Garden Teaching Grants

Posted by on February 18, 2005

[posted from RFP Bulletin]

School and Community Organizations Invited to Apply for Garden Teaching Grants
Deadline: March 31, 2005

Through the Healthy Sprouts Award program, the National Gardening Association (<a href="http://www.garden.org/home">http://www.garden.org/home</a>) and Gardener’s Supply Company (<a href="http://www.gardeners.com/">http://www.gardeners.com/</a>) have partnered to support schools and community organizations that use gardens to teach about nutrition and explore the issue of hunger in the United States.

Each of twenty-five selected programs will receive an award package of seeds, tools, garden products, and educational resources for growing a vegetable garden. Five of these programs will also receive $500 in cash and a $200 gift certificate to the Gardener’s Supply Company catalog. The selection of winners is based on the demonstrated relationship between the garden and nutrition education and hunger awareness. At least 10 percent of the food produced from the program should be donated.

Visit the National Gardening Association Web site to download an application form.

RFP Link: <a href="http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/520/garden">http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/520/garden</a>

For additional RFPs in Education, visit: <a href="http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_education.jhtml">http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_education.jhtml</a>