Finding Supplies and Funding

Gardens for Learing: Creating and Sustaining Your School Garden Chapter 6 - Finding Supplies and Funding Your Garden

Visit Grants and Fundraising at CSGN.org

Look locally CSGN's Regional Contacts and Training page lists organizations in your area that might have ideas on sourcing donated materials for your garden project.

California Association of Compost Producers
Contact Bob Engel to inquire about compost donations in your area.

KidMAX for California's Schools - A free source of used materials for California's schools.

EarthBox Turnkey Garden Packages help teachers to implement a sustainable, high yield container garden with no weeding, no hoeing, and no digging in non-traditional settings such as on asphalt,  rooftops, or in poor soil.  The compact size, ease of use and guarantee of success, make this controlled environment ideal for use in school gardens, and for science-based experiments.  A la carte garden packages that feature EarthBox Ready-to-Grow Kits, staking systems, automated watering systems, correlated garden guides and pre-school through 12th grade standards-based curriculum focus on science and enhance all content areas  www.earthbox.com

Naturalyards Raised Garden Beds are available in over a hundred shapes and sizes, from two to 24 feet long and 5.5" to 33" deep. They're made from untreated kiln-dried cedar, a rot-resistant wood that can be painted or stained, or left unfinished to gray naturally. www.naturalyards.com

Botanical Interests Seeds - 50% Off Retail Price
Botanical Interests offers a full line of untreated flower, vegetable, and herb seeds.Their packets contain only the highest quality seed available and plenty of useful, practical information (on the outside and the inside of the the packet!) to help you become a more successful gardener. Botanical Interests and Life Lab Science Program created a seed list order form of school garden favorites including all the plants listed on CSGN's Planting Guide.
Download the Botanical Interests discount seed order form

California Integrated Waste Management BoardFind information on compost, recycled-content garden supplies, free supplies, and more.

Botanical Interests Fundraising Sell seeds to raise funds for your school.

Dutch Gardens Fundraising with Flower Bulbs Sell bulbs and keep %50 of sales.

Craigslist.org and Freecycle.org are great sites to search for free materials or post wanted materials to create a school garden.

Kids Gardening Store the most complete school garden store on the web.

Improve school nutrition while raising funds. View Approach 6 of Making It Happen
School Nutrition Success Stories. Raise funds and reward students with out junk food.