Happy National Smoothie Month!
Please join GrowingGreat in celebrating with Teaching Assistant Maxwell Watson.
Learn morePlease join GrowingGreat in celebrating with Teaching Assistant Maxwell Watson.
Learn moreDid you know that GrowingGreat offers STEM activities you can do from home? We know that many parents are now leading their kids’ lessons and we hope that our food science activities can be a help to you — and tasty too!
Learn moreWe hope you and your families are doing well during this difficult time. Here’s a quick update on how the COVID-19 closures are affecting GrowingGreat programs. We are here to support parents and children learning at home together. Let us know how we can help by emailing...
Learn moreGrowingGreat is thrilled to announce a comprehensive, national partnership with Del Monte Foods, Inc. Del Monte is sponsoring GrowingGreat Veggies & Fruit: a National STEM Education Program, expanding our hands-on science and nutrition activities from Southern California to science centers...
Learn moreGrowingGreat is empowering teens to take the lead in growing their own sustainable garden.
Learn moreMany young students like Emily only experience living, growing things — like the smell of rosemary — in the tiny garden at her preschool. Please check out our year-end giving campaign here: https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/growinggreatfundraiser. With your support, GrowingGreat can...
Learn moreGrowingGreat began working with us, Leuzinger High School Environmental Careers Academy Green Alliance Club (ECAGA), in mid-September. We typically meet with Sharon Cohen, our lovely GrowingGreat Garden Educator, every week. Our club members dedicate their Wednesday afternoons to the garden with...
Learn moreIt is growing in a very small front yard here in Los Angeles. We aren’t the only ones who love pumpkins. One of our colleagues from Exploration Place, a science center in Kansas, shared her pumpkin dissection activity with GrowingGreat. If you would like to try it with your kids, please email...
Learn moreGrowingGreat is excited and honored to announce that we are expanding our program in low-income areas of L.A. thanks to a generous $23,000 grant awarded by the Astellas USA Foundation. GrowingGreat launched its inner-city program, From Bean Seeds to Frijoles, in 2016 in partnership with Para Los...
Learn moreIn July and August GrowingGreat staff is hosting nutrition education booths at Caruso Head Start ,W.M. Keck Primary Center Head Start and other Para Los Niños sites’ Parent Orientation programs, in both Spanish and English. Parents and students participate in GrowingGreat’s hands-on activity...
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