At its January budget meeting, the Master Gardener Foundation of Clark County Board of Directors approved a 2015 budget that disperses $34,774 to 23 local community horticultural education projects.
Grant support is provided for projects that educate and encourage people to practice environmentally appropriate horticultural practices.
The Master Gardener Foundation of Clark County is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to fundraising efforts to help perpetuate the WSU Clark County Extension Master Gardener Program and to promote research-based horticulture practices through education, consultative programs and experiences.
Recipients of grant money include: the 4-H Restorative Community Service Food Bank Garden (a unique way for youth offenders to serve their community at the Food Bank Garden); the new WSU Extension Farm to Fork Program; Fort Vancouver Historic Interpretive Garden; Second Step Housing: Women helping Women - Yards & Gardens; NatureScaping of SW Washington – Wildlife Botanical Garden; Hazel Dell School & Community Garden; Illahee “Raven Spirit” Elementary School Garden; Excelsior High School Garden; Vancouver Heights United Methodist Church Minnie Stromgren Memorial Garden; Bethel Community Garden; Plant a Row for the Hungry; and Heritage Farm Organic Demonstration Garden. Grants were also approved to maintain and support numerous Master Gardener (MG) activities, such as: educational meetings; insect collection & identification supplies; outreach activities; Farmers Market MG booth; MG program coordinator; and the WSU MG Endowment Fund.
The main source of revenue for these grants comes from the annual Mother’s Day Weekend Plant sale held at the 78th Street Heritage Farm. This year’s sale will be Sat., May 9 and Sun., May 10.
For more information, see the Master Gardener website atwww.mgfcc.com or email mgfclark@gmail.com.
