February
2005 News
Guidelines
for Success: Applying for a Youth Garden Grant
NGA’s model of best practices advocated
for school and youth gardening is reflected in its Youth Garden
Grant application.
The application
serves as a guideline to planning an entire garden program, resulting
in a school garden proposal document that has use far beyond the
grant itself. In her article, NGA Education Director Dr. Cynthia
Klemmer guides you through the Youth Garden Grant
application and suggests how the process can help strengthen your
program. Read
it here.
Awards
for School and Youth Gardens!
Spring
is time for gardening...and applying for garden awards of gardening
supplies, plants, curricula, and cash! In addition to Youth
Garden Grants, NGA has four award programs with deadlines
approaching: Remember
Me Rose School Garden Awards, Healthy Sprouts Awards, Mantis
Awards, and Kids Growing with Dutch Bulbs Awards. There are no
processing fees for these programs. Please
visit our Awards page for criteria and application information.
Raise
Money with Flower Bulbs: Keep 50% of Total Sales!
NGA is proud to
endorse the
Dutch Gardens Bulb
Fundraising Program. Until April, you can gather orders
for summer-blooming bulbs such as dahlias, gladiolus, and
lilies. The Summer-Fall
program offers spring blooming flora: tulips, daffodils, crocus, and
more. And it's a great deal -- your school or youth program gets
to keep 50% of total sales! To learn more about the Dutch
Gardens Bulb Fundraising
program, visit
here.
Free
Seeds from America the Beautiful
2005 marks the 25th anniversary of America the Beautiful's FREE
SEED! program. For a donation of $14.95 to cover postage and
handling, your youth garden project will receive 100 packets
of vegetable, flower, and herb seed (each additional order of
100 packets is just $5.) For more information about FREE SEED!
and ABF's anniversary plans, visit
their Web site.
Reminder
to Schools: 10% Discount to Supporter-level Members Now Honored
on Purchase Orders!
We’ve made it more convenient for NGA member schools and organizations
to take advantage of the 10% discount on their purchases from the
Gardening with Kids Store! Now schools and organizations that hold
supporter-level membership can receive the 10% discount on orders
placed via purchase order.
Visit
here to
learn more about supporter-level membership.
To place an order
via purchase order, please mail or fax to:
Gardening with Kids Store
1100 Dorset St.
So. Burlington, VT 05403
Fax: 1-802-864-6889
Classroom
Projects News Archive
Our archive of Classroom Projects News features a collection of
more than two-dozen plant-based learning projects with scads
of related curriculum connections and resources. Get kids pondering
the science behind season-extending techniques, the cultural connections
to the foods we grow and eat, exploring literature through herb gardening,
and much more. Visit
here for a full list of projects.
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