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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 |
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