfilled terms and conditions verified by an independent person on Monday 6 July (Draw Date).
  7. The three winners will receive two tickets to the 2026 RHS Botanical Art & Photography Show as well as a copy of RHS Botanical Illustration: The Gold Medal Winners.
  8. Any incomplete entries will not be considered valid for the prize draw. The RHS accepts no responsibility for any entries which are not completed due to technical interruption, fault, site failure or any other reason.
  9. The winners will be notified by Instagram message on Monday 6 July and must provide a postal address and email address to claim their prize. If any winner does not respond to the RHS within 2 working days of being notified by the RHS, then the winner's prize will be forfeited. The RHS will be entitled to select another winner in accordance with the process described above.
  10. Full details of the prize will be sent to the winners by email within 7 days of their being notified of their win.
  11. The prize for the winners is non-exchangeable, non-transferable and no cash alternative is offered.
  12. The RHS reserves the right to replace each prize with an alternative prize of equal or higher value if circumstances beyond the RHS's control makes it necessary to do so.
  13. The decision of the RHS regarding any aspect of the prize draw is final and binding and no correspondence will be entered into about it.
  14. The RHS must either publish or make available information that indicates that a valid award took place. To comply with this obligation the RHS will send the surname and county of the prize winner to anyone who emails [email protected] or 80 Vincent Square, London, SW1P 2PE (enclosing a self-addressed envelope) within one month after the Closing Date. If you object to either or both of your surname and county being published or made available, please contact the RHS via email at [email protected] or post to 80 Vincent Square, London, SW1P. In such circumstances, the RHS must still provide this information to the Advertising Standards Authority on request.
  15. Participants are deemed to have accepted and agreed to be bound by these terms and conditions upon entry. The RHS reserves the right to refuse entry, or refuse to award the prize to anyone in breach of these terms and conditions. 
  16. The RHS reserves the right to hold void, cancel, suspend, or amend the promotion where it becomes necessary to do so.
  17. Insofar as is permitted by law, the RHS, its agents or distributors will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate the winner 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 RHS, its agents or distributors or that of their employees. Your statutory rights are not affected. 
  18. The prize draw is governed by the laws of England and Wales, and the parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
  19. Privacy Statement: Unless you have chosen to receive other information from us, your personal data supplied during the course of this promotion will be used by the RHS for the purpose of running the prize draw, including contacting the winners and distributing the prize, and as set out in condition 14 regarding the announcement of the winners. The personal data of the winners will be kept for a period of 140 days from the Closing Date and then deleted. For all other entrants, the retention period is 60 days. Please read our full RHS Privacy Policy to find out more about how we use your personal data and how to exercise your rights under the applicable data protection legislation. 

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