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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Some talented 6th Graders showing off their culina

Some talented 6th Graders showing off their culinary creation during a "Chopped"-style activity at the garden! #GardenClassroom #FieldTrip #GardenBasedLearning #EdibleEducation #YouthGardenProject #SoMuchSalsa #HandsOnLearning

And that wraps up another amazing year of garden-t

And that wraps up another amazing year of garden-to-table events! The first YGPizza Nights EVER were a huge success, and we are so grateful to our wonderful volunteers, guests, and volunteer chefs for making it all happen. We'd like to give a special shout out to Brian Sward of the @moabbrewery, Tim Buckingham, Gabe Woytek, and the farm and events team out at @sorrelriverranch and everyone they all brought into the fold - we couldn't have pulled it all off without you!

Thanks for supporting local food and garden-based education here in Moab! To sign up for our Garden Dinner newsletter and be first in line for tickets for future events, go to http://eepurl.com/g1AC6D (link in bio)

#FarmToTable #GardenToTable #GardenBasedEducation #FarmToTableFundraiser #YGPGetsFancy #YouthGardenProject #SorrelRiverRanch #Moab #MoabUT #MoabUtah #EdibleEducation #LocalFood

We've got some delicious walnut pesto up for sale

We've got some delicious walnut pesto up for sale on the YGP website! Purchase for pick-up during our office hours at www.youthgardenproject.org/produce-for-sale (link in bio)

Emily from @sundialmedicinals took GCHS's Plant an

Emily from @sundialmedicinals took GCHS's Plant and Soil Science class on a medicinal/herb tour of the garden last week! Do you have a favorite medicinal plant growing at home or here at the Youth Garden Project? 🌿

#YouthGardenProject #HandsOnLearning #MedicinalTour #HerbCurve #Herbs #MedicinalPlants #GardenWorkshop

Join us for the last Weed 'n' Feed Volunteer Night

Join us for the last Weed 'n' Feed Volunteer Night of the season TONIGHT at 6pm!

Delicious, hot pizza will be served for volunteers around 7pm by the wonderful folks at Beacon Afterschool Program, Moab! 🍕🍕🍕

(Bring layers)
(No RSVP necessary)
(Find us at 530 S 400 E, on the patio)

Also, huge thanks to everyone who has come out for one or multiple Weed 'n' Feed volunteer nights in 2021! The time and love you've put into the garden this season has been so impactful. Thanks for keeping us growing 🌱

You know it's fall when we're harvesting corn! 🌽 #YouthGardenProject #CornHarvest #Fall #Autumn #Popcorn #AgEducation #AgriculturalEducation #SeedToTable #HandsOnLearning

We are excited to share with you that tickets are

We are excited to share with you that tickets are now available for our last Garden Dinner event of the season! It will take place at the beautiful @sorrelriverranch at 6pm on October 16th, where their skilled team will be cooking up a delicious, farm-fresh, multi-course meal. Ticket sales will benefit our mission of growing food, kids, and community in Moab 🌱 Learn more and purchase tickets at the link in our bio!

#gardentotable #farmtotable #moab #moabUT #SorrelRiverRanch #YouthGardenProject #Fundraiser #YGP #FallFestivities

We're taking limited sign-ups for our 4-week fall

We're taking limited sign-ups for our 4-week fall CSA shares!

The Fall CSA runs from October 12 (next Tues) - Nov 2, pick-up at the garden (530 S 400 E) every Tuesday 4-8pm. Total cost is $100 (4 boxes at $25 each). We only have a limited amount of shares, so it's first come first serve! Purchase your share online at the link in our bio, or go directly to www.youthgardenproject.org/produce-for-sale.

Please call 435.259.2326 or comment below if you have any questions. Happy harvest season!

We hope you all had an absolute blast at Harvest F

We hope you all had an absolute blast at Harvest Festival, because we certainly did! We want to give a big shout out to everyone who made this third annual event the best it could be 🎉

Big thanks first of all to all of the amazing 30+ volunteers who helped out the day of the event-- we couldn’t have done it without you! Thanks also to many of our lovely friends and partner organizations out in the community for setting up fun crafty and educational stations at the festival, including the Moab Museum, Community Rebuilds, Grand County Public Library, Underdog Animal Rescue, Utah State University Extension, Moab Valley Multicultural Center, The Bug Doctor, and demonstrators from the Moab Festival of Science 😊

Of course, Harvest Festival wouldn’t have been the same without the epic live music acts from Meander Cat and Blue Rain Boots! Thank you SO much for sharing your music with us. Our friends at KZMU provided essential equipment and sound assistance for our emcee and musicians, and we’re incredibly grateful to them for sharing their time and expertise, too 🎶

For all of you that had a chance to taste test jam and pie, or walk through the produce exhibit, you know that we had some fun and delicious entries into the produce, jam, and pie contests. Many thanks to our contestants for sharing their love of baking, jamming, and gardening with us all -- we hope to see many of you back next year 🥧😋

Lastly, a big shout out to the Grand Rental Center for providing much needed infrastructure, Gabriella Hunter for designing the delightful 2021 Harvest Festival poster, Wabisabi for lending fall-inspired tablecloths, The Donut Shop for supplying donuts for our popular “Donut on a String” station, and to everyone who showed up for the event as a part of the YGP community. Throughout the event, we witnessed some beautiful “mission moments” of people connecting with each other, sharing delicious food, and learning and growing together out in the garden. We’ve got a lot to be thankful for in this season of gratitude! 🙏

🌻 See you at Harvest Festival 2022! 🌻

Thanks @wabisabi.moab for being the friend with al

Thanks @wabisabi.moab for being the friend with all the cool fall decor! 🌻 We're so thankful to be a 2021 Wabisabi Nonprofit Partner, and that they are willing to lend us all these beautiful fall tablecloths for Harvest Festival each year 🍁

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