Fiskars Helps Community Gardens
Community groups across the United States and Canada are about to receive a big boost to their efforts. Fiskars, a leader in the garden tool industry, has announced the beginning of its 2010 Project Orange Thumb Grant Program. Applications are currently available for grants worth up to $2,000 in garden tools and green goods.
Since its inception in 2003, Project Orange Thumb has provided more than 110 community groups with more than $300,000 for their gardens. In 2009, 20 groups received grants for gardening projects that supplied thousands of pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables to local food banks, educated community members on sustainable agriculture and provided places of beauty and rest for entire communities.
“Fiskars is committed to giving back to the community whenever we can, and we are excited to once again supply deserving community gardening projects with grants to help them accomplish their goals,” said Paul Tonnesen, president of Fiskars.
Applications for grants are now available on the Project Orange Thumb website and are open to any community group for use on a gardening project. Past recipients have included school and church groups, master gardener groups and community organizations. Do you know of an organization in your community that would benefit from this program? Pass this information along in your garden center or e-newsletter.
For more information on Project Orange Thumb, visit the program’s website.
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