About the Project
The Daltons Sunflowers in Kindergartens Project is a much-loved initiative designed to empower a generation of gardeners and provides an opportunity for children to win prizes for their kindergarten along the way. At the heart of the project lies Daltons' goal to spark children’s interest and grow a passion for gardening.
The project provides a platform for children to learn gardening skills and a basic understanding of plants by sowing seeds, learning about germination, caring for seedlings, planting them out and daily care of their plant, and much more. The project runs biennially with the last one held in 2021 when a 11,694 children through 235 kindergartens across 11 kindergarten associations took part.
The tallest sunflower grown nationally since the project’s inception was a giant 3.41 metres and the widest sunflower head was 35 cm across.
