Presentation Categories & Some Possible Topics
For complete presentation regulations and score sheets click here to go to the NC 4-H website.

Crop Science & Biotechnology

• Create a corn maze to get lost in
• Research biofuels using corn, sweet potatoes or other important NC crops
• Create a permaculture garden
• Walk a local farm and inventory the pests present
  

Horticulture Production & Marketing*

• Determine strategies for selling organic flowers at a farmer's market
• Grow the flowers for the farmer's market and sell them
• Collect and propagate seed of native wildflowers in your area
• Tour a tissue culture lab and learn about micropropagation

Landscaping*

• Make a secret garden hideway
• Build a self-sufficient treehouse with hydroponic containers
• Create an edible landscape for your school
• Evaluate the best beans for a teepee

Artistic Arrangement*

• Design edible place favors (see pics on right)
• Create a corsage for your favorite person using herbs
• Make a wreath using all natural materials
• Build a fairy crown using leaves from your favorite plant

Soil, Water and the Environment

• Build a hiking trail through a carnivorous bog
• Map soil erosion in your neighborhood
• Float a boat after it rains to find the stormwater runoff pathway
• Build a groundwater pollution model

*Winners participating in the marked categories are eligible to attend the annual National Junior Horticultural Association's convention. Winners in the categories Peanut Foods and Fruit & Vegetable Use are also eligible. See the 4-H Awards Handbook for more information.

4-H'er creatively uses fruits and vegetables to make whimisical animals.