$1000 Garden Grants Available To Early Childhood Services

Yates® Australia and Life Education Australia are encouraging young people to get out into the garden to grow and learn healthy habits by offering $1000 grants to early childhood services.

Criteria include:

1. Plans that encourage a passion for growing and promoting healthy lifestyle choices.
2. Links to Life Education’s ‘Growing Good Friends’ Module. This module explores:

• nutrition
• physical activity
• positive relationships
• personal safety

Items that are NOT funded by the Yates & Life Education Australia Grants

• Horticulture and Landscaping fees (including wages, admin and labour charges).
• Any travel costs
• Delivery costs of goods and materials
• Artificial plants, flowers and or grass
• Irrigation equipment or water tanks totally more than 50% of the funding sought
• Garden shed, chicken coops, greenhouse or animal housing totalling more than 50% of the funding requested.
• Limitation on funding for concrete, paving, stones, fences etc totalling more than 50% of the funding requested.
• Lawnmowers and/or other machinery
• Cooking equipment

Applications are currently open and close on 28 August.

To apply and for more information: Growing Good Gardens