Congratulations to the 2019 Youth Garden Grant Winners! Twenty-five organizations have been selected from over 800 applications to receive award packages to help start new or expand existing youth garden programs. The 2019 Youth Garden Grant is sponsored by KidsGardening’s generous donor base, many wonderful sponsors, and our 2019 Trellis Sponsor Gardener's Supply Company.

The following organizations were selected as our top 5 winners:

• Valencia Newcomer School’s Growing Valencia Garden Program — Phoenix, AZ
• Roosevelt High School Ecology Club’s Water-Wise Climate Appropriate Demonstration Garden — Fresno, CA
• Children’s Garden by Parkview Community Greenhouse and Learning Kitchen — Fort Wayne, IN
• Rayito de Sol Daycare and Learning Center by La Mujer Obrera — El Paso, TX
• Advocates for Healthy Transitional Living Teen Farmer’s Market Program in partnership with Brown County University of Wisconsin Extension — Depere, WI

Our 2019 winners also include:

• McDowell Farm School — Nauvoo, AL
• Boyd Community Garden by La Puente Home — Alamosa, CO
• Manual High School’s Garden of Youth — Denver, CO
• Ferry Street Community Garden by The North End Action Team — Middletown, CT
• Woody Gap School’s Sustainable Agriculture Garden — Suches, GA
• Pacific Missile Range Facility Youth Center Garden — Kekaha, HI
• Thomas Paine Elementary School Garden — Urbana, IL
• Kentucky State University's Unconventional Urban Garden — Frankfort, KY
• Homer A. Plessy Community School’s Plessy Planters — New Orleans, LA
• Real Food Farm by Civic Works — Baltimore, MD
• Brookside Student Garden by Hillcrest Educational Centers — Pittsfield, MA
• Lincoln Primary Garden Program — Anaconda, MT
• New Brunswick Free Public Library Garden Club — New Brunswick, NJ
• Daneetilee by David Skeet Elementary — Vanderwagen, NM
• Strong Vincent Middle School’s BELONG Outdoor Garden Classroom — Erie, PA
• Centro de Cultura, Arte, Trabjao y Educación Gardening and Healthy Cooking Program — Norristown, PA
• Galego Court Community Farm by Southside Community Land Trust — Providence, RI
• Lamoille County Early Learning Center — Morrisville, VT
• Langley Elementary School Garden — Washington, DC
• E.B. Davis Children’s Home Learning Garden and Outdoor Classroom — Oshkosh, WI