New Douglas Village Market

New Douglas Township Community Garden Grant Program for Youth

Eligible Gardeners:  Aged 8 – 15… Gardeners aged 3 - 7 must be accompanied by an adult partner who stays (16 or older) for each session.

Number of Children in the program: 20 children maximum. Must be a resident of New Douglas Township unless visiting family.

When:   Wednesdays weekly from 10:30 – 12:30

Where:  New Douglas Township Community Garden Site

Activities:   We will be reading, drawing, journal writing or drawing, planting, growing, and sharing together weekly in the garden.  The young gardeners will have their own garden space to work in, will eat lunch together each week, and take home vegetables to try from their own garden and the community garden as it grows. 

Children need to wear clothing that can get dirty since we will be working in the dirt and if you purchase a pair of gardening gloves for your young gardener, put their name on them as they will stay at the garden.

What Do I Need to Bring- Put your Gardeners Name on all of their Items: A sack lunch that does not need to be kept cool, a reusable water bottle, 1 kitchen size trash bag or an inexpensive rug to sit on, leftover crayons and markers from the school year – small pieces are good, 5 pencils and 1 eraser, 1 pad (8 x 10 or 9 x 12) newsprint, 1 small plastic bucket and a poly garden trowel for working in their garden area. No flimsy plastic trowels please.

Cost: There is no cost for this program  and no membership requirement for this program.  It will be taught by a highly qualified certified Illinois educator.  If you wish to make a donation for items for the program to share with all young gardeners, please do as this program has no funding from any source at this point.

Application:  Please complete an application for this program no later than June 9th as the program begins on June 15th.   Can be submitted at the Village Market on Thursdays before the program starts.  This application includes a permission slip from the parent or guardian for medical care if the child is injured and parents/guardians will be immediately notified of any injury.  A parent/guardian pick up slip is also required and the person, if not the parent or legal guardian, must provide proof of their identity prior to the child being released. 

Any questions, email the program at newdouglasvillagemarket@Zoho.com

The application and information can be opened with this pdf file... by clicking on the pdf to open it and then print and complete the application and either drop it off at the market or mail it to New Douglas Community Garden P.O. Box 97  New Douglas, IL 62074.  You will be notified when your young gardener is accepted.