PEACHESTER State School has just wrapped up its very first Pumpkin Growing competition.
Despite a difficult growing season, the entries were amazing. Proceeds from the sale of the pumpkin seeds, various other seedlings, plants and produce at the school’s seasonal market go to our amazing Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program.
Through this program, Peachester School fosters the love and skill for gardening and cooking, introducing children to life skills and influences them to form positive food habits for life.
Next year, the school hopes the competition will be bigger and better with other categories such as pumpkin scones and pumpkin carving and perhaps some guest speakers!
We had 3 categories for prizes this year – the LARGEST, the PRETTIEST and the WEIRDEST.
The winner of the largest pumpkin at a whopping 26.8kg was the Schmidt family.
There was fierce competition for the prettiest pumpkin category – with the judge having to decide between the cutest/sweetest pumpkins and the most perfect pumpkin. The winner of the prettiest pumpkin went to Mrs Jennings and her father Bruce for their beautiful ‘Jaradale’ pumpkin. The judge commented on the colour, the shape and the size describing it as a ‘perfect example of a beautiful Jarradale pumpkin’.
And finally, the winner of the WEIRDEST pumpkin goes to Brock for the most unusual pumpkin our Judge has ever seen.
