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2007 Grant and Award Winner Year End Report Summary

Submitted by sarahp on Sat, 06/26/2010 - 00:11

The National Gardening Association has been providing material assistance to youth and community gardens through grants since 1982. In 2005 we started collecting data to track the impact of our grants programs via a year-end evaluation summary completed by grant recipients.

Below are results and comments collected for the 2007 grant cycle, based on 211 evaluations for 4 of our grants programs. Individual grant report summaries are attached below.

2006 Grant and Award Winner Year End Report Summary

Submitted by sarahp on Sat, 06/26/2010 - 00:10

The National Gardening Association has been providing material assistance to youth and community gardens through grants since 1982, and in 2005 we started collecting data to track the impact of our grants programs via a year-end report completed by grant recipients.

Here are results for the 2006 grant cycle, based on 487 reports (74% response rate):

Number of Responses by Grant Program:

2005 Grant and Award Winner Year End Report Summary

Submitted by sarahp on Sat, 06/26/2010 - 00:07

The National Gardening Association has been providing material assistance to youth and community gardens through grants since 1982, and is committed to the development of new projects and sustaining existing ones. NGA now tracks the impact of funded programs via a year-end reports completed by grant recipients. This helps us gauge the efficacy of our grant programs, provides accountability to sponsors, and captures general information about successful youth garden programs and their needs.

2008 Grant and Award Winner Year End Report Summary

Submitted by sarahp on Fri, 06/25/2010 - 14:40

Below are results and comments collected for all 2007-2008 grant cycle recipients. Reports for individual grant programs are attached below.

The Right Spot for a Rain Garden

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NGA Staff

Overview

The first step in rain garden design is scouting an appropriate site. This activity challenges students to explore one aspect of this process: soil drainage assessment. (For full background information about the purpose of rain gardens and basic design principles, please read Rain Gardens to the Rescue.)

Organic Garden Practices Checklist

Submitted by sarahp on Fri, 06/18/2010 - 00:16

Most people know that organic farmers avoid polluting ecosystems and our food supply with synthetic pesticides, but the underlying philosophy is much broader. Organic farming centers on using methods that strive towards balance in the production fields that mirrors relationships found in natural ecosystem. As a result, the benefits reach much further. Organic farming:

Building a Terrarium

Submitted by sarahp on Thu, 06/17/2010 - 14:30

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NGA Staff

The following activity is adapted from the book GrowLab®: A Complete Guide to Gardening in the Classroom. This book provides everything you and your students need to know about indoor gardening, from planning and planting an indoor garden to tackling pests and other challenges. Click here for more information or to order this book.

Asexual Propagation

Submitted by sarahp on Sun, 06/06/2010 - 23:49

Both plants and people can propagate through sexual reproduction, but obviously, this isn't true of asexual propagation: A severed human toe doesn't sprout a new person, nor does the person sprout a new toe!

Here we'll describe the most common types of asexual propagation methods used in the classroom setting: cuttings and division.

Seed Planting Depth Experiment

Submitted by sarahp on Sun, 06/06/2010 - 14:34

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NGA Staff

Objectives

Students will:

Propagation by Seed

Submitted by sarahp on Sun, 06/06/2010 - 14:26

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NGA Staff

Right Side Box:

Download the pdf attachment Seeds the Promise of Life for more information about starting seeds with your class and some activities to use with your curious gardeners.

Development of Seeds

Seeds develop from the sexual reproductive parts found in the flower. The female part is called the pistil and the male part is called the stamen. (You can find a full description of the creation of seeds, including details about pollination and fertilization, in the "Seed to Seed 101" article on page 7 of our pdf newsletter Seeds: The Promise of Life attached at the bottom of this page).