Imagine awe-struck children harvesting carrots and potatoes for the very first time or families of toddlers to grandparents working side by side planting what will be a bounty of tomatoes, peppers, and squash for all to share! Envision little hands carefully caretaking classroom seedlings of radishes and lettuce in preparation for schoolyard garden installations or teachers eagerly creating yummy fruit kabobs with their students reinforcing an Eat Your Colors nutrition lesson. These are just some of the wonderful experiences your special gift will support. Or you may have your own idea as to how to assist us in growing green dreams. Whatever your vision, please follow your heart as you Give the Gift of Nature this season.
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Brings classrooms alive with an eight week interactive plant, environmental, and earth sciences and nutrition curriculum for third to fourth grade D.C. elementary school children in the winter and grows the gardening experience with school garden installations and visits to the WYG in the spring.
Gifts of Nature opportunities:
Organic vegetable seeds for (1) classroom seeding project ($25) Soil/soil amendments ($50) Grow rack and light system for (1) classroom seeding project ($150) Gardening books for a class of 20 ($250) Transportation for (1) WYG visit ($250)
Nurtures the seeds of gardening fun and healthy eating, eight weeks during the summer for approximately 30 children from the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation's Camp Discovery at the WYG.
Organic vegetable seeds ($25) Healthy snacks for (1) week ($50) Craft supplies for an entire program season ($75) Gardening books for 10 participants ($150) Transportation for (1) farm visit ($250)
Engages approximately 25 first-time gardening families in an exciting fifteen week journey of learning organic gardening best practices and enhanced food preparation practices at the WYG Saturday mornings, May through August.
Healthy snacks for (1) week ($25) WYG's Growing Food... Cooking Together Cookbook and Resource Guide for (5) families ($50) Cooking supplies for program season ($75) WYG recycle produce bags for (10) families ($150) Organic vegetable seeds ($250)
Science Program Reaching OUT (SPROUT) provides one-time garden science outreach programs for elementary and middle schools and other local youth groups during the spring, summer and fall, conducted at the WYG, at schools and at other youth organization sites.
One SPROUT program at the WYG ($500)
Invites program participants and USNA visitors alike to discover the wonders of an organic three-quarter acre garden that includes a communal vegetable production area, herb garden, fruit area, perennial border, compost and urban garden demonstration areas, a butterfly garden and a Nature Explore Classroom.
General gardening supplies ($25) Vegetable and herb plants ($50) Native plants for Nature Explore Classroom ($75) Tomato stakes, straw ($100) Soil enrichments ($100) Perennials ($175) Irrigation supplies ($175) Intern support ($250)
