A coalition of 80+ organizations, one shared goal.
In 2023, we launched the California School Garden Coalition: 80+ organizations working to win reliable, dedicated state funding for garden education.
Half of California school districts have school gardens, but only 9% of those gardens are used regularly to teach students. Most garden education depends on outside funding, which makes access unequal from school to school.
Our approachThe coalition has brought a $25 million budget request to Sacramento, the first state funding ever proposed dedicated to garden-based instruction in California. Whatever happens in a given budget cycle, the coalition exists to keep making the case until garden education is funded like the core instruction it is.
80+ organizations are represented by the coalition.today
200,000 K-12 students are served statewide by coalition members.statewide
$25M state budget request for garden and nutrition education brought to Sacramento.2025-26 session
How the coalition builds the case
80+ organizations
Groups across California have joined the California School Garden Coalition since it launched in 2023. Collectively, our coalition reaches over 200,000 K-12 students.
Stronger together than apart
No single organization can make the case for garden education on its own. The coalition gathers the stories, classroom experience, and hard numbers from groups across California and puts them in one place for the first time, so whatever the path to funding, the ask is backed by evidence from the whole field.
Here for the long haul
Budget cycles come and go. The coalition keeps making the case until garden education is funded like the core instruction it is.
Join our movement.
80+ organizations are building the case for dedicated state funding for garden education. Add your organization's voice.
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