Schools take up gardening challenge 9 Mar, 2021 01:04 AM 2 minutes to read Gareth Carter is ready with the product to promote the Springvale Garden Centre School Vegetable Garden Competition. Photo / Paul Brooks Gareth Carter is ready with the product to promote the Springvale Garden Centre School Vegetable Garden Competition. Photo / Paul Brooks Paul Brooks is editor of Whanganui Midweek, in your letterbox every Wednesdaypaul.brooks@nzme.co.nz Local primary schools are about to start competing in the Springvale Garden Centre School Vegetable Garden Competition, and if you think that's a mouthful, wait till the harvest is in! Thanks to sponsorship and support from Tui, Yates, Eastown Timber & Fencing, Sealandia, Ican, Whanganui Chronicle and, of course, Springvale Garden centre, schools will receive a starter pack which includes timber for a raised garden bed, along with stakes (Eastown); 10 vegetable seedling punnets (Zealandia); six packets of vegetable seeds (Yates); five bags of vegetable potting mix (Tui); a 2.5kg bag of Ican vegetable food; and one Natures Way Organic Vegie Spray (Yates).