Word from the Executive Director and More

Note from the Executive Director- This spring I was hired as the new Executive Director for Grow La Crosse. For the past four years I have been employed as Grow La Crosse's Program Director at…
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Thank You to our Hamilton Helpers!

We are grateful to our Hamilton garden volunteers! We had a few volunteers help out with maintenance and harvesting at the Hamilton School Garden last week. They did a wonderful job and we had a…
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Jump into July!

Get Inspired this Summer Next week we host our first Summer on the Farm camp this summer.  There are still a few openings.  Children between age 5 and 13 can enjoy the outdoors with us.…
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Upcoming Events at the Garden

Wilderness Explorers This past week State Road Elementary hosted the Wilderness Explorers camp for children in grades 1-3. The kids had a blast growing new plants in the garden while learning about different pollinators and…
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Summer has begun

Grant Awarded Thanks to the Robert & Eleanor Franke Charitable Foundation, a supporting organization of the La Crosse Community Foundation,  has awarded Grow La Crosse a grant to help connect children to healthy food and nature. The…
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Summer is in Session!

Ahhh summer! The warmer weather means long days spent outside swimming in the pool, riding bikes along the trails, hiking in the state parks, and plenty of gardening! Although summer doesn't officially begin until June…
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Intern Highlights and Open Hoop House Times

Our spring interns are entering their final week here at Grow. We appreciate all their hard work while working in the gardens, teaching school lessons, helping at special events, and aiding in communications and marketing. We went…
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Plant Sale Week

Our annual plant sale is officially underway! We’ll be at various locations all week with a myriad of seeds and plants to choose from. Details of times, dates and locations are below. Stop by and support…
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Plant Giveaway Winners

Congratulations to our plant Sale winners! Brittney Gibbs, Ryan Knox, John Sullivan, Alyssa Gray, and Rachel Teske have won our plant sale giveaway! Our annual plant sale is fast approaching, and every year we showcase…
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Meet the growers and more!

  Grow La Crosse is excited to be adding some new plants to our plant sale this year.  Our growers will now include Joyce Cielecki and Michael Pelech from Driftless Area Natives. Driftless Area Natives…
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