Youth Garden Grant Program

The National Gardening Association (NGA) awards Youth Garden Grants to schools and community organizations across the United States with child-centered garden programs.

Priority is given to programs emphasizing one or more of the following:
• educational focus or curricular/program integration
• nutrition or plant-to-food connections
• environmental awareness/education
• entrepreneurship
• social aspects of gardening (e.g., leadership development, team building, community support, or service-learning)

For the 2011 grant cycle, 100 grants are available.
• Five (5) programs will receive gift cards valued at $1,000 (a $500 gift card to The Home Depot and a $500 gift card to the Gardening with Kids catalog and educational materials from NGA
• Ninety-five (95) programs will receive a $500 gift card* to The Home Depot and educational materials from NGA

Applicants must plan to garden with at least fifteen children between the ages of 3 and 18. Deadline: November 1, 2010.

If this looks familiar, it should. It was previously mentioned on the Division of Library Development blog.