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Press Release* Press Release
We have a new name for our Children’s Garden, from now on it will be called
‘Bugs, Birds & Butterflies’
Earth Day Festival at Alta Vista Gardens
Winners of Children’s Garden Name and Design Contest
Immediate Release April 25, 2009
From Nancy Jones, Alta Vista Garden Volunteer & Children’s Garden Activities Coordinator.
The contest was conceived last year by the AV Children’s Garden Committee to promote the development of the Children’s Garden and gather name and design input from children. From the contest entry form:
- What would you like to call this Garden?
- What would you like to play with, see, or learn about in this Garden?
- Now draw a picture showing a special place you would like to have in the Garden.
- Think of plants, things to learn from, and things to play on that you would not find anywhere else. Judging will be weighted toward unique design concepts.
250 entries were received from children living in Vista and Oceanside during February and a panel of 10 judges chose the winners in March. Winners attend Alamosa Park, Foothill Oak, Lake, and home school. VAPA, Casita and North Star students also submitted entries. Parents of all winners signed releases for internet, photograph and newspaper publicity; copies of releases are available on request.
Our judges were very impressed by the creativity and variety of the contest entries. We will be using the participants’ ideas over the years as we develop the Children's Garden. Each entry had at least one good suggestion if not more and taken all together with the differing points of view we have a wealth of material for a wondrous children's garden. The AVG Board hopes to use the imagination and creativity of the young participants as exhibited in their ideas over a long period of time taking a little from each of them. We are so pleased so many of our youth and so many schools actually participated in the contest. We hope to have them as friends to our garden for many, many years to come!
Alta Vista Children’s Garden Name and Design Contest winners were announced at 1 p.m. on April 25, 2009 at the Earth Day Festival. These winners will also be recognized with certificates at the Vista City Council meeting on May 12, 2009, at 5:30 p.m.
Grand Prize winners received family tickets to LegoLand; first place grade level winners received a pair of WAVE Waterpark passes. Inscribed medallions for Alta Vista Gardens Earth Day 2009 were also presented to all winners.
One surprising result of the judging was a tie in the kindergarten designs: the winners are twins who are participants in the Vista Garden Club Junior Gardeners class. Another surprise was when the judges chose three winners with unique designs from the same family, the Kelley children from Oceanside who are home-schooled.
WINNERS
*Grand Prize Name: “Bugs, Birds and Butterflies” will be used for Phase I of the Alta vista Gardens Children’s Garden.
Haley Lindsay age 6 Alamosa Park Elementary First Grade
Teacher Tracy Droste
*Grand Prize Design: “Childrentopia” features a butterfly-shaped garden with water and flowers.
Joel Acosta Age 10 Foothill Oak Elementary 4th Grade
Teacher Erin McIlroy
*First Place Preschool Design: “Butterfly Garden” James Kelley Age 4 Oceanside
*First Place Kindergarten Designs (tie):
Alexandra Hascall “Magic Garden” Benjamin Hascall “Fairy Tale Garden” Age 6 Lake Elementary, Vista Garden Club Jr. Gardeners Class
*First Place First Grade Design: “The Fun Never Ends”
John Kelley Age 6 Home-school, Oceanside
*First Place Second Grade Design: “Nature Is Beautiful”
Kirin Sawasaki Age 7 Alamosa Park Elementary
Teacher Jennifer Evans
*First Place Third Grade Design: “The Herb Learning Garden”
Rose Kelley Age 8 Home-school, Oceanside
*First Place Fourth Grade Design: “Dreamland”
Caitlin Holmes Age 9 Olive Elementary
Garden Club Teacher Frank Sloat
*First Place Challenge to VUSD schools Foothill Oak Elementary
Robert Crowell, Garden Coordinator
100 entries from the school wins $100 Lowe’s nursery card
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