GAINESVILLE - Kristi Crumpton, a media specialist at Mt. Vernon Exploratory School, is one of 20 national winners of gardening grants from kidsgardening.org. <br />
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The website says there were more than 1,000 applications for teh grants.<br />
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Each of the winning programs will receive a $500 gift certificate to the kidsgardening.org Gardening With Kids Store, a tool package from Ames, plant starts from Bonnie Plants, a Micro-Greens Grow Box from windowbox.com, and a seed donation. Select programs will receive a raised bed from New England Arbors. <br />
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The 2015 Youth Garden Grant winners are:<br />
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1. Taylor Park Community Center...Mobile, AL<br />
2. Plymouth Elementary School...Monrovia, CA<br />
3. Redding Early Education School...San Francisco, CA<br />
4. Buttonwillow School Garden...Bakersfield, CA<br />
5. Mount Vernon Exploratory School...Gainesville, GA<br />
6. Walton County Health Department...Monroe, GA<br />
7. Russellville Urban Gardening Project...Russellville, KY<br />
8. Phoenix Academic Magnet Elementary School...Alexandria, LA<br />
9. Naval Academy Primary School...Annapolis, MD<br />
10. Blackburn Laboratory Middle School...Jackson, MS<br />
11. Northome School K-12...Northome, MN<br />
12. Cherokee Middle School...Cherokee, NC<br />
13. Alton Central School...Alton, NH<br />
14. MPE School Garden...Livingston, NJ<br />
15. Brookwood Elementary School...Hamilton, OH<br />
16. Western Heights Habitat and Outdoor Classroom...Oklahoma City, OK<br />
17. Portsmouth Bradley School...Portsmouth, RI<br />
18. School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties...Irmo, SC<br />
19. The Willowell Foundation...Bristol, VT<br />
20. Kenmore Elementary School...Kenmore, WA<br />
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