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9.24.2020 Season of Change

Season of ChangeFall is a season of change.  GROW has found our organization is no exception to this.  Over summer we planned, and installed three new garden sites.  Two of those gardens are at schools…
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9.10.20 Honoring History Looking Forward Merger Finalized

Honoring History Looking ForwardWe are very pleased to say that the work over the past six months to merge Hillview with GROW has been finalized.  We are now officially GROW.  One organization with a mission…
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8.25.20 Welcome North Woods International School

Welcome North Woods International SchoolWelcome North Woods International School to GROW! We are very excited to expand our programs to the students at North Woods this fall. Thanks to the help and support of the North Woods TEAM we will…
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8.13.2020 Bountiful Garden Tour Winners

Virtual Bountiful Garden Tour Winners!Thank you to everyone who participated in our summer fundraiser for sharing such amazing gardens. We are so excited to announce the winners of our Virtual Bountiful Garden Tour!Grand Prize Winner: Nolan and Mariel Foley…
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8.4.2020 Five Way Tie

Community/Non-profit Garden Entry Deadline Extended!We have a five way tie for our Virtual Bountiful Garden Tour: Community/Non-profit Garden "People's Choice" award!  We have decided to extend the deadline to enter the Community/Non-profit Garden category, only, to Friday,…
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7.30.2020 Last Chance to Enter

Last Chance to Enter the Virtual Bountiful Garden Tour!Our summer fundraiser is coming to an end. We will be accepting submission to enter the Virtual Bountiful Garden Tour until Friday (7/31) at midnight. Photoshoots can still…
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7.23.2020 Cultural Connection Signs

Connecting children to healthy food and natureCultural Connections Language Posts Installed Our GROW gardens just got a little more colorful. Last week, we installed the language posts created during our Cultural Connections lessons, where kids learned about…
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Final Fall Lessons

Final Fall LessonsLast week, GROW wrapped up our garden lessons for 2019!During the caring work lesson students at La Crescent-Hokah Elementary school harvested dried beans, planted garlic for the spring, and then covered the freshly…
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Cultural Connections Lessons

Wisconsin Representative Billings comes to GROW! On Monday, November 18th, Rep. Billings was a special visitor to the 4th and 5th graders at State Road Elementary. Rep. Billings joined the Cultural Connections Presentations. Ho-Chunk Speaker, Kjetil Garvin…
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Edible Schoolyard Celebration

Edible School Yard Celebration On Thursday, November 7th students, teachers, volunteers and neighbors at Hamilton/SOTA Early Learning Center came together to celebrate the completion of the Edible Schoolyard!To signify the completion everyone in attendance was given…
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