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Your Garden Connection
Your Garden Connection is a newly formed nonprofit organization in California to provide gardens to low income schools, families, and special education classes. The benefits of gardening are out of reach to low income people because of the high cost of getting started. The time and resources are overwhelming to schools and families, many of them don’t know where to start, how to maintain, or are unable to put in the time to learn how to construct gardens. The gardens built by Your Garden Connection can be used as a learning tool to grow herbs and vegetables, or as a way to beautify the school or home with flowers and herbs.
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El Cajon, CA 92020
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Funding Received
Verified from IRS Form 990 Schedule I filings by this organization's funders - 1 grant from 1 funder, 2021.
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About the Organization
- Organization category
- Public Charity
- Country / State
- United States / California
- Mission
- Your Garden Connection is a newly formed nonprofit organization in California to provide gardens to low income schools, families, and special education classes. The benefits of gardening are out of reach to low income people because of the high cost of getting started. The time and resources are overwhelming to schools and families, many of them don’t know where to start, how to maintain, or are unable to put in the time to learn how to construct gardens. The gardens built by Your Garden Connection can be used as a learning tool to grow herbs and vegetables, or as a way to beautify the school or home with flowers and herbs.
- Programs or services
- School Garden Construction & Maintenance: Building, renovating, and maintaining raised garden beds and automated drip irrigation systems for low-income primary schools and special education classrooms.
Residential Garden Installations: Direct installation of garden beds and provision of essential supplies for low-income families through initiatives like the El Cajon Home Garden Initiative.
STEM & Nutrition Curriculum Integration: Delivering hands-on agricultural, STEM, and nutrition education paired with school garden beds to provide interactive learning opportunities for students.
Community Workshops & Technical Support: Offering educational workshops, instructional materials, and ongoing technical guidance to assist schools and families in successfully starting and sustaining their gardens. - Target Audience
- Low-Income K–12 Students & Schools: Primary school students, educators, and campus communities in low-income school districts seeking access to hands-on outdoor classrooms and fresh produce.
Special Education Classrooms: Students with physical, cognitive, or developmental disabilities who benefit from accessible garden infrastructure, sensory learning spaces, and adaptive agricultural activities.
Low-Income Families & Households: Low-income residents and families in urban or underserved areas (such as the El Cajon community) looking to grow their own fresh fruits, vegetables, and herbs at home to improve food security.
Community Educators & Volunteers: Local teachers, school administrators, and community members needing instructional resources, workshops, and ongoing technical support to maintain campus and community gardens. - Geographic Focus
- United States, California (USA), San Diego County (CA), El Cajon (CA)