Gardens are great places for learning, and open our minds to a world of natural wonder. Have your child or student submit a short essay (or teachers submit one for your classroom) explaining why his or her class would benefit by using gardening.
The grand prize-winning class will receive a $150 Park Seed gift certificate to start a classroom garden and will be featured in a future issue of Park News! Four other classes (one each from groups K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12) will receive a $25 gift certificate.
When entering, please submit:
Essay (A brief paragraph explaining why your class would benefit by using gardening in studies/curriculum.
Children, parents, teachers and administrators can all submit essays.)
Child's name and grade
Teacher's name and e-mail address (Gift certificates for the winning essays will be made out to the teacher.)
School's name, City, and State
The winning entries and other favorites will also be posted on parkseedmemories.com. E-mail your original essay to inet@parkseed.com with the subject Get My Class Growing Contest Entry.
Entries must be received via email by Tuesday, October 28, 2008. Please remember, sending your content to us implies that you take full responsibility that your submission is completely original, and grants complete permission for us to edit, publish and reuse your content. Click here to read complete Terms and Conditions regarding our use of user content.
Thank you for your interest, but this contest is now closed. The winning entry can be found at parkseedmemories.com
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