“I'm a better person because I'm a gardener now. I'm more appreciative of food because of the ability to grow my own food and CGF was the beginning steps to making it happen. I'm forever grateful”

"Oh, it was beautiful. That's the best garden I've had so far."

"I felt proud of myself as well, because it's something that I have been wanting to do like wanting to have a home garden, but didn't know where to start or if I would even be successful. So it was a good kick in the pants that I needed to just do it, to just try it, to learn. And I think again, learning how to be flexible. So it was a, it was a good learning experience for me. Like I felt really proud of myself. But um, even though like some of my plants weren't as successful, like, not feeling defeated, of like, “Okay, I know, I need to switch some things up. Like I know things need to be a little bit different.” And not being afraid to like try it again."

“The kids get really excited about eating the salad that they harvest themselves. They put the seeds there and then they harvest it. And then [the lunch chef] has it ready for the kids to eat at lunch”.

Many of our parents loved the grow bags and appreciated the bags being sent home. Thank you so much, it helped build a better bridge from families to school.