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Annie & Anthea’s green thumbs
Two regional finalists in the NZ Gardener of the Year 2011, are both involved in education and focussed on instilling the value of home gardening in children.
Finalists Annie McDonald, Marlborough and Anthea Kershaw, Nelson both feature in the November edition of the NZ Gardener magazine.
As Education Officer for the Marlborough District Council, Annie McDonald has signed up twenty of the region’s 32 primary schools to the Kids Edible Gardens programme, and says she won’t rest until the remainder are signed up. “The key difference in Marlborough is that school gardening is on the curriculum. Now we just need to take it nationally,” she says.
Anthea Kershaw has helped establish and develop gardens in several kindergartens in Nelson and Tasman – mentoring teachers, and instilling the joy of gardening in children district-wide. “You see the kids go home and teach their families what to do, and it spreads like that,” Anthea says.
Go here to read about all the finalists: http://www.smartmailpro.co.nz/SmartmailWebsite/accounts/1208/d/RegionalFinalists2011.pdf
Best of luck Annie and Anthea!
Anthea Kershaw (Nelson), Regional Finalist in NZ Gardener of the Year 2011Annie McDonald, Regional Finalist for Marlborough in the 2011 NZ Gardener of the Year.
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