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.
St. Anne’s Catholic School
The competition is a great opportunity for our students to practice their skills when it comes to showing aroha to our environment.
Gonville School
We have an amazing space just ready for a vegetable garden which we are lacking. These gardens will enhance learning opportunities for our tamariki.
Hunterville School
Very excited to join in this challenge for our rural school children. Thank you so much for providing such an awesome project.
Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Tupoho
We have actively been working to establish a māra kai. We hope to use this opportunity as we are still in the learning process ourselves.
Valley Homeschool
Our families have a passion for looking after the land, the children enjoy seeing seedlings sprout up and this encourages them to get involved.
Castlecliff School
The kids have really enjoyed the experience and learning about and eating different varieties of vegetables. We would like to continue this journey.
Aberfeldy School
To encourage our tamariki to learn about the benefits of gardening and being able to grow your own vegetables to help your whanau.
St. Dominic’s School
The challenge will give them the opportunity to share their knowledge with the others and get some more girls enthusiastic about gardening.
Mosston School
We would love to participate again. We have a great group of students who are keen gardeners and love tending to our vege garden!
St. John’s School
We wish to encourage and stimulate garden to table practices for our future generations that take care of our Earth in a sustainable way.
Faith City School
We are really keen to be a part of the challenge and are planning a new vege garden which our students will learn from. Can’t wait to start!
Kākātahi School
We are embarking on a new strategic plan that ensures our school educates children in sustainability and how to grow their own food.
Whanganui City College
Our goal: Have students plan, plant and grow a crop which can be processed into a food product for a community group either this year or next year.
Upokongaro School
A small school with loads of enthusiasm. Looking forward to growing some delicious veges again this year, and hopefully be in for some prizes!
Whanganui Girls College
The School Vege Challenge gives us a perfect opportunity for the students who are interested in gardening, to learn and develop more of their skills.
Keith Street School
Our maara/gardens are ready for some re-invigoration. We’re having fun and trying to grow some beautiful looking produce!
Brunswick School
We are excited to participate in the School Vege Challenge as a motivator to get our students into the vege garden, hands in the dirt.
Kai Iwi School
Our school vision is to grow the biggest and healthiest fruit and vegetables by working together as an enviro team. All by having fun outside.
Tawhero School
A generous donation from our sponsors Zealandia, Tui, Ican, Eastown, Yates and Egmont will get the school off to a great start.
Whanganui Intermediate School
We participated in the School Vege Challenge last year and it was a great way to get the kids interested in our school garden.
Carlton School
I love gardening in my personal time, I have been wanting the opportunity to share this love with my students – it will be nice to share.
Churton School
The group of students who participated really enjoyed growing vegetables last year and upcoming students are excited to do the same.
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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