Project GROWS

Project GROWS is an educational, nonprofit organization with a mission to improve the health of children and youth in Staunton, Waynesboro, and Augusta County, Virginia through garden-based education and access to healthy food. We believe that all children deserve a healthy life and future. We believe that the garden is an ideal setting to create a safe and inspiring space for youth that supports their physical, mental, and social well-being. We know that kids who have a hand in growing their own vegetables in the garden LOVE to eat them. We know that bringing fresh local produce into our local school system combined with nutrition education is helping to grow a new generation of engaged and healthy youth. We also know that many families in our community do not have access to affordable, nutritious produce and we are filling in those gaps with programs like our Youth-Run Farm Stand, Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) Farmer’s Market, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Matching Program, and donations to families throughout our area. In the words of Geoff Lawton, we believe “all the world’s problems can be solved in the garden.”

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HOW IT WORKS

1. Set up your customer profile! Sign up as a customer for free OR purchase a membership as a donation to Project GROWS.

2. Start shopping! Simply choose the items you'd like and check out via a secure Stripe connection. You can filter by category and producer to help find the items you want.

3. Pick up your plants! Plant pick-up will be drive-thru only on the Project GROWS farm. Friday, May 7th from 4 PM to 6 PM.

If you are enrolled in SNAP, you can use your benefits to purchase edible plants! Please reach out to laura@projectgrows.org, to get started!

For more detailed instructions please visit the "How it works" section of our website. read more...

ABOUT US

Project GROWS is a non-profit organization with the mission to improve the health of children and youth in Staunton, Waynesboro and Augusta County through garden based education and access to fresh local foods. The Annual Project GROWS Plant Sale helps to fund our educational and food access programming throughout the community. Thank you so much for your support of our mission, and happy gardening! read more...