Community Gardens

Awards

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Garden Crusader Awards
Gardener's Supply Company
crusader@gardeners.com
888-239-1553 Nominations due in June

The Garden Crusader Awards were created by Gardener's Supply in 2001 to honor individuals who are improving the world through gardening. These enthusiastic men and women are planting trees and flowers, growing food, creating new green spaces, and teaching their friends and neighbors about the rewards of gardening.

Gustav Ohaus Awards

NSTA
1742 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
National Science Teachers Association awards grants for innovative programs to improve science teaching.
Awards are for $750 or $1,000

Healthy Sprouts Awards
Sponsored by Gardeners Supplyand the National Gardening Association
Applications due October 17th 2009

The Healthy Sprout Awards honor 20 winners with cash and Gardener’s Supply gift certificates. Healthy Sprouts is a national contest created by Gardener's Supply, in collaboration with the National Gardening Association, that recognizes schools and nonprofit organizations that use gardening to teach about nutrition and hunger. This year we will present awards to 20 schools or organizations. Each program will receive:

gift certificates towards the purchase of gardening materials from our sponsoring company, Gardener's Supply Company. The top 5 will each receive a certificate valued at $500; 15 more will each receive a $200 gift certificate

NGA's Eat a Rainbow Kit, chock full of engaging taste education and nutrition lessons

25 packets of seeds

a literature package from NGA

Nature Hills Nursery Green America Awards
Nature Hills Nursery
(888) 864-7663 Applications Available: October, 2010

Nature Hills Nursery will donate $5,000.00 of plant materials annually to the earth friendly award-winning projects. Awards will be presented to a Grand Prize winner in the amount of $2,500.00 of plant materials. First place winner will receive $1,500 in plant materials and the Second Place winner $1000.00 in plant materials. The plant materials can contain trees, fruit trees, bushes and shrubs, perennials and vegetable seeds.

Sea World/Busch Gardens Environmental Excellence Awards

Sponsored by the Anheuser-Busch Theme Parks, 13 awards including eight first place awards of $7,500 each, eight second place awards of $2,500 each. A Grand prize award of $20,000 will also be given.

Please help us expand this list by sending information on other awards and opportunities for recognition to garden@ncsu.edu