BEST SCHOOL GARDEN

Best School Garden is acknowledging the best among the best of the school gardens

maintained within the present/ current school year. An annual competition is seen as a

good vehicle to share the best practices in establishing and maintaining school gardens.

Aside from the competition, the search for the Best School Garden will also serve as an

avenue for the community to participate actively in growing vegetables. The Best School

Garden will also open door for those involve in the garden to express not only their

technical knowledge but also their creativity in making sure that gardens are sight to

behold.

Who May Join:

1. The Best School Garden Competition is open based on the master lists submitted
both public elementary and high schools that are program partners in the
implementation of Agri – Pinoy Gulayan sa Paaralan (AP- GPP) for SY 2011-2014.
School gardens that are recipient of other intervention and support such as OMG are
therefore disqualified in the competition.

2. School gardens should have an exactly 200 square meter area for the contest.

3. Container gardens for those with no space as field garden.

Comment/s:
o Specify the name /crop variety planted to containers/ school.
o Total number of containers within the 200 square meters area.
o It should also have an exactly 200 square meter area for the contest.

4. Have been sustained for two (2) consecutive years covering School Year 2011 -
2014.

5. Produce / harvest should have been used for the schools’ feeding program.
 Timeline at Regional Level:

1. Start of evaluation starts on September – November 2014

2. Submission of entries to National level – 1st week of December 2014
3. Evaluation of the national level – January – February 2015 (short list)

Duration of Competition:

The evaluation of the competition runs from September 2014 to February 2015

Final judging will take place in the last week of February 2015

Board of Judges:

The national technical working group shall review and validate through field visits
the qualification and performance of all regional entries for awarding.

The Board of Judges shall select the final entries that will receive the award (AP-GPP
Best School Garden)

The Board of Judges will be chaired and co – chaired by the Regional Directors of the
Departments of Agriculture and Education.

The regional evaluators will be comprised by the following:

1. Regional Focal Person of Agri – Pinoy Gulayan sa Paaralan

2. Regional Supervisor for EPP/TLE
3. National Nutrition Council Representative, NNC

The regional evaluators are tasked to do the following:

1. Screen entries from school division’s entries.

2. Short list the entries.
3. Evaluate school division’s entries.
4. Nominate and endorse to the national technical working groups of the
Agri-Pinoy Gulayan sa Paaralan (AP-GPP) the regional winner for
elementary and secondary level.

The Regional Field Office Agri- Pinoy Gulayan Focal Person shall serve as the
Chairman of the Secretariat in whose membership will come from both DA and
DepEd.
 The secretariat committee shall have the following responsibilities:

1. Record minutes of all meetings.

2. Disseminate information regarding the contest.

3. Serve as the depository of all documents/entries.

4. Performs all administrative functions related to the contest.

Evaluation Criteria and Points (PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS)

Requirements: Scrap books, Video CDs, School Garden Reports for the last two
years, endorsement from the Provincial Agriculturist (PA) / City Agriculturist (CA) and
Division Superintendent.

The contest will be divided into two categories;

A. For school that has 200 square meter area:

1. Educational Relevance 20%

- Use of garden to enhance learning experience of students - 10%

o Students involvement – 5%
o Adoption of technology by students in the school garden – 5%
- Use as laboratory to teach basic concept of science and agriculture -10%
o Number of students visited the garden – 3%
o Signages / placards – 4%
o Use of the school garden by teachers for learning opportunities – 3%

2. Involvement of Community 10%

- Partnership with barangay, parents, socio-civic group

o Number of household garden replicated - 3%
o Barangay official / socio civic groups involved - 3%
o Community attitude and links to the school garden – 4%

3. Garden Quality 20%

- Qualities that make this garden unique – 5%

 o Crops planted at least 5 kinds based on 3 groups
(GO–GROW-GLOW)
- Care and maintenance of the garden – 5%
o Organically grown
- Creativity – 10%
o Lay out / design of the garden (selection and use of plants/
inclusion of IV`s) – 5%
o Innovativeness ( vermiculture, hydroponics, concoction, etc.) – 5%

4. Sustainability of the Garden 25%

o Sustainable, eco – friendly considering the 3Rs principle of “reduce,

reuse and recycle. – 5%
o Adoption of Seed Production Technology – 5%
o Successful demonstration of school garden sustainability and
potential for longevity/voluntary involvement of parent/teacher to
provide succeeding plant material and labor for the project – 5%
o How the garden was sustained over time– 5%

5. Impact in Nutritional Status of School 25%

o Volume of harvest for feeding including weight of students –8%

o number of nutritionally wasted school children supported
under AP-GPP -
 90-100 - 8%
 55-89 - 6%
 1-54 - 4%
o Reduction in the number of severely wasted school children -7%
o number of nutritionally wasted school children supported for
maintenance
 40 – 50 - 7%
 25 -39 - 5%
 1 -24 - 3%
o Total number of kilograms harvested in the 200 square meter area –
10%
 B. For school that has no space for field garden:

1. Educational Relevance 20%

o Use of garden to enhance learning experience of students - 10%

o Students involvement – 5%
o Adoption of technology by students in the school garden –
5%
o Use as laboratory to teach basic concept of science and agriculture
-10%
o Number of students visited the garden – 3%
o Signages / placards – 4%
o Use of the school garden by teachers for learning
opportunities – 3%

2. Involvement of Community 10%

o Partnership with barangay, parents, socio-civic group

o Number of household garden replicated - 3%
o Barangay official / socio civic groups involved - 3%
o Community attitude and links to the school garden – 4%

3. Garden Quality 20%

- Qualities that make this garden unique – 5%

o Crops planted at least 5 kinds based on 3 groups
(GO–GROW-GLOW)
- Care and maintenance of the garden – 5%
o Organically grown
- Creativity – 10%
o Lay out / design of the garden (selection and use of plants/
inclusion of IV`s) – 5%
o Innovativeness ( vermiculture, hydroponics, concoction, etc.) – 5%

4. Sustainability of the Garden 25%

o Sustainable, eco – friendly considering the 3Rs principle of “reduce,

reuse and recycle. – 5%
o Adoption of Seed Production Technology – 5%
 o Successful demonstration of school garden sustainability and
potential for longevity/voluntary involvement of parent/teacher to
provide succeeding plant material and labor for the project – 5%
o How the garden was sustained over time– 5%

5. Impact in Nutritional Status of School 25%

o Volume of harvest for feeding including weight of students – 8%

o number of nutritionally wasted school children supported
under AP-GPP
 90-100 - 8%
 55-89 - 6%
 1-54 - 4%
o Reduction in the number of severely wasted school children -7%
o number of nutritionally wasted school children supported
for maintenance
o 40 – 50 - 7%
o 25 -39 - 5%
o 1 -24 - 3%
o Total number of kilograms harvested in the 200 square meter area –
10%

Prizes
o For the provincial and regional, the price will be coming from the
regional field office, DepEd and DA.
o For the national, the price will be coming from the Department of
Agriculture (DA) and Department of Education (DepEd).
Note: (5. Impact in Nutritional Status of School)

For those schools that planted in more than 200 square meter area, here is the
formula to find; the total harvest and reduction in the number of severely wasted per 200
square meters.

E.g.
Emilio Elementary School

Area - 500 sq. meters

Yield - 100 kilograms

1. 100 kilograms = Harvest .

500 sq. meter 200 sq. meter

2. 100 kilograms x 200 sq. meters = Harvest

500 sq. meters

3. 100 kilograms x 200 sq. meters = 40 kilograms

500 sq. meters

Yield - 40 kilograms/200 sq. meters (8%)

For example, the largest yield in all regions is 50 kilograms

We will set 50 kg = 100%

Harvest (kg) Percentage 10%

50 100 10
49 98 9.8
48 96 9.6
47 94 9.4
46 92 9.2
45 90 9
44 88 8.8
43 86 8.6
42 84 8.4
41 82 8.2
40 80 8
Reduction in the number of severely wasted school children (Reduction)

Area - 500 sq. meters

Reduction – 70 students

1. 70 students = Total Reduction

500 sq. meter 200 sq. meter

2. 70 students x 200 sq. meters = Total Reduction

500 sq. meters

3. 70 students x 200 sq. meters = 28 Students

500 sq. meters

Total reduction - 28 students/200 sq. meters (5%)

o 40 – 50 - 7%
o 25 -39 - 5%
o 1 -24 - 3%