For nearly seven years, the garden at Jessie T. Zoller Elementary School in Schenectady, NY, has been a classroom, a laboratory, a pizzeria, a confectionery, a composting center, and much more. "We work with around 500 students each year at the school, ranging in age...
The youth garden movement has grown steadily in the past decade as more educators, caregivers, and families get excited about garden-based learning opportunities for kids. With that, the number of national and state grants available for youth gardens has increased. To...
We are thrilled to share that we have partnered with Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day to offer a new grant program! Together, we’re announcing the new Lots of Compassion grant program, designed to support local leaders looking to transform vacant lots into gardens to help grow...
Our Kids Garden Month contest is in full swing! This year, the theme is "Let's Grow Together!" and we are looking for creative entries from kids about how they use gardening to grow connections with family, friends, the earth, or anything else they can think of! Learn...
At just seven years old, Kendall Rae Johnson is Georgia’s youngest certified farmer. Born and raised in Atlanta, Kendall Rae fell in love with gardening when she was three years old thanks to her great-grandmother Laura "Kate" Williams, who showed her how to propagate...
