Garden Grant Opportunity + Garden Tour

[Shari Brown]

Good Afternoon FFF Educators,

Included in today's announcements are:

1. School Garden Grant Opportunity

2. Garden Tour Opportunity - Springfield, IL

1. Whole Kids Foundation Accepting Applications for School Garden Grant Program

Grants of $2,000 are available to public and private K-12 schools in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada to help fund school garden projects.... 
Deadline: October 31, 2013 
Posted: July 26, 2013 

2. Roots to Rooftop Tour, Sunday, July 28, 1:00-4:00 pm

A school garden, a roof-top garden, and other neighborhood and community gardens will be the featured stops on an upcoming urban agriculture and garden tour throughout the Springfield area. 

genHkids, Illinois Department of Agriculture, Illinois Stewardship Alliance, Illinois Times, Kumler Outreach, Maldaner's Restaurant, Slow Food Springfield and the University of Illinois Extension will host the Roots to Rooftop Tour: Community Gardens, Urban Agriculture and a Roof-top Garden on Sunday, July 28 from 1 to 4 p.m. 

This is a free (no registration required), self-directed tour and guests can visit any (or all) of the sites on the tour. All participating garden sites, along with addresses and maps, can be found on the Extension website athttp://web.extension.illinois.edu/units/event.cfm?UnitID=629&EventID=62221 

During the tour, free refreshments will be available at Edwards Place Historic Home, 700 North 4th St., Springfield. There will also be an opportunity for people to stop by RealCuisine along the way for ice cream, pie, and cookies, which are items available for purchase. RealCuisine is located at 2028 South 15th St., Springfield.

The Springfield area sites on the tour include:

• genHkids gardens at Douglas School 
• genHkids Seeds of Possibility Community Garden 
• Illinois Department of Agriculture Community Garden 
• Jefferson Park Community Garden 
• Maldaner’s roof-top garden 
• The Neighborhood Gardens 
• Springfield Community Garden 
• Suttill’s Gardens 

Have a great weekend!

Shari Brown

Seven Generations Ahead

Program Associate

Office: 708.660.9912

Cell: 608.358.5357

Seven Generations Ahead |  Founded in 2001, Seven Generations Ahead’s mission is to promote the development of ecologically sustainable and healthy communities.   SGA works with local government, community and private sector leaders to help communities make the changes they need to create a healthy and sustainable future.  Through community-wide sustainability planning and implementation, educational conferences and consulting, and school-based zero waste and farm to school programming and consulting, SGA is a catalyst for local community solutions to global environmental issues.

[claudia Greene]

When I went to RFP link, it said all the grant applicants had been notified. Your letter said the deadline for the grant is in October. Do you know anything about this?

Thanks

Claudia Greene

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[Shari Brown]

Great question, Claudia. For those interested in applying to the Whole Kids Foundation for a Garden Grant: All applicants from the Spring round have been notified - Fall has yet to open. The application for the grant due in October opens on September 1. You have about a month to start planning!

From their website: 

"Our 2014 School Garden Grant application will be open September 1st-October 31st. Sign up for our newsletter or follow us on Facebook for the latest updates."

Thanks,

Shari

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