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Hintgen Garden Fundraiser

There is a lot happening at Hintgen School Garden The Hintgen Elementary PTO is raising funds to start and sustain a school garden in conjunction with GROW La Crosse at Hintgen Elementary. The garden will…
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Free Summer Camps Offered

Big news!  We are offering some free farm camps this summer. Summer camp registration will be opening this Thursday, March 22nd at 6:30am.   Farm Camp Information Three types of farm camps are being offered: 1.…
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Growing Curious Minds

Garden programming is starting!  We are excited to work with students again this spring. The theme for this growing season is “Growing Curious Minds.”  During our garden programming last fall, we did a lot of “noticing” and…
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Donation provides school garden education

Thank you to Heather Young at Thrivent Financial.  Heather is donating $6000 towards garden education at the Grow Spence garden.  This will help provide over 100 hands-on garden classes for children at Spence Elementary in…
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Special Announcement: Grow It Forward

Until the end of this month, you can gift a donation to Grow La Crosse in someone's name and you and them will be invited to our Donor Party on Friday, March 2nd.  We want…
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Spotlight: State Road School Garden

It's been a great year for the Grow La Crosse State Road school garden. This was Grow La Crosse's first garden.  I think you'll agree- it's still going strong.  We had an attendance of 95%…
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The Next 31 Days

You may already be familiar with the beginnings of Grow La Crosse. Local parents wanted to make a positive impact on their children’s eating habits once they started kindergarten.  That remains our focus as we…
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New Garden Programming: Hintgen

Exciting News!  Grow La Crosse is excited to announce that we are partnering with Hintgen Elementary School to create the Hintgen Urban Garden (H.U.G.). This garden will be designed over the winter months with input…
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Mayo Partnership Strengthens Hamilton and SOTA I Schools

This week we would like to give a big thank you to everyone who took part in ribbon cutting at our new garden space.  A special thank you goes to our Corporate Sponsor, Mayo Clinic…
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You’re invited: Ribbon Cutting

We are excited to announce that we are officially moving forward with the empty lot at 807 Johnson Street for our new garden expansion near Hamilton/SOTA School. Please join us for a ribbon cutting and celebration of the…
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