The CTSGN serves to connect Central Texas school gardeners and share information and resources related to school gardening.
Welcome to the Central Texas School Garden Network Facebook group! This is a place for anyone affiliated with school gardens such as school staff, school admin, school-based organizations, community partner organizations, parents, community members, and more! This network is a way to share information and resources with one another related to school gardening in Austin/Central Texas. This is a gre
07/21/2017
Dirt has amazing impacts on kids! https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/on-parenting/how-gardening-can-help-build-healthier-happier-kids/2017/07/17/d9047164-6599-11e7-8eb5-cbccc2e7bfbf_story.html
How gardening can help build healthier, happier kids Studies show being in nature can improve impulse control and immunity, among other positive effects.
05/08/2017
Check out Captain Planet Foundation's Project Learning Garden -
deadline to apply is May 19!
https://captainplanetfoundation.org/boxedcontest/?utm_source=Boxed+Contest&utm_campaign=f593e42595-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_05_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_72073431d4-f593e42595-
05/01/2017
Check out this new study showing the impact of gardening as a child! https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160919110301.htm
Gardening as a child may lead college students to eat more veggies As researchers nationwide try to get college students to eat healthier foods, they’re finding that gardening may lead to a lasting habit of eating more fruits and vegetables. That’s a recent conclusion from the “Get Fruved” project. “Get Fruved,” an acronym for “Get Your Fruits and Vegetables,” is a...
04/05/2017
School gardeners, take advantage of FREE soil testing through the City of Austin's Soil Kitchen event thus Saturday (9am-2pm) and Sunday (9am-noon) at Parque Zaragoza Recreation Center (2609 E. Gonzales St. Austin, TX 78702). Full details in link:
https://austintexas.gov/soilkitchen
Soil Kitchen | Austin Resource Recovery | AustinTexas.gov - The Official Website of the City of Austin Save the date! The 2017 Soil Kitchen will be April 8 & 9 at Parque Zaragoza. April 8, 2017 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. April 9, 2017 9:00 a.m. – noon
$10,000 grant through TDA available to all Texas public schools. Grant funds can be used to start or expand:
Farm Fresh Fridays and Farm to School activities
- school gardens
- agriculture and nutrition education classroom lessons
- other experiential learning opportunities teaching students about Texas agriculture.
Coordinated health program, including:
- Bienestar/NEEMA Health Program
- CATCH program
- SPARK + Healthy and Wise
- other nutrition education
Follow this link for the application: https://goo.gl/p9gLWk
01/03/2017
Happy New Year! It's about time to plan and prep for your spring garden to enjoy this semester. Check out this great feature on school gardens in Texas for inspiration: http://blogs.usda.gov/2016/12/28/getting-a-school-garden-blooming/
12/16/2016
Check out Katie's Krops, a grant opportunity that empowers youth to grow food to address hunger in their community. Deadline is December 31. Download the application via http://www.katieskrops.com/start-a-garden.html
Start a Garden Starting a Katie's Krops Garden is so much more than just receiving funding to grow a garden. Youth selected as Katie’s Krops Growers are empowered to grow a healthy end to hunger in their community and positively impacting the health of their cities and towns.
11/03/2016
Check out these mini-grants, Central TX school gardeners!
Announcing "Nature U: Together Outside" mini-grant opportunity!
10/28/2016
The Bright Green Future School Grant deadline has been extended to 11/7! Open to all AISD and Austin area charter and private schools, as well as cities – such as Round Rock and Pflugerville – that utilize services through Austin Energy, Austin Water Utility, or Austin Resource Recovery: http://www.austintexas.gov/brightgreenfuture
10/24/2016
Here's the Austin Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights:
Pledge your support for the Austin Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights! It goes before City Council on Nov. 10.
http://www.austintexas.gov/online-form/austin-childrens-outdoor-bill-rights
Austin Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights | AustinTexas.gov - The Official Website of the City of Austin Pledge of Support Click here to see the Children’s Outdoor Bill of Rights poster. Click here to see Children’s Outdoor Bill of Rights Resolution.
10/07/2016
Check out this grant from Nature Works Everywhere for urban elementary, middle, or high schools (public and charter only, preference given to Title I schools) to support a project that implements green infrastructure to address local environmental challenges. These include access to healthy food, air quality, heat island effect, climate change, or storm water collection. Deadline: 10/31/16. For full details:
https://www.natureworkseverywhere.org/grants/
Grants - Nature Works Everywhere The Nature Works Everywhere program periodically awards grants to schools to help fund projects such as green infrastructure for local environmental challenges. If grant applications are currently being accepted, details will be listed here.