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Drought Response Outreach Program for Schools Grant

Everybody here at CNGF (California Native Garden Foundation) would like to thank the State Water Resources Control Board of the California Environmental Protection Agency for awarding us a $154,000 grant this summer as part of the Drought Response Outreach Program for Schools (DROPS). We’re so fortunate and thankful for the grant that we received due […]

Final Plea for DCP!

Dear Friends and Supporters of DCP, If you haven’t written a letter to the Mercury News, or the school board trustees or the top administrators of SJUSD, this is your last chance! The vote is next Thursday. Please refer to our previous post with email addresses and contact information of people that need to be […]

Downtown College Prep and the future of Hester campus

The California Native Garden Foundation (CNGF) has been helping Downtown College Preparatory (DCP)  since 2013 with the design of a California native and edible garden that is used to teach students environmental sciences in a more engaging and hands-on way.  This is only part of a great story that has unfolded at DCP over the […]