Voting Has Closed!
Thank you to everyone who voted for the People's Choice Award in this year's School Vege Challenge! We're very pleased with how well all the schools have performed and look forward to announcing the results of the competition soon.
People's Choice Leaderboard
Latest from the Vege Challenge:
The Challenge Is On!
March 24, 2023
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22 schools in the 2023 challenge have received their starter kits. We are excited to see progress as they send photos through and we upload to their profiles below.
Check out the profile of each school below to see where their gardens are up to.
We (Springvale Garden Centre) are looking forward to doing a mid-point check-in visiting many of the school's gardens in late April.
Participating Schools for 2023
Click on the summaries below to see the photos and info for each school participating in the School Vege Challenge 2023.
Arahunga School
We are teachers and students learning that we can grow what we eat to save some money, about caring for plants, from seeds to table.
Kaitoke School
We have just started a gardening club that the children can join. We’ve done lots of clearing out to make space for our garden.
Bulls School
We’re working towards several projects within the school with gardening using vegetables, flowers, composting and worm farms.
Brunswick School
We strive to involve the students in the journey of garden-to-table by sending home harvests for students to share with their whanau.
Churton School
Children will be taught to look after and nurture the garden. They can learn about different types of vegetables and what they can be used for.
Okoia School
Our students are already brimming with great questions like, “How can we tell if it’s a slug or caterpillar eating the plants?”
Older Vege Challenge News:
2023 School Vege Challenge Registrations Open
November 17, 2022
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After two successful years of encouraging our children to get out into the garden and grow their own food, we’re ready to kick off the School Vege Challenge for 2023.
Winners Announced!
June 23, 2022
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We have been absolutely thrilled with the engagement and participation of so many schools keen to teach their students gardening.
The results really show!
Mid-Contest Check In
May 31, 2022
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We’ve been to visit the participating schools to check in on their progress. Take a look at what’s been happening.
Vege Challenge Kits Delivered
February 17, 2022
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The last week has been super busy as we’ve been dropping off starter kits to our 16 local Whanganui Schools for the 2022 School Vege Challenge.
2022 School Vege Challenge Getting Going
February 2, 2022
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Entries closed on Monday 31st January and we are excited to have the following 16 schools on board for the 2022 challenge.
2022 School Vege Challenge Registrations Open
December 6, 2021
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We learned a lot from running the first edition of the Vege Challenge in 2021 and have made some improvements to the structure of the competition and the criteria for judging.
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