Our Mission

The Youth Garden Project cultivates healthy children, families, and community through educational programs and connecting people with food from seed to table.

The food we grow informs and inspires our educational practice, and also nourishes our community! Find out where the food from our 1.5 acre garden ends up.

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We use the garden as a cross-discipline learning tool that connects kids to the environment and our local food system! Learn more about our youth programming.

Gardening not only builds soil, it also builds community! A garden nurtures many forms of connection. Learn how you can be a part of our community at the youth garden.

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A snapshot of our 2020 impact in the Moab community!

Volunteers growing food for our community

Youth served through garden-based education programs

Value of produce donated to local families

Learn more about YGP’s 2020 Community Impact. Click here!

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Volunteer Mulching Day tomorrow (9/22)! If you've

Volunteer Mulching Day tomorrow (9/22)! If you've got an hour or two to swing by the garden, we could use some volunteers this Wednesday morning from 9am-12pm.

Mulching is very important for our garden space! It helps us suppress weeds (including goat heads!) and keeps out garden site inviting to all. Many hands make light work, so swing by if you can. We'll have some snacks and seltzers ready too 😊

Also, thank you to @triassicmoab and @atlastreeservices for the mulch donations 🥰

A throwback from last year's Blue Ribbon Produce E

A throwback from last year's Blue Ribbon Produce Exhibition! These were all the entries for the "Smallest Fruit or Veggie at Maturity" aka the Tiniest Award.

We cut this category from the contest this year, but there are still lots of fun ways to participate.

Take a peek at the list at www.youthgardenproject.org/harvestfestival (link in bio) and then take a peek in your garden to figure out what potential prizewinners you could enter!

We're accepting entries for jam, pie, and produce this Friday from 3pm-5pm and Saturday from 9am-11am. Prizes for winners!!!

#BlueRibbonProduce #ProduceContest #HarvestFestival #Moab #MoabUT #YouthGardenProject #PrizewinningProduce

We are a third of the way to our fundraising goal

We are a third of the way to our fundraising goal for this little dude's leg amputation! He's fully recovered and was recently reunited with his brothers, Popsicle and Rascal Flatts 🐇🤍 Would you help us cover this unexpected expense and show the YGP buns some love by donating? Only $340 to go!! Link in bio.

#YouthGardenProject #Stormy #Bunny #Rabbit #SchoolGarden #Moab

September's harvest of the month is tomatoes 🍅🍅🍅 We think it's so cool how many kids go out of their comfort zone to try new foods here at the garden and in the cafeteria!

Harvest of the Month is a new way we are encouraging kids to try out new fruits and veggies in a low pressure situation, and since most of them have been to YGP before, it's exciting to them when they know exactly where it was grown! And there were deffffinitely some YGP tomato fans in the lunchroom today 🙌

#HarvestOfTheMonth #CherryTomato #GardenToSchool #FarmToSchool #SchoolGarden #YouthGardenProject #Moab

Spend some time in the garden at these upcoming vo

Spend some time in the garden at these upcoming volunteer opportunities! Your help and support would be greatly appreciated as this time of the season is SUPER busy for us 🙏

For Harvest Festival, we still have many volunteer shifts open to help out with activity booths (like potato sack races, crafts, etc.) as well as helping prepare and sell delicious festival foods. View all available shifts at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4faca62ca3f8cf8-2021 (link in bio). Give us a call at 435-259-2326 if you have any questions. Thanks!

Harvest Festival is only two weeks away, and we ar

Harvest Festival is only two weeks away, and we are super excited to announce the two bands that will be performing live at the garden: @blue.rain.boots and @meandercatband! Come enjoy some live music, fall-inspired activities, delicious food, and just overall warm & fuzzy community vibes on September 25th from 3-7pm. See you there 😄

#HarvestFestival #YouthGardenProject #LiveMusic #FallFestival #Moab #MoabUT #MoabEvents #DiscoverMoab #Community #Cornucopia

We're baaaaack 🍕 The third YGPizza Night of the

We're baaaaack 🍕 The third YGPizza Night of the season will be this Friday, September 17th. Call in your order ahead of time at (435) 259-2326!

Can't make it this time around? Mark your calendars for the last one in 2021 on October 8th. Thanks to everyone who has helped make these events such a great success; we hope you've enjoyed our seasonally-inspired pizza as much as we've inviting you all to the garden to share it!

Help us spread the word! The Youth Garden Project

Help us spread the word! The Youth Garden Project is looking for its next Executive Director. Check out the full position description on our website at www.youthgardenproject.org/workwithus. Applications are open until the position is filled.

The Youth Garden Project's mission is to cultivate healthy children, families, and community through educational programs and connecting people with food from seed to table. Come grow with us! 🌱

#YouthGardenProject #UtahNonprofit #NonprofitED #ExecutiveDirector #WeAreHiring #GardenBasedEducation #GardenBasedLearning #PlaceBasedEducation #SchoolGarden #UrbanFarm ##Moab #MoabUtah
#HandsOnLearning #CommunitySpaces #GrowWithUs

Calling all gardeners, jammers, and pie-bakers! It

Calling all gardeners, jammers, and pie-bakers! It's time to start thinking about your entries for this year's Blue Ribbon Produce, Jam, and Pie Contest. We're giving away some sweet ribbons and prizes to winners in 10 different categories. For entry details, visit www.youthgardenproject.org/harvestfestival. And even if you don't want to participate in this way, we hope you'll make it out to the event on September 25th!

#BlueRibbonProduce #JamContest #PieContest #HarvestFestival2021 #YouthGardenProject #CelebrateTheHarvest

YGP is looking to fill TWO full-time AmeriCorps po

YGP is looking to fill TWO full-time AmeriCorps positions starting this fall. If you're interested in developing curriculum, working with a rad team, gaining nonprofit experience, and engaging youth in an outdoor, garden-based education space, these roles would be a great fit!

Applications accepted until filled, and a competitive housing option is available. Check out job descriptions for our Seed to Table Educator and Garden-based Curriculum Specialist positions on our website at www.youthgardenproject.org/workwithus!

#GardenBasedEducation #OutdoorEducation #AmeriCorps #Moab #WorkWithUs #NowHiring #UtahNonprofit

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