The 7th Annual Junior Gardeners contest was a home-grown success!
Over 100 young plant lovers joined the fun and grew their own plants from Sunset Nursery in LV. They showed off their green thumbs and amazing skills at Stafford Park during the Party in the Park event.
A special thank you goes to Alastair Hugli of Sunset Nursery for judging the 84 entries, the most ever! And to the Stafford Park Recreation Committee for hosting this awesome event. It was a blast to see everyone enjoy the plants and the party!
“Congratulations to all the junior gardeners who participated this year! What an amazing 80% turnout – the best yet!” Navada Sargent, Planning and Recreation Coordinator.
The 2023 Junior Gardener winners include:
Ages 1 to 5
1 st Place Terry Mowat (Zinnia Flower)
2 nd Place Farrah Wasmund (Zinnia Flower)
3 rd Place Oliver McEwan (Banana Pepper Plant)
4 th Place Ella Fadock (Big Red Pepper Plant)
Ages 6 to 8
1 st Place Everlie Parr (Zinnia Flower)
2 nd Place Chelsea Mowat (Yellow Big Top Marigold Flower)
3 rd Place Mason Behm (Cherry Bomb Pepper Plant)
4 th Place Natalie Weckworth (Zinnia Flower)
Ages 9 to 11
1st Place Leah MacEwan (Cherry Tomato Plant)
2nd Place Joley Pennington (French Marigold Flower)
3rd Place Jordyn Pennington (Zinnia Flower)
4th Place Hunter Williamson (Pepper Plant)
Ages 12 to 16
1 st Place Aaryanna Forget-Mask (Zinnia Flower)
2 nd Place Mira Frolander (Tomato Plant)
3 rd Place Carson Lebourveau (Pepper Plant)
4 th Place Ethan Lebourveau (Tomato Plant)
The winners of the washer toss tournament were Betty King and Mark Rathwell and team Benchwarmers won the ball hockey tournament!
(Written by Luke Notman)
