3rd Grade Cabbage Program grant

Yes, it's just what it sounds like: a 3rd Grade CabbageProgram*. Deadline: September 16, 2013.

Each year, BonniePlants distributes free cabbage plants to 3rd-graders across the country to foster an interest in gardening and the environment. Cabbages will be delivered to students whose teachers have signed up to participate. Students will each receive their own cabbage to plant, care for, and harvest. .

As part of the program, Bonnie Plants will also give a $1,000 award to 1 student in each state. All info here.

* From the Bonnie Website: Why a cabbage? It was the first plant sold by our company in 1918. The cabbages are the O.S. Cross variety, which is known for producing giant, oversized heads, making the process even more exciting for kids. Some kids have grown cabbages weighing more than 50 pounds!

Green Education Foundation

The Green Education Foundation and Gardener's Supply Company are offering funding to sustain existing youth garden programs that have demonstrated success and have impacted the lives of kids and their community.

Maximum Grant: $1,000     Deadline: September 30, 2013     Go directly to guidelines and application

Only for existing garden programs involving children currently in grades K-12, from schools and youth groups nationwide (not a garden that has not yet been started).

Complete information here.  

Voots® "Get Kids Growing" Garden Grants

Voots^® Veggie-Fruit Tarts and Kidsgardening.org are proud to present the Voots® "Get Kids Growing" Garden Grants, providing 20 youth garden programs with the necessary supplies and support to grow edible gardens. 20 schools will be selected based on plans to promote nutrition education, ideas for incorporating fruit and vegetable activities into the curriculum, and ability to sustain the program over multiple years.

The program is open to schools in the U.S. who intend to garden with at least 15 children between the ages of 3 and 12.

Grant Packages: 20 grant recipients receive $700 in gardening supplies including a raised bed, tools, and a curriculum guide from the Gardening with Kids Shop, and a check for $50 to be used to purchase soil amendments and fruit and vegetable plantings. The total award package is valued at over $750.

It’s All About the Fruits and Veggies Grants Program: up to $500

The National Gardening Association’s It’s All About the Fruits and Veggies Grants Program is open to schools, community organizations, and nfp’s gardening with at least 15 children between the ages of 3 and 18. Schools must be located within a 50 mile radius of a Jamba Juice store (there’s one in Orange at Bruegger's Bagels in the Crossroads Plaza) and a few in New York.

I guess how it works is, applicants complete a Garden Registry profile, and then, through the Sip To Support A Garden Program, schools and community gardens can earn credits that can be applied against the purchase of essential gardening equipment suitable for any age from the national gardening association’s Gardening With Kids Catalog.

Deadline: 2-18-2013; maximum award: $500.00.

Kitchen Gardeners International small grants

"Sow It Forward" grants are from Kitchen Gardeners International for nonprofit causes (schools, churches, food pantries, community gardens, senior programs, etc.) interested in starting or expanding food garden projects that are of general benefit to their community. Maximum Grant:  $600              Deadline:  January 11, 2013              Here are the particulars, guidelines, and application.

Youth Gardening Grants

The National Gardening Association has announced that The Home Depot Garden Club is sponsoring the Youth Garden Grants. Thanks to the generosity of The Home Depot Garden Club, five organizations will receive gift cards valued at $1,000, and 95 will receive $500 gift cards, to purchase gardening materials and supplies from their local Home Depot store specific to the needs of their program.

The maximum grant is $1,000; the deadline is December 3, 2012. The guidelines and application are available here.

Youth Garden Grants are awarded to schools and community organizations with child-centered garden programs. Priority will be given to programs that emphasize one or more of these elements:

* integration of content standards
* nutrition connections
* environmental awareness
* entrepreneurship
* social aspects of gardening such as leadership development, team building, community support, or service-learning

Schools, youth groups, community centers, camps, clubs, treatment facilities, and inter-generational groups are eligible. Applicants must plan to garden with at least 15 children between the ages of 3 and 18 years. Previous Youth Garden Grant winners who wish to reapply may do so, but must wait one year between winning and reapplying (e.g., if you won in 2011, you can apply again in 2013) and have significantly expanded their garden program(s).

2012 Subaru Healthy Sprouts Award

The National Gardening Association and Subaru present the Healthy Sprouts Award to support schools / organizations who plan to garden in 2012 with at least 15 children between the ages of 3 and 18.

The program goal is to teach youth the skills necessary to maintain a healthy lifestyle compatible with environmental stewardship and gain an understanding of how their actions can positively impact the well-being of their community.

More here, including the application.

A total of 50 awards will be made, including a Plantcam to document the growth and changes of your garden, $400 gift certificate to the Gardening with Kids catalog and online store for basic youth gardening supplies and supporting educational materials; National Gardening Association's Eat a Rainbow Kit which includes nutrition lessons and education; and a literature package from the National Gardening Association.

The deadline to apply is October 31, 2012.

Lowe's Keep America Beautiful Community Improvement Grants

In addition to yesterday’s community garden grant from Annie's Homegrown and also in addition to Lowe’s own Toolbox for Education grant comes Lowe's Keep America Beautiful Community Improvement Grants.

Maximum Grant:  $20,000; Deadline:  March 16, 2012     

The program will award $900,000 in grants to Keep America Beautiful Affiliates* (see below for CT list) or you can form your own for community improvement projects to be completed in 2012. 

The Lowe's/Keep America Beautiful Community Improvement Project and Spotlight Grant Partnership Program consists of:

* One-hundred (100) Lowe's/Keep America Beautiful Community Improvement Grants of $5,000 each. Grants will be awarded as a $4,500 check with a $500 follow up check to be awarded once project completion report is submitted and accepted. 

* Twenty (20) Lowe's/Keep America Beautiful Community Improvement Spotlight Project Grants of $20,000 each. Grants will be awarded as an $18,000 check with a $2,000 follow up check to be awarded once project completion report is submitted and accepted. 

Applications should be for a high impact project in your community and you are strongly encouraged to involve your local Lowe's Heroes, stores and its employees. 

The Lowe's/Keep America Beautiful Community Improvement Grants will be awarded in 2 Phases: 

Phase 1: Applications must be received by March 16, 2012. Winners will be announced April 14, 2012. (please note that only Keep America Beautiful Affiliates in good standing are eligible) 

Phase 2: Applications must be received by April 27, 2012. Winners will be announced May 15, 2012.  

Connecticut Keep America Beautiful Affiliates: 

Keep New Milford BeautifulLaurene Beattie, Executive Director
New Milford, CT 06776
Email: lbeattie@newmilford.org
Phone: 860.355.6040

Keep Norwalk Beautiful
David Shockley, Executive Director
Norwalk, CT 06854
Email: dshockley@norwalkct.org
Phone: 203.854.7810

Keep Stratford Beautiful
Jeffrey Thompson, Executive Director
Stratford, CT  06615
Email: c3jt@optionline.net
Web site: www.townofstratford.com  
Phone: 203.378.6674

Knox Parks FoundationCharmaine Craig, Community Network Builder
Hartford, CT 06106
Email: charmainec@knoxparks.org
Web site: http://www.knoxparks.org
Phone: 860.951.7694