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Our Mission

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

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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 2021 impact in the Moab community!

Volunteers growing food for our community

Youth served through garden-based education programs

lbs of fruits and veggies harvested this year

Learn more about YGP’s 2021 Community Impact.

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Never miss a "beet!" Stay up-to-date on community events, youth programs, and other garden happenings.

Happy International Volunteers Day! We are SO grat

Happy International Volunteers Day! We are SO grateful for each and every volunteer who joined us in the garden this year - thank you for your passion, hard work, and dedication to this space 🌱

Speaking of volunteers... we want to celebrate you! Join us THIS Wednesday from 5-7pm at the garden for a volunteer appreciation night, complete with a cozy fire, veggie soup, warm drinks, and other treats. Whether you volunteered all season, for a day, or for one hour, we hope to see you there!

#InternationalVolunteersDay #volunteers #internationalvolunteersday2022

Growing healthy kids is a community effort. Whethe

Growing healthy kids is a community effort. Whether you have volunteered, signed a child up for programming, spent time in the garden, visited us at the market, came out to an event, or donated your time or resources in another way to YGP this year, YOU made our mission possible in 2022.

This Giving Tuesday, we invite you to follow along as we dig into the core of the Youth Garden Project and share how your support directly inspires Creativity, Opportunity, Resilience, and Empathy in Moab’s youth.

Our goal is to raise $10,000 by December 31st. If you’d like to be one of the first to donate on #GivingTuesday, please visit the link in our bio or venmo @youthgardenproject. We are so excited to share campaign updates with you over the next few weeks! Thanks for being a part of YGP in 2022. 🌱

THANKS for a season of growth in so many ways. We

THANKS for a season of growth in so many ways. We love connecting over good food with you all!

Our office will be closed Thursday and Friday, but the garden is always open – swing by with your family or friends to visit the animals and enjoy some time outside 🌱

Have you been into the YGP grow dome recently? Tho

Have you been into the YGP grow dome recently? Though the main garden has lost some of its green this time of year, this space is still full of color 🎨

This past season, Grand County middle school advisory classes came to the garden to add some flare to our fish tank, beginning with an outline by Emily. With their help, alongside some other stellar youth volunteers, this painted mural now stands beautifully in the grow dome! Swing by anytime to pop in and take a peek (plus, you'll see the cherry tomatoes still thriving!) 🍅

Come be a part of the YGP team in 2023! 🥳 We'r

Come be a part of the YGP team in 2023! 🥳

We're now hiring for an AmeriCorps State Food Education and Access Coordinator (year-long position with an anticipated start date in January) as well as for Youth Programs Instructors (full season; beginning in mid-march). Please help spread the word to anyone who may be interested!

You can learn more about each position opening at the link in our bio, or on our website at www.youthgardenproject.org/workwithus. If you have any questions, shoot us a message or give us a call at 435-259-BEAN!

We want to give a huge shoutout to Rocky Mountain

We want to give a huge shoutout to Rocky Mountain Power for their investment in YGP and our community. This funding will go towards food system resilience here in Moab, including the expansion of healthy food access, agricultural literacy, and biodiversity. Thank you for your support of our local food system, @rockymountainpower !

At the garden, we love to remind kids that they ar

At the garden, we love to remind kids that they are strong, smart, caring, and capable of achieve big things. And, we have some wonderful YGP friends that lead by example!

We want to give a huge shoutout to Melissa Clark and Chris Benzie. These two incredible ladies recently competed in Rebelle Rally, the first women's off-road navigation rally in the United States. Sponsored by @scrubbladewipers, Melissa and Chris won the X-Cross class at the event, and chose YGP as their nonprofit prize recipient! Congrats to Melissa and Chris, and thank you for your support of the Youth Garden 🌱

In the past week, we've said goodbye to two incred

In the past week, we've said goodbye to two incredible YGPeople!

Olivia (left), our wonderful Youth Programs Instructor, not only took part in crafting an exciting and positive experience for our summer campers, but also continued to pour the same joy and energy into her work as an educator for our fall elementary programming.

Emily B. (right), our AmeriCorps VISTA Garden-Based Curriculum Specialist, has spent the last year with YGP and has worked with Moab's kiddos in so many different ways, from Harvest of the Month to middle school cooking workshops to youth camps and everything in between! We are so grateful for Emily's commitment to creating an engaging and fun learning environment for all students.

We feel so lucky to have had these two as part of our team this year. Join us in thanking them for their hard work and wishing them luck in their next endeavors!🌱

We've had so many wonderful volunteers in 2022, wh

We've had so many wonderful volunteers in 2022, who have collectively completed over 1,400 hours (that's 58 days!) of service at the garden so far this year!

YGP offers opportunities for individual and group volunteering for all ages and commitment levels. If you're ever interested in getting your hands into the soil, learn more on our website at www.youthgardenproject.org/volunteer.

This fall, our 'Fall Flavors' Beacon club culminat

This fall, our 'Fall Flavors' Beacon club culminated with a meal prepared with the help of students and shared with their families. We loved seeing so many cooking ideas come to life this Beacon session, and had so much fun gathering over good food with you all!

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