State 4-H Plant Science Contest

The plant science contest provides opportunities and potentially motivate youth to increase their knowledge of horticultural plants, and horticultural/plant science techniques and knowledge, greatly expands their ability to identify various plants and allows for interaction with other youth interested in plant science.

Location: Hart Hall Lobby, 1128, and 1130
Time: 10:00 AM - 1:30 PM
No preregistration necessary.
Contacts: Terry Berke, terry.berke@monsanto.com

National Qualifier
The contest is organized into three parts: Judging, Plant Identification, and Written. The four highest scoring senior-age youth (15-18) are eligible to be part of the California State 4-H Horticulture team. This team represents California in the National Junior Horticultural Association convention in mid-October. In 2012, the National Convention will be in The Dells, Wisconsin. Senior-age youth (in addition to team members) are also eligible to attend the convention and participate in demonstration, speech, and other contests at the convention. For 4-H members with an interest in doing independent research before the contest, the study manual may be downloaded at http://www.njha.org/projects.html

See the National Junior Horticultural Association (NJHA) for more information on the Horticultural Identification Contest.

2012 National Junior Horticultural Association Convention
October 5-8, 2012
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin

2010 California State Plant Science Team, NJHA National Champions!