National Garden Month®

When you garden, you GROW!
Every April communities, organizations, and individuals nationwide celebrate gardening during National Garden Month. Gardeners know, and research confirms, that nurturing plants is good for us: attitudes toward health and nutrition improve, kids perform better at school, and community spirit grows. Join the celebration and help to make America a greener, healthier, more livable place!

New Monthly Article

We serve up fresh, timely articles each month to help you celebrate National Garden Month.

NEW! What Can I Do Today?
It's a myth that living a more eco-friendly lifestyle requires sacrifice. All it requires is a shift in how we make day-to-day decisions. And although it may seem like our efforts don't much matter in the grand scheme of things, consider this: There are 93 million households in the U.S. that do some sort of gardening. more >>

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Project of the Month

Birds in Urban Gardens
There's nothing like a home cooked meal flavored with herbs cut fresh from your garden. more >>

101 Ways to Celebrate

Dig into these ideas to celebrate the season
throughout the community.
In Your Community
Plan and Plant
Dig Deeper and Branch Out
It's About Good Food
New Techniques and Timely To-Do's

The Winners Are ..

Congratulations to the winnners of the 2008 NGM When You Garden You Grow Giveaway! Each winner will receive an assortment of tools from Ames True Temper, a gift certificate to NGA's Garden Shop, and a Miracle-Gro LiquaFeed Advance Starter Kit.

Home Garden Winner:
Kim Mott, California

Community Garden Winner:
Reedsport Community Learning Center, Oregon

School Garden Winner:
Learning Gate, Florida

NYC GROWS Garden Festival

2008 NYC GROWS Garden Festival highlights! more >>

Interactive Calendar

Add your listing to our national database, or search it for events taking place in your community. more >>


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