Roswell Garden Club Names Writing Competition Winners

The award-winning Roswell Garden Club sponsored a Blog-Post Writing Competition which was open to all high school students in Roswell. Three students from Roswell High School took top honors in the competition: 1st place Emma Guglielmo; 2nd place Ana Clara Ferreira; and 3rd place Ava Weinreb. The winners received cash prizes, and their entries will be posted on The Roswell Garden Club’s website: roswellgardenclub.com.

The prompt for the persuasive piece was inspired by 16-year-old Greta Thernberg's speech to the UN and the National Garden Club, Inc.'s Conservation Pledge “…to protect and conserve the natural resources of the planet earth and promise to promote education so we may become caretakers of our air, water, forest, land, and wildlife." It asked students to write a blog post exploring how the citizens of Roswell can become better stewards of the environment and our natural resources.

The topic, “Moving from consumers to caretakers of our air, water, forest, land, and wildlife,” lent itself to a variety of perspectives. Students were encouraged to blog about ways communities, organizations, families, and/or individuals can make a positive impact on the world.

Requirements stated that blog posts should be the author’s original work with credit given to references and no more than 600 words. RGC also asked each entrant to include a featured image along with its source.

The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc., features a variety of opportunities for youth: http://gardenclub.uga.edu/youth.html. National Garden Clubs, Inc., offers numerous awards, grants, contests, programs, writing, and art competitions for students on all grade levels: http://www.gardenclub.org/youth/ We encourage participation in these amazing activities designed to educate and motivate young people to explore the natural world, increase awareness of dangerous legal policies relating to the environment, and study the importance of conservation and sustainable practices. National, state, and local garden clubs encourage youth to “Live Green; love Green; think green, and even dream green.”

For more information about The Roswell Garden Club, visit our website: roswellgardenclub.com.