Head Start Garden Project


2010 Head Start Garden Grant Awardees


    • Amador Tuolumne Community Action Agency*
    • Berkeley Albany YMCA Early Childhood Services Program
    • Child Care Resource Center Head Start *
    • Community Action Commission of Santa Barbara*
    • Contra Costa County Community Services Bureau*
    • Delta Sigma Theta Head Start / State Pre-School
    • E Center
    • Foundation for Early Childhood Education, Inc. *
    • Fresno County EOC Head Start
    • Institute for Human and Social Development
    • Kai Ming Head Start*
    • Kedren Community Health Center, Inc.*
    • Kings Community Action Organization*
    • Marin Head Start*
    • Modesto City Schools Child Development Dept.
    • North Coast Opportunities Head Start Child Development Program
    • Northcoast Children's Services*
    • Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment Early Childhood Education *
    • Palo Verde Head Start
    • Plaza de la Raza Child Dev. Services, Inc.
    • San Jacinto Unified School District- San Jacinto Head Start
    • San Juan Unified School District
    • Santa Cruz Community Counseling Center Head Start
    • Shasta Head Start Child Development, Inc.
    • Siskiyou Early Head Start
    • Smith River Rancheria - Howonquet Head Start and Day Care
    • Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services
    • Volunteers of America Los Angeles*
    • Yolo County Office of Education Head Start / Early Head Start

* multiple awards received

The Head Start Garden Project is sponsored by Western Growers Foundation (WGF). This program is made possible by a USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant through the California Department of Food & Agriculture, with additional financial support from Lakeshore Learning.


Download a copy of the Garden Guide

Head Start Garden Project Kit


Lakeshore Learning Materials is offering
a special kit to help support the
Kit Information & Order Form

Thanks to the 2006 California Head Start Association
Garden Project Committee for help with this project.

Head Start Garden Project Committee

Julie Andrews - Economic Opportunity Commission of San Luis Obispo
Cathy Bart - Marin Head Start
Chris Berman - Marin Head Start
Jackie Brown - Placer Community Action Council
April Cunningham - NCO Head Start CDP
Donna Harris - Contra Costa CSD
Robin Pence - Marin Head Start
Miriam Tcheng - Merced County Head Start
Maria Tiangha - City of Oakland Head Start
Sherine Pahlavan - CHSA AmeriCorp Member
Edward Condon - CHSA Executive Director

A special thanks to David Haskell the Project Director of the Garden of Eatin’
Projectin Marin County for supplying invaluable expertise as well as providing
 pictures of the children that were taken in the garden.


Gardening Links

Western Growers Foundation - http://www.wga.com/
California School Garden Network- http://www.csgn.org/
National Gardening Association - http://www.garden.org/home
California Master Gardeners - http://www.mastergardeners.org/
California Garden Clubs, Inc.- http://www.californiagardenclubs.org/
Organic Gardening - http://www.organicgardening.com/
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