Thu Feb 07 06:02:17 UTC 2019
Just over a year since its planting, Rainbow Primary School’s vegetable garden secured third place in its category, for the 2018 garden competition for Western Cape schools.
The garden, a metaphor for upliftment in Wesbank, was recognised in the National School Nutrition Programme-Sustainable Food Production (NSNP-SFP) garden competition for its outstanding produce.
Our garden stood out because it’s clean, our vegetables look healthy and of course our gardener, Gerald Bezuidenhout, is fully committed to keep it growing. None of this would be possible without his hard work and of course our long-term partnership with Shoprite. It’s only been one year and we’ve already achieved so much, I can’t wait to see what the future holds.
- Hilton Davids, founder of the garden at Rainbow Primary School
The R 10, 000 prize money will be reinvested into the development of the garden.
ABOUT THE GARDEN COMPETITION
The National School Nutrition Programme-Sustainable Food Production (NSNP-SFP) conducted a school garden competition for Western Cape schools in November 2018.