Today ’s youth drop less time outdoors than any other genesis . To battle this , The Scotts Miracle - Gro Foundation , along with national nonprofit KidsGardening , open up its Gro More Good Grassroots Grants , an annual grant program designed to get more kids outside through the development of early days - free-base garden and greenspace programs . Schools and nonprofit organizations across the US are encouraged to apply .

Decades of residential district outreach by ScottsMiracle - Gro and KidsGardening , plus NGO and pedantic enquiry , confirm that gardening and outside looseness has a significant positive effect on children ’s lives . Some of these benefits include increased consumption of fruits and veggie , more physical activity , increased emotional well - being and good academic functioning .

“ When children connect with the ground , with their hands in the poop , something magical happens , ” said Jim King , president of The Scotts Miracle - Gro Foundation . “ Together with KidsGardening , we have over seventy year of experience working hands - on with communities . We ’ve consider firsthand how gardening and out-of-door play can amend children ’s life history . And we believe it ’s our responsibleness to impart more of those opportunities to children who postulate them . ”

From sensational garden to hydroponic farm , pollinator habitats to lifelike playscapes , the Gro More Good Grassroots Grants will indorse all types of community - driven garden and greenspace propose that flat employ youth . Grant funding will support the creation of new garden and also the expansion of subsist ones . The 2020 program is uncommitted now athttps://kidsgardening.org/2020-gromoregood-grassroots-grant/.

" There is an unmet need in the young person garden community for support that allow organization with a encouragement to get start or expand their gardens to the next layer , " says Sarah Pounders , senior education specialist for KidsGardening . " The internal recognition provided by this grant can also assist garden programs bolster up extra local community of interests support . We are thrilled to mate with The Scotts Miracle - Gro Foundation to offer this priceless financial backing for organizations sour so intemperately to get more kids recreate , learning , and turn through gardening . "

The Grassroots Grants are part of ScottsMiracle - Gro ’s larger Gro More unspoilt initiative to tie in 10 million nestling to the benefits of gardens and greenspaces over the next five years . As part of Gro More Good , The Scotts Miracle - Gro Foundation is partnering with leading not - for - profit organizations , such as KidsGardening , to facilitate overcome some of the pressing challenge facing today ’s youth––including childhood corpulency , poor victuals and nature deficit––by amend children ’s access to fresh food and increasing their time spent connect to nature .

The Gro More Good Grassroots Grant practical app will be open until February 14 , 2020 , at 11:59 p.m. EST . One hundred seventy - five subsidization , ranging from $ 500 to $ 1,000 , will be present based on youth betrothal , biotic community impact , and sustainability , among other factor . victor will be announced on the first Clarence Shepard Day Jr. of spring , March 20 , 2020 .

For more entropy : www . GroMoreGood.orgwww.scottsmiraclegrofoundation.orgwww.kidsgardening.org