Our Kai Gardens Competition is a great way for tamariki aged 3-13 years to develop a greater understanding of the natural world and to gain hands-on experience building a small kai or rongoā garden for their school. Design entries are for this year’s Kai Garden Competition are now open. Kai Gardens is a fun and educational competition that is open to all New Zealand ECEs, kindergartens, primary and intermediate schools. Students are given the opportunity to collaborate and design a garden that features edible and/or medicinal plants, and which is constructed using sustainable and reclaimed materials. This is a great way for tamariki to learn how easy it is to reduce their environmental footprint by growing their own food, cooking seasonally and composting food and garden waste. Once established, students are encouraged to share their learnings and achievements by harvesting, preparing and sharing the produce from their garden with the wider school community and their whānau. The garden can be any shape and be situated anywhere in the school — indoors or outdoors. It can be a new garden, or an enhancement to an old one; an individual class project or one the whole school contributes to. Ten winning schools will each receive $500 to put towards building and planting a garden, with a further $500 on completion to put towards its ongoing care. Entries are open until 11.59pm on Thursday 15 June 2023, and winners will be announced on Tuesday 27 June 2023. Check out this example of a Kai Garden Competition 2022 winning submission. New Kai Garden Classroom Activity Resources for teachers This year we’re excited to be able to offer schools and teachers who register for the Kai Garden Competition access to our NEW Kai Garden lesson plans, classroom resources and curriculum links. These lessons have been designed to turn your Kai Garden design project into a full unit of work, without any extra lesson planning required by you! As a full until of work, the plans and competition provide young people with a deeper understanding of: Why it is good for both them and the planet to plant a Kai Garden. What they need to know and understand to create a Kai Garden. Changes they can make at home to ensure a more sustainable future for our planet. The lessons suit students 5–13-years-old and can be adapted to suit a range of year levels and abilities. The six lessons create a full unit of work, however they are also designed to be used as singular lessons, so you can pick and choose which are most appropriate to facilitate with your students. The lessons all have accompanying PowerPoint slides and there is a handy teacher’s guide to let you know what each lesson entails and what resources you will need. Access the Kai Garden lesson plans, classroom resources and curriculum links here. We will be hosting two Kai Garden information webinars open for anyone to join and find out more about the competition and the accompanying classroom activity resources. To register please click the date you would like to attend below. 18 May 2023, 3.30pm – 4.30pm Reasons to get involved: As well as getting a nutritious garden from which to harvest, students will also benefit through: Academic achievement. A school garden provides hands-on learning across many academic subjects. Health and well-being. The pride and curiosity sparked by building a healthy edible garden can serve students the rest of their lives. Environmental kaitiakitanga. Students become responsible caretakers, exploring stewardship and a circular economy, and establishing a connection with nature. Cultural connection. Students learn about the beliefs and customs of other cultures, and can connect with whānau and the community through gardening, harvesting and sharing their produce. Enter the Kai Garden Competition Project Co-ordinator's name* First Last Project Co-ordinator's role/position?* i.e. teacher, parent etc. Your groupWhat is the name of your school?* Address* Street address Suburb City Post code AfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAmerican SamoaAndorraAngolaAnguillaAntarcticaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaArubaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBeninBermudaBhutanBoliviaBonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBouvet IslandBrazilBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryBrunei DarussalamBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCabo VerdeCambodiaCameroonCanadaCayman IslandsCentral African RepublicChadChileChinaChristmas IslandCocos IslandsColombiaComorosCongoCongo, Democratic Republic of theCook IslandsCosta RicaCroatiaCubaCuraçaoCyprusCzechiaCôte d'IvoireDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEritreaEstoniaEswatiniEthiopiaFalkland IslandsFaroe IslandsFijiFinlandFranceFrench GuianaFrench PolynesiaFrench Southern TerritoriesGabonGambiaGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGibraltarGreeceGreenlandGrenadaGuadeloupeGuamGuatemalaGuernseyGuineaGuinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiHeard Island and McDonald IslandsHoly SeeHondurasHong KongHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIranIraqIrelandIsle of ManIsraelItalyJamaicaJapanJerseyJordanKazakhstanKenyaKiribatiKorea, Democratic People's Republic ofKorea, Republic ofKuwaitKyrgyzstanLao People's Democratic RepublicLatviaLebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMacaoMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaldivesMaliMaltaMarshall IslandsMartiniqueMauritaniaMauritiusMayotteMexicoMicronesiaMoldovaMonacoMongoliaMontenegroMontserratMoroccoMozambiqueMyanmarNamibiaNauruNepalNetherlandsNew CaledoniaNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNiueNorfolk IslandNorth MacedoniaNorthern Mariana IslandsNorwayOmanPakistanPalauPalestine, State ofPanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPitcairnPolandPortugalPuerto RicoQatarRomaniaRussian FederationRwandaRéunionSaint BarthélemySaint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint MartinSaint Pierre and MiquelonSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSamoaSan MarinoSao Tome and PrincipeSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbiaSeychellesSierra LeoneSingaporeSint MaartenSlovakiaSloveniaSolomon IslandsSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsSouth SudanSpainSri LankaSudanSurinameSvalbard and Jan MayenSwedenSwitzerlandSyria Arab RepublicTaiwanTajikistanTanzania, the United Republic ofThailandTimor-LesteTogoTokelauTongaTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkmenistanTurks and Caicos IslandsTuvaluTürkiyeUS Minor Outlying IslandsUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited StatesUruguayUzbekistanVanuatuVenezuelaViet NamVirgin Islands, BritishVirgin Islands, U.S.Wallis and FutunaWestern SaharaYemenZambiaZimbabweÅland Islands Country Phone number*Email* What sort of school are you?*The Kai Garden Competition is open to pre-school and Years 1 – 8 students only.Please select...Early Education Centre (ECE)Kohanga ReoKindergartenKura kaupapa Māori (Years 1 – 8)Kura kaupapa Māori (Years 1 – 13)Contributing Primary School (Years 1 - 6)Full Primary School (Years 1 - 8)Intermediate School (Year 7 & 8)Middle School (Years 7 – 10)Area/Composite School (Years 1 – 13)Special School (Years 1 - 13)What is your school's student roll?*What council region are you situated within?*Please select...Ashburton District CouncilAuckland CouncilBuller District CouncilCarterton District CouncilCentral Hawke's Bay District CouncilCentral Otago District CouncilChatham Islands CouncilChristchurch City CouncilClutha District CouncilDunedin City CouncilFar North District CouncilGisborne District CouncilGore District CouncilGrey District CouncilHamilton City CouncilHastings District CouncilHauraki District CouncilHorowhenua District CouncilHurunui District CouncilHutt City CouncilInvercargill City CouncilKaikoura District CouncilKaipara District CouncilKapiti Coast District CouncilKawerau District CouncilMackenzie District CouncilManawatu District CouncilMarlborough District CouncilMasterton District CouncilMatamata-Piako District CouncilNapier City CouncilNelson City CouncilNew Plymouth District CouncilOpotiki District CouncilOtorohanga District CouncilPalmerston North City CouncilPorirua City CouncilQueenstown-Lakes District CouncilRangitikei District CouncilRotorua District CouncilRuapehu District CouncilSelwyn District CouncilSouth Taranaki District CouncilSouth Waikato District CouncilSouth Wairarapa District CouncilSouthland District CouncilStratford District CouncilTararua District CouncilTasman District CouncilTaupo District CouncilTauranga City CouncilThames-Coromandel District CouncilTimaru District CouncilUpper Hutt City CouncilWaikato District CouncilWaimakariri District CouncilWaimate District CouncilWaipa District CouncilWairoa District CouncilWaitaki District CouncilWaitomo District CouncilWellington City CouncilWestern Bay of Plenty District CouncilWestland District CouncilWhakatane District CouncilWhanganui District CouncilWhangarei District CouncilWho will be participating in this project?*If you have collaborators, please list them here. Your gardenIs this a new project or an enhancement to an existing garden?*Please select...New projectEnhancement to an existing projectWhat's the name of your garden project?* Where will your garden project be situated?*Eg; inside, outside, near school entrance, near the playground etc. Please describe the rational behind the concept of your Kai Garden*Please describe/list the materials you will use to build your Kai Garden project*Eg: sustainable resources, locally sourced, repurposed material, donated material etcPlease describe/list the plant choices for your Kai Garden project*Garden designs should focus on edible and/or medicinal plants. Please make sure the plant choice is suitable to the climatic conditions.What considerations have you made for the ongoing care and maintenance of your Kai Garden?*What considerations have you made to safeguard the Kai Garden against the environmental elements*If your Kai Garden is situated indoors please write n/aHow will your Kai Garden be integrated into other school environmental or cultural programmes?*Please provide the estimated size of your Kai Garden*The garden bed should be a minimum of 16 m2 in total area (e.g. equivalent to 4 metres long and 4 metres wide) Please upload a sketch/design of your proposed Kai Garden*Please ensure the garden is shown to scale in relation to the plants used. Drop files here or Select files Accepted file types: gif, jpg, jpeg, png, bmp, eps, tif, pict, psd, pdf, doc, ppt, xls, docx, Max. file size: 100 MB, Max. files: 5. Please upload a photo of the proposed location of your Kai Garden* Drop files here or Select files Accepted file types: gif, jpg, jpeg, png, bmp, eps, tif, pict, psd, pdf, doc, ppt, xls, docx, Max. file size: 100 MB, Max. files: 5. Please upload your school/centre logo*This will be used on the Keep New Zealand Beautiful website if your design is selected as a finalist. Drop files here or Select files Accepted file types: gif, jpg, jpeg, png, bmp, eps, tif, pict, psd, pdf, doc, ppt, xls, docx, Max. file size: 100 MB, Max. files: 5. Kai Garden classroom activity resourcesDo you intend on using the Kai Garden classroom activity resources?* Yes No Terms and conditionsWould you like to become an Educational Branch of Keep New Zealand Beautiful? (optional)*We have a network of Community and Educational Branches across the country who are all working hard to educate, inspire and empower Kiwis to ‘Do the Right Thing’ and Keep New Zealand Beautiful. Becoming an Educational Branch is completely free and we will send you a membership pack including a certificate and handbook to explain all of the benefits and programmes available to you and your commitment as a branch. More information about becoming an Educational Branch can be found on our website www.knzb.org.nz/help-us/start-a-branch. Yes No Please read the competition Terms & Conditions and Health & Safety Guide before entering.Please check to confirm you have read and agree with the Terms and Conditions.*Keep New Zealand Beautiful encourages all schools entering the Kai Garden Competition to become an Educational Branch. It is free to become an Educational Branch and only requires the participating school to illustrate their ongoing commitment to the environment by: • Providing engaging opportunities for students in environmental sustainability. • Exploring ideas to reduce the school’s environmental footprint. • Encouraging students to take responsibility and pride in caring for their local environment. Please email info@knzb.org.nz to register your interest and for more information. Kai Garden Competition terms and conditions are as follows: 1. Information on how to submit a design entry and all details on the Kai Garden Competition online entry form are part of these terms and conditions. To the extent of any inconsistency, the terms and conditions below prevail. By entering into the competition, participants accept these terms and conditions. 2. The Kai Garden Competition is open to all New Zealand early childhood centres (ECEs), kindergartens, primary and intermediate educational institutions. 3. Multiple entries are welcome from any New Zealand ECE, primary or intermediate educational institution, providing each design is submitted under separate cover. 4. Anyone employed by (and any immediate family member of someone employed by) Keep New Zealand Beautiful, all sponsors and associates of Keep New Zealand Beautiful, and any agencies associated with these companies or with the promotion are ineligible to enter. 5. Design entries open on the Keep New Zealand Beautiful website on 4 May 2023 and close at 11.59pm on 15 June 2023. Kai Garden designs and supporting rationale are required to be submitted to Keep New Zealand Beautiful on or before that date and time. 6. All entries are deemed received at the time of receipt by Keep New Zealand Beautiful and NOT at time of transmission by the entrant. Keep New Zealand Beautiful’s records are conclusive as to time of receipt. Late, lost, stolen, misdirected, illegal, incomplete, illegible, damaged, reproduced, or altered entries are invalid. Keep New Zealand Beautiful is not responsible for such entries or for any error, technical malfunction, loss, omission, communications delay or failure. 7. Garden designs should focus on edible and/or medicinal plants. 8. Submissions will be judged based on their originality, creativity, the rationale behind the concept and how well the design meets the following criteria: • The garden bed is a minimum of 16 m2 in total area (e.g. equivalent to 4 metres long and 4 metres wide). • The design incorporates the creative use of locally sourced, repurposed material and uses sustainable resources for its construction. • The garden is shown to scale in relation to the plants used. • Plant choice is suitable to the climatic conditions. • The design illustrates how the garden will be safeguarded against environmental elements. • Ongoing care and integration into other school environmental or cultural programmes is shown. 9. Ten designs will be selected from all submissions received, and the winners will be announced on 27 June 2023. 10. Each winning school will receive (on receipt of an invoice made out to ‘Keep New Zealand Beautiful Society’) a $500 (inc. GST) donation upfront to put towards the building and planting of their garden. They will also receive a further $500 (inc. GST) on completion and once evidence has been received of clause 17 and 18 of these terms and conditions, to put towards their garden’s ongoing care. 11. Completed gardens must reflect the design, location, and subject as submitted in the design entry. 12. Gardens are to be completed by 20 December 2023. Any garden not completed by 20 December 2023 will be ineligible to receive the $500 (inc. GST) donation for the ongoing care of the garden, and a local press release will not be made. 13. The judges’ decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into. 14. The winners will be notified by email. Should a winner not be able to be reached by email, contact via phone will be made using the details provided in the winner’s entry form. If no contact is able to be made within 14 days, the prize will be awarded to the next runner up. 15. The creation of winning designs must be done so legally by winners, or as organised by winners fitting with correct health and safety procedures, and supervised at all times. 16. A Risk Assessment Form (as provided in the Kai Garden Competition Health & Safety Guide) is required to be completed and sent to Keep New Zealand Beautiful before construction/planting commences on any winning garden design. 17. The Keep New Zealand Beautiful plaque provided as part of prize pack must be adhered to the garden, with photographic evidence supplied to Keep New Zealand Beautiful in-order for winners to be eligible to receive their $500 (inc. GST) donation on completion of the garden. 18. High resolution photos and/or video of the creation of the garden is required to be sent to Keep New Zealand Beautiful on completion of construction/planting in-order for winners to be eligible to receive their $500 (inc. GST) donation. 19. Neither Keep New Zealand Beautiful or associated sponsors are liable for any loss, damage or injury (including without limitation indirect or consequential loss) suffered by any person in connection with the promotion or any prize, except for any liability under the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 or other liability that cannot be excluded by law. 20. Keep New Zealand Beautiful reserves the right to vary these terms and conditions or to modify, suspend, terminate, or cancel the promotion. 21. Keep New Zealand Beautiful reserves the right to verify the validity of any entry. Keep New Zealand Beautiful may disqualify any person(s) who enters the competition with the same email entry as another participant or who submits existing work not created by themselves. 22. Entries become the property of Keep New Zealand Beautiful. In accordance with the Privacy Act 1993, Keep New Zealand Beautiful collects and holds personal information to conduct the promotion, notify prize winners, verify prize winners' identities and may be used for Keep New Zealand Beautiful’s future promotional activities, including (where consented to) sending the entrant emails and/or text messages. Individuals have rights to access and request correction of their personal information held by Keep New Zealand Beautiful by calling 0800 TIDY KIWI. Failure to provide all requested personal information may result in the entry being invalid. 23. Each entrant agrees, if they are one of the ten winners of the competition, that their details (including name, suburb/town, photo and design) may be published by Keep New Zealand Beautiful in any form (e.g. press, print, website, Facebook, Instagram, website etc.) and used for other publicity purposes. They also agree that their contact details (including name, email and phone number) may be provided by Keep New Zealand Beautiful to any media on request, so that they can be contacted directly for comment. 24. It is agreed that any publicity created by a finalist around their garden, will refer to sponsorship by Keep New Zealand Beautiful, along with reference to the Kai Garden Competition. 25. The Promoters are Keep New Zealand Beautiful Incorporated Society, PO Box 58932, Botany, Auckland 2163. For more information on Keep New Zealand Beautiful visit www.knzb.org.nz I have read these Terms and Conditions and agree.Would you like to receive our monthly newsletter?* Yes No How did you find out about this programme*Please select...EmailSocial mediaWebsiteFriend/colleagueOtherPlease specify Kai Garden Competition resources Kai Garden Competition entry example View Kai Garden Competition 2022 winners