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Application Process:

1. Please email your school or group name, address and contact information including email address. 

2. A description of your project along with photos and how you would use the proceeds

3. At least one of the following, or a combination:
  • One video, up to ten minutes long
  • A digital portfolio, comprising up to ten photos with captions (please send original photo files)
  • Scanned artwork with descriptions

Eligible Contestants:

Existing garden programs involving children currently in grades K-12, from schools and youth groups nationwide. Please note that this grant is not for gardens that have not yet been started.

Grant Guidelines:

• Entries must be submitted by the deadline with all required application materials. 
• A class/group/school may enter the contest only once.
• Awards must be allocated towards the sustainability of current garden program.
• Winners will be selected through a fair and impartial selection process by the Selection Committee appointed by the organizers.
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Note that by entering the competition, you have assigned copyright of your garden project materials to the organizers. Photographs, videos and other submitted media may be further utilized in exhibition, websites, posters, publications, etc.