School Garden Grant from Jeffers Foundation

School Garden Grant
If you have been thinking about starting a school garden, but don't know where to start or don't have the funds to do it, check out the Jeffers Foundation "A Garden 4 Every School" page.  Grant applications are due by March 10, so check it out today.  Wouldn't it be great to get a couple of these going in every school in our area!

Host a School Garden Workshop

Host a School Garden Workshop at your School

Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom is providing free school garden workshops for educators at schools this year featuring hands-on, standards-based lessons. Participants will complete a variety of lessons that will serve as a starting point for brainstorming opportunities to use school gardens as a vehicle for contextualizing learning in science, social studies, language arts, math and health/nutrition. Each workshop is designed to fit the specific needs of your school and build on your current garden use (or give you the tools to start a garden!). FREE resources and lessons will be shared. For more information and to schedule a workshop, please contact Zoe Hastings at zoe.hastings@state.mn.us or 651-201-6260.