WCG in the Community
As part of our work supporting school gardens in the Salt Lake City School District, Wasatch Community Gardens partners with several Title 1 elementary schools (schools that serve predominantly low-income students) to host our Family Garden Gatherings program. Family Garden Gatherings are gatherings of parents, teachers, and administrators who meet regularly throughout the growing season to help maintain their school gardens, learn about gardening, and share recipes using the produce they grow. At the end of the season, we compile the recipes families have shared into books to distribute to participating families and schools. We host the garden gathering sessions…
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Wasatch Community Gardens' Youth Garden Club is an enrichment program that offers weekly after-school and summer classes that take place at our Grateful Tomato Garden (629 E 800 S) and the Sorenson Unity Garden (1383 S 900 W). Available to qualifying partnering social service agencies that work with youth ages 4-12, these classes aim to empower youth to make healthy choices for themselves, their communities, and the environment. Through hands-on experience in growing and preparing healthy, local, organic food, youth experience the connection between the environment, food systems, and their own health. We send fresh produce from the garden home…