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Adopt a Garden Project




The Adopt a Garden project offer fours schools per school year the opportunity to receive a grant to either start a school garden, revive an existing garden or support ongoing gardening efforts. A variety of resources will be available to
each school to fulfill this grant.

Throughout the Bay Area, school gardens have been integrated into curriculums to teach not only nature and science, but also language, math, art, history, economics, nutrition, wildlife and social skills. For many students these are once-in-a-lifetime, hands-on learning opportunities that put into practice what is learned in theory.

To apply for a Sloat Garden Center Adopt a Garden grant,
download an application here:

 

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Sloat Garden Center “adopts” school gardens in San Rafael & San Francisco

MEDIA CONTACT: Elizabeth Zipern, Marketing Manager
415-332-0657 x102
elizabeth@sloatgardens.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  Marin County, CA – May 9, 2008 -- Sloat Garden Center has chosen two schools to receive Adopt a Garden grants for Spring 2008. 

Sun Valley Elementary School in San Rafael and Monroe Elementary School in San Francisco will each receive a $1,000 garden grant based on their gardening goals.

With the grant monies, Sun Valley Elementary and Monroe Elementary both have plans to incorporate gardening lessons into their curriculums and to use their gardens as learning tools.

Each year, Sloat Garden Center chooses 4 grant recipients to illustrate the positive impact that gardening at school can have on Bay Area students and their communities.  “We have made a commitment to funding school gardens,” explains Dave Straus, Sloat Garden Center owner. “We hope these grant monies will help students learn and discover a lifelong love of gardening.”

Throughout the Bay Area, school gardens have been integrated into curriculums to teach nature, science, language, math, art, history, economics, nutrition, wildlife and social skills. For many students these are once-in-a-lifetime, hands-on learning opportunities that put into practice what is learned in theory.