{"id":113388,"date":"2024-09-13T16:00:43","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T20:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=113388"},"modified":"2024-09-13T16:31:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T20:31:45","slug":"blue-ribbon-show-to-award-top-student-gardeners-20240914","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2024\/09\/13\/blue-ribbon-show-to-award-top-student-gardeners-20240914\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Ribbon Show to award top student gardeners &#8211; 9\/14\/2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Fort_Wayne_Parks_newest_side_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"565\" height=\"627\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Fort_Wayne_Parks_newest_side_logo.jpg 565w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Fort_Wayne_Parks_newest_side_logo-270x300.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The City-Wide Blue-Ribbon Show to award the top student gardeners is planned for Saturday, September 14, 2024, at the McMillen Community Center.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>News release from Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Blue Ribbon Show to Award Top Student Gardeners<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>The School Children\u2019s Flower &#038; Vegetable Association continues 98-year tradition<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Fort Wayne, Indiana (Setpember 13, 2024) \u2013 Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation applauds the commitment and accomplishments of the executive committee of the School Children\u2019s Flower and Vegetable Association (SCFVA) and participating students in the City-Wide Blue-Ribbon Show. It is planned for Saturday, September 14, at the McMillen Community Center, 3901 Abbott Street in Fort Wayne. The public is welcome to view the entries beginning at 2:30 p.m. and observe a merit awards ceremony at 2:45 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>This show represents the work of top student gardeners from over 60 elementary schools including area home schools. Each spring, every Fort Wayne student in kindergarten to grade four receives one of ten varieties of plants grown by staff at the Lawton Park Greenhouse for the SCFVA. Students may also order seeds for vegetables, herbs or flowers. Students are responsible to grow their plants and seeds which they enter in their schools\u2019 annual Plant, Flower and Vegetable Shows. All of those shows culminate in the City-wide Blue-Ribbon Show at McMillen Community Center.<\/p>\n<p>Over 17,000 plants and over 3,800 seed packets were delivered to students in April of 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Lynda Heavrin, Manager of Landscape and Horticulture for the Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation Department and SCFVA Executive Committee Advisor said \u201cin my 26 years working with this program, I\u2019m ever amazed at the engagement of the children and their families. They are so proud of their plants! We endeavor to \u2018further education about nature, growing flowers, plants and vegetables\u2019 and in the process \u2018mold characteristics\u2019 of patience and responsibility which will help them become good citizens of the future.\u201d She continued \u201cWe are grateful to all the parents, school chairpersons, judges and other volunteers who invest time in teaching the benefits of gardening.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/bc\/93635.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Parks and Recreation Director, Al Moll, speaks during the McCulloch Park rededication.  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