2017

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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A thank you to the Spence Garden Committee

The support and dedication to the Harry Spence School Garden has been wonderful. So much progress has been made by so many wonderful dedicated people. A Note from the Spence School Garden Coordinator I can't…
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Pollinator Lessons

Let the gardening begin! Students at State Road Elementary and Hamilton/SOTA I are getting their hands dirty planting this season’s first seeds for the garden. Students helped plant tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, herbs, ground cherries, greens…
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Mayors Conference

Join us this Saturday, March 25th at La Crosse's Mayor's Neighborhood Expo. The event includes free breakfast, free lunch and kids activities. The event is a day to learn about and appreciate the community we live…
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Seed and Plant Sale

It's time to plan for spring.  We're offering great bundles of organic seeds from Seed Savers.  Ordering from us gives you a good deal (it's cheaper than their website prices) and supports school gardens and…
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