JUNIOR GARDENERS CAN GET GROWING!
17.2.2016 | 22:31
The Yorkton and District Horticultural Society is pleased to offer Junior Gardener bursaries to schools or daycares to encourage young gardeners! Teaching youngsters about gardening has multiple benefits: not only are they made aware of the miracle of watching things grow, but they also learn valuable lessons about how to care for living things, where their food comes from, and the joy of picking and eating something that they have grown themselves!
Once instilled, an interest in gardening can “grow” into a lifelong hobby that promotes care of the earth, beauty in the gardener’s yard, and a healthy and active lifestyle! Hard to imagine that all those great things can come from teaching a child how to plant seeds!
Teachers are encouraged to apply for the Junior Gardener bursaries. If your application is selected, you will receive a bursary each year for three years.
Bursaries are to be used for permanent gardening items which can be used again year after year: growing tables, planters, grow lights, gardening books, garden tools, or teaching aids related to gardening. Money can be used for indoor gardening projects or education during the school year.
Each successful applicant is required to provide a written report at the end of the gardening (school) year, complete with pictures of their projects.
Deadline for application is March 1 2016.
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