New Glarus FFA and NGSD School Garden Partner to Bring Container Gardens to New Glarus Home Campus

First, the School Garden earned two grants. One from the Wisconsin Medical Society Foundation to fund a garden grid irrigation system. This system corresponds well with the raised garden bed boxes and square foot gardening method employed by the School Garden by providing the grids for planting and delivering water directly to the roots for healthy plants.
Secondly, the New Glarus School District Garden has partnered with the New Glarus High School FFA Chapter to receive a Food For All Grant. We are one of nine Wisconsin schools that received a grant and one of 138 chapters all over the nation from 39 states and the Virgin Islands that have received this grant. 
This grant has allowed for 20 container gardens (with Rapunzel tomatoes, herbs and other vegetables) to be delivered to residents in the New Glarus Home Campus apartments and duplexes. The New Glarus Home staff and recipients, Master Gardeners/Garden Committee, New Glarus Summer School Students, and FFA Chapter members will continue to work together to maintain the containers. The project is designed to help educate others on how easy it is grow your own produce.
The School Garden would like to thank all of the volunteers and supporters involved in the project and the sponsors, the Wisconsin Medical Society Foundation and the National FFA Foundation Food For All Grant (sponsored by CF Industries, Tractor Supply Company, MainSource Financial, Elanco and Tyson as a special project of the National FFA Foundation). Watch for more projects to come this summer!