Earlier this year we sent out 30 of these "Garden Start UP" packs of the following seedlings from Awapuni Nurseries:
Chives & parsley for salads and omelettes through the year
Rainbow beet for all year round greens
Yellow cocktail tomatoes for a bit of salad fun
zucchini for summer grilling (great finely grated in the Edmonds 1 egg choccie cake too!)
Lettuces for all summer long crunch!
It was great to receive the following photos of some of our Garden Challenge families':
The flowers give this garden away!
LOVE the use of egg shells "Flower Fairy" for keeping away any hungry slugs!
Tetch grew a Garden as part of her William pike Challenge...the green house has really given everything a HUGE head start!
Our resident "Handyman" Garden Warrior...top effort Rhys!
Another of our regular Garden Warriors...nice work!
Looking fabulous, loved the pictures of your beautiful chooks too!
Very tidy...
...top effort Hearne family, you can be very proud of your efforts in such a short time!
Interestingly ...most of our gardens are coastal, and thriving!
These yellow zucchini look destined for a frittata! Nice work Jordan.
Love the use of broken flower pots to edge your raised Garden, and add a coloured boarder. Great to see one of our "Compostbots" residing over everything!
WE really loved this garden housed in a DSM screen form the Holcim cement works!
Everything looks to be growing really well too Anika & Caleb!
More West Coast ingenuity...a few sheets of clear light around the edges to trap a bit of heat, protect form the wind and...stop those pesky Wekas form pulling everything out!
plenty of summer salads here Anderson family!
Another beach side garden...this one made very creative use of already potted plants!
Our head Garden Gnome likes to mix up rosemary with her roses...she may try tomatoes now!
Standard roses under planted with lettuce...tasty!
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absolutely stunning effort Barrell family!
This photo was too cute not to include...great to see EVERYONE enjoying gardening!
Thank you for sharing your garden with us Micah, these potatoes, beans and sweet corn are probably ready to eat by now seeing as this shot was taken about a month ago!
Just as well Awapuni Nurseries have given us a little something for every family that has put in a "Mint" effort this spring, and really hit the "Bulls eye" with their gardens!
Be sure to come along to final assembly tomorrow afternoon to find out who takes home the beautiful Tui books above!
The Tui NZ Fruit Garden book can be found in our school library to help out with our new orchard, as can a complete set of the other 3 fantastic Tui books!
Every family who registered for the Grow Fresh Garden competition will be heading home with a packet of giant pumpkin seeds to grow over summer...weigh in is early April at the school Gala!
Each family will also receive a certificate of achievement for their efforts ...and either a "mint" plant or a "Geranium Bulls Eye" flower bush, courtesy of the very generous folk at Awapuni Nurseries.
Delivery is free to non-rural addresses, and for orders of more than 6 bundles...so grab a neighbour and share some bundles!
Thank you to ALL our families' who took up the Challenge...it has been a lot of fun & inspiring!
See you at the gala with your pumpkins!
It was our intention to give everyone an apple cucumber plant to add to their gardens...but alas one of our very helpful Garden Warriors kindly gave them all a generous handful of fertiliser each...such wonderful observant helpers we have in our garden!
