Arkansas Agriculture Department & Farm Credit announce Arkansas Grown School Gardens of the Year
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Among 28 school garden contestants from across Arkansas, four have been chosen as Arkansas Grown School Garden of the Year contest winners. School garden criteria included any Arkansas school, grades pre-K-12, with a working school garden during the 2014-2015 school year with photo or video documentation of garden activities.
Winning schools from Marion, Madison, Pulaski, and Hot Spring Counties are as follows:
· Overall School Garden Winner: Yellville-Summit Schools, Yellville
· Best Nutrition Education Based School Garden: Kingston School, Kingston (near Jasper)
· Best Environmental Based Education School Garden: Forest Park Elementary School, Little Rock