This holiday, give the gift of a garden.

Sponsoring community gardens in urban neighborhoods

Sponsor a child for only $50 for one year.
Sponsor a family of 4 for only $100.

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The Grain Project would like to invite you to give the gift of health and food to a family in need. The availability of healthy food and exercise within a community that is plagued with obesity, diabetes, and poverty is a challenge. However, we have addressed these issues by creating a cooperative teaching garden at Jerome Park in central Santa Ana. It is the first of its kind in the city, and the first garden sponsored by the City of Santa Ana. This strategic location has ensured that healthy food choices and opportunities are made available to those who are most in need of such resources.

With your sponsorship, members from the community will have the opportunity to join our Garden Club, where they can plant, nurture, and harvest local produce that they themselves have grown. Participating families have enjoyed the dignity, honor, and healthy benefits of growing their own produce. By sponsoring an individual or a family, you can ensure that more families have access to healthy foods and exercise. You will also be able to help bring more community gardens to other locations within the city.

Please consider supporting a community gardener for only $50.00 for one year. This will provide him / her with all of the seeds, garden tools, and equipment necessary to grow a healthy harvest of fruits and vegetables. Your donation of $100.00 will care for a family of four over the course of one year. You can sponsor one or more community members by donating securely here through Paypal (credit cards accepted), or you can send your donation by mail to The Grain Project, P.O. Box 572, Santa Ana, CA 92702. Donations are tax-deductible.

For more information about the Holiday Garden Gift campaign or about The Grain Project, please write to info@grainproject.org.

Help us cultivate a community of food producers!

Donations are tax-deductible.

Thank you for your support!
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The Grain Project
P.O. Box 572
Santa Ana, California 92702

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The Grain Project is hosting

Urban Gardens II

"Building Community"

with Eugene Cooke

Saturday April 24th 3pm-5pm

$16, $12 if you bring a friend

Is a Food Revolution in Season? Where does your food come from?

Join us at the Jerome CommUnity Learning as Eugene Cooke discusses concepts of guerilla food growing and community building in order to see your urban city in a different light. Get inspired about using plants to reclaim space for the public good. We’ll provide you with ideas & materials to begin a food abundance network - a way to build community with friends & neighbors and share the work and rewards of growing food.

“Your own corner of the planet is a perfect place to start.” -David Tracey, Guerilla Gardening

Please visit http://theinsideout.biz/garden.html for more information

and please forward this to anyone who might be interested

Bring a hat - we’ll be outside!

at the Jerome CommUnity Learning Garden
(located at the Southeast of Jerome Park)
2115 W. McFadden Santa Ana 92704

Space is limited. Pre-registration a must.
RSVP theinsideoutyoga@gmail.com

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The Grain Project is hosting

Urban Gardens I

"The Edible Garden"

with Eugene Cooke

Sunday January 24th 10am-12pm

$15, $10 if you bring a friend

Learn tools to make it EASY to grow food where you are and share it with who you love!

Accent the home, feed the family & make the garden a teaching tool!

This workshop will inspire you no matter your level of experience.

“Your own corner of the planet is a perfect place to start.” -David Tracey, Guerilla Gardening

Please visit http://theinsideout.biz/garden.html for more information

and please forward this to anyone who might be interested

Bring a hat - we’ll be outside!

at the Jerome CommUnity Learning Garden
(located at the Southeast of Jerome Park)
2115 W. McFadden Santa Ana 92704

Space is limited. Pre-registration a must.
RSVP theinsideoutyoga@gmail.com

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The Grain Project is working to establish community gardens throughout the city of Santa Ana. Community gardens transform stagnant, vacant lots into vibrant and abundant greenscapes that promote health, education, local food, community and beautification of the city.

Please contact us if you are interested in being involved in our garden projects or if you would like to start one in your neighborhood.

Neighborhood Gardens

Implementing gardens within various neighborhoods throughout the community will allow families space to grow food while also healing the land, improving the environment and aesthetics of particularly blighted neighborhoods. These gardens can be centers for educational exchange with an emphasis on sustainable living, natrual building, native plants, understanding heritage, and creativity. They will incorporate composting, sculpture, and locally crafted garden art and will celebrate the agricultural history of Orange County.

School Gardens

The Grain Project feels that it is crucial to teach children about farming, food distribution, wholesome eating habits and how to live a healthy lifestyle. Malnutrition and obesity are serious health issues that many of the children in the Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) live with. We are excited to announce the collaboration with SAUSD on our School Garden Initiative where our goal is establishing and sustaining a garden in every school!

Gardens are wonderful tools to use to teach children and youth the importance of eating well, boosting self-esteem and problem-solving and critical thinking skills. Gardens may be used in a non-conventional manner to teach other subjects such as science, arts, creative writing and math.