Waterwise Garden Grant Winners 2025

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Youth Garden Grant Impact Report

Read more about the impact of the Youth Garden Grant on the 50 programs awarded.

Congratulations to the 2023 Youth Garden Grant Winners!

Since 1982, the Youth Garden Grant has supported school and youth educational garden projects that enhance the quality of life for youth and their communities.

These fifty organizations will be awarded $500 in funding and a collection of gardening supplies for their youth garden program.

Desde 1982, la Youth Garden Grant ha apoyado proyectos de huertos educativos escolares y juveniles que mejoran la calidad de vida de los estudiantes y sus comunidades.

Estas 50 organizaciones recibirán paquetes de premios que consisten en un premio en efectivo y una variedad de herramientas y suministros de jardinería.

Crescent Garden Specialty Award Winners

Enterprise Community Development (Alexandria, Virginia)
Evanston Public Library (Evanston, Illinois)
Tri-County Career Center (Nelsonville, Ohio)
Tulsa Cornerstone Assistance Network (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
Vine Street School (Bangor, Maine)

Garden Tower Specialty Award Winners

Albuquerque Public Schools (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Andrew J. Brown Academy (Indianapolis, Indiana)
Downside Up (Chattanooga, Tennessee)
Geraldine Public Schools (Geraldine, Montana)
Shady Brook Elementary School (Kannapolis, North Carolina)

General Award Winners

Academy for Precision Learning (Seattle, Washington)
Alta Care Group (Mineral Ridge, Ohio)
Avery County Schools, Newland Elementary (Newland, North Carolina)
Bailey's Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences (Falls Church, Virginia)
C.E. Williams Middle School North (Charleston, South Carolina)
Chesapeake Center for Student Success, Chesapeake Public School Division (Chesapeake, Virginia)
City Hill Middle School (Naugatuck, Connecticut)
Delaware Nature Society's DuPont Environmental Education Center (Wilmington, Delaware)
Edison Middle School (Houston, Texas)
Hampton City Schools (Hampton, Virginia)
Holy Cross Immaculate Heart of Mary (Chicago, Illinois)
Jacksonville Public Library (Jacksonville, Florida)
Jean Hines Caldwell Elementary School (Houston, Texas)
Kapa'a Elementary (Kapaa, Hawaii)
Kennedy High School (Waterbury, Connecticut)
Knoxville Head Start (Knoxville, Tennessee)
Lana'i High and Elementary School (Lana'i City, Hawaii)
Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, California)
Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota, Canyon Hills Center (Spearfish, South Dakota)
Madera Unified School District (Madera, California)
Madison Area Food Pantry Gardens (Verona, Wisconsin)
Mary McLeod Bethune PCS (Washington, District of Columbia)
Miami Dade County Public Schools (Miami, Florida)
Milwaukee Public Schools (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Momentum Academy (St Louis, Missouri)
Morton School of Excellence (Chicago, Illinois)
Nebraska Extension Master Gardeners in Douglas-Sarpy Counties (Omaha, Nebraska)
NFI VT Hospital Diversion (Brattleboro, Vermont)
NYC DOE (Brooklyn, New York)
Park Middle School (Kennewick, Washington)
Ravalli County Economic Development Authority (Hamilton, Montana)
Sage Valley (Worthington, Indiana)
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of MI, Saginaw Chippewa Academy (Mount Pleasant, Michigan)
Santa Clara County Office of Education (San Jose, California)
St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, Inc. (Eugene, Oregon)
The Bay School (Santa Cruz, California)
The Hughen Center, Inc. (Port Arthur, Texas)
The Sanibel School (Sanibel, Florida)
Twende Porini Foundation (Decatur, Georgia)

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