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The UCCE Orange County Master Gardeners are active with schools in our community. We have established a group of volunteers who have been trained to assist local educators in their efforts to implement a school garden.
We are passionate about “propagating” the next generation of home gardeners and opening the eyes of children to the experience of agriculture, the taste of foods that provide a healthier lifestyle and their responsibility for environmental stewardship.
Check out some of our current on-going projects with schools, churches, community centers, boys & girls clubs, etc.
Youth Garden Workshops
School Garden Grants
Upcoming deadlines are listed below. Don’t delay, apply now:
The Captain Planet Foundation (CPF)
Provides grants to schools, as well as community-based environmental and educational organizations. No grants are made to individuals or businesses. Grants from the Captain Planet Foundation are intended to:
- serve as a catalyst to getting environmental activities in schoolsand communities.
- inspire youth to participate in community service through environmental stewardship activities.
- Deadline is January 15, 2012
California Fertilizer Foundation (CFF)
Provide funding to California public and private elementary, middle and high schools to increase the understanding and awareness of agriculture in California’s youth through school gardens. During the 2011-2012 school year, CFF will award 24 grants of $1,200 each to schools in California. At the end of the year, CFF will invite those schools to reapply for a “progress grant” of $1,500 and a free agricultural field trip. Deadline is January 15, 2012.