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Got Dirt? Gardening Initiative

Welcome!

The Got Dirt? Gardening Initiative trains teachers and childcare providers to start and maintain youth and school gardens. The class and related teaching aids give teachers and childcare providers the skills they need to establish and sustain successful school garden programs, even with Wisconsin’s short growing season.

School gardens create an active learning environment and increase children's knowledge and consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables.

For more information about this project, please contact Bill Wright at (920) 391-4658 or Wright_WP@co.brown.wi.us




NEW: Grant Recipients

As part of the Got Dirt? Gardening Initiative, Wisconsin teachers and childcare providers are eligible for a Got Dirt? Evaluation Assistance Grant.

Below is a list of the grant recipients and the type of garden they will start.

A Child's Imagination, Inc Neenah, WI Microfarm
Bloomer Elementary School Bloomer, WI Microfarm
Bouncin' Babies & Kooler Kids Menomonie, WI In ground or raised bed
Granton Area Schools Granton, WI Cold Frame
Hayward Primary School Hayward, WI Microfarm
Hillcrest Elementary School Ellsworth, WI Container garden
Hillcrest Elementary School Oneida, WI Container garden
La Grange Elementary Tomah, WI In ground or raised bed garden
Little Sprouts Discovery Center, LLC Redgranite, WI Container garden
Luck Elementary School Luck, WI In ground or raised bed garden
Merrill Public Schools Head Start Merrill, WI Microfarm
Northland School District Minong, WI In ground or raised bed garden
Parkview Elementary School New London, WI Microfarm
Pleasant View Elementary School Pine River, WI In ground or raised bed garden
Polk County Early Learning Center Balsam Lake, WI In ground or raised bed garden
Osceola School District Osceola, WI In ground or raised bed garden
Reedsburg Head Start Reedsburg, WI Cold frame
Royal Oaks Elementary School Sun Prairie, WI Microfarm
Sand Lake Elementary School Holmen, WI In ground or raised bed garden
Spooner Farm to School Program Spooner, WI In ground or raised bed garden
Sunset Elementary School Whitehall, WI In ground or raised bed garden
Sunshine Learning Center Menomonie, WI Container garden
United Child Care Center Lake Geneva, WI In ground or raised bed garden
University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Children's Center Eau Claire, WI In ground or raised bed garden
Webster Elementary School Webster, WI Container garden
Western Technical College Parent Child Care Center La Crosse, WI Container garden
Woodland Elementary School Appleton, WI Microfarm
YMCA Childcare Program Onalaska, WI Container garden
YWCA Rock County Janesville Container garden


About the gardening initiative
Training Sessions
Connect with us
Resources
Teaching Tools
Funding and Grants
Got Dirt? Gardens in Wisconsin
What type of garden is right for you?
 
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