Media release
For immediate release
29 November 2012
Gardening Grants Give Little Green Fingers A Boost
Children at six North Island rural schools will be encouraged to get their hands dirty as they develop vegetable
gardens and orchards after being selected as the lucky winners of $2000 gardening grants.
Rural Women New Zealand and Farmlands will present the cheques to the schools over the coming week.
National president, Liz Evans, says “This is the third time that Rural Women New Zealand and Farmlands have
collaborated to distribute the proceeds from the popular Farmlands Ladies Nights, which are held around the North Island
during October.
“The resurgence of interest in eating fresh food and getting back to basics was reflected in the number of applications
we received, with 113 rural primary schools applying for grants.”
The money will be used to buy equipment, seedlings or plants to start a vegetable garden or orchard, or further develop
one already in place.
The schools will also receive gardening equipment from McGregor’s Gardening, a gardening starter kit from Yates,
fertiliser from Agrisea NZ Ltd and a copy of ‘A Good Harvest – recipes from the gardens of Rural Women New Zealand’ so
the children can put all their produce to good use.
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The successful schools are:
Ohuka School, Wairoa (presentation Tuesday 4 December)
Tinui School, Wairarapa (presentation Monday 3 December)
Toko School, Stratford (presentation Friday 7 December)
Tomorata School, Wellsford (presentation Wednesday 5 December)
Pukekawa School, Tuakau (presentation Friday 30 November)
Tauriko School, Tauranga (presentation Thursday 6 December).
ENDS