GroMoreGood Grants: Empowering Youth Through Gardening in 2023
In 2023, we continued our collaboration with KidsGardening, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping educators and caregivers introduce children to the transformative benefits of gardening. Through this partnership, we provided GroMoreGood Grassroots Grants to 160 programs, supporting a variety of community-led garden and greenspace initiatives that engaged youth directly.
These projects included school and community gardens, urban farms, pollinator gardens, and outdoor playscapes. Grants of $500 were awarded to help create new gardens or expand existing ones, with an additional $1,000 awarded to 15 programs, bringing their total funding to $1,500. These specialty awards were categorized as follows:
These projects included school and community gardens, urban farms, pollinator gardens, and outdoor playscapes. Grants of $500 were awarded to help create new gardens or expand existing ones, with an additional $1,000 awarded to 15 programs, bringing their total funding to $1,500. These specialty awards were categorized as follows:
- Plus: For programs requiring additional support due to challenges such as financial constraints, environmental factors, or health and safety regulations.
- Pride: For programs serving primarily LGBTQ+ youth.
- Equity: For programs led by people of color and serving predominantly youth of color.
Grant recipients represented 37 states across the U.S., creating garden-based learning opportunities for over 27,000 young people. Altogether, $95,000 in funding was distributed during the 2023 GroMoreGood Grassroots Grant cycle.
One recipient, Monica B. from Athens Farmers Market, reflected on the impact of the program:
"Our gardening program was especially meaningful for families who had never gardened before. One family, a grandparent raising grandchildren, shared, ‘Gardening was something lost in our family until this program. I remember my parents and grandparents doing it, but I never learned the skill. Learning the basics of gardening with my grandkids helped me reconnect to my past and feel that I am setting up my grandkids for a better future.’"
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One recipient, Monica B. from Athens Farmers Market, reflected on the impact of the program:
"Our gardening program was especially meaningful for families who had never gardened before. One family, a grandparent raising grandchildren, shared, ‘Gardening was something lost in our family until this program. I remember my parents and grandparents doing it, but I never learned the skill. Learning the basics of gardening with my grandkids helped me reconnect to my past and feel that I am setting up my grandkids for a better future.’"
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