Alabama 4-H Grows Future Gardeners AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Ala. – Alabama 4-H is cultivating the next generation of young gardeners through its new outdoor education project, 4-H Grows. Through a partnership with Bonnie Plants, the project offers young people hands-on gardening experiences while learning about the field of agriculture. More than 500 young people, ages 9-18, participated in the project last year. In addition to individual participation at home, several teachers enrolled in the project for use in the classroom. “Gardening is and can be a wonderful tool to teach responsibility, foster family bonding, build environmental stewardship, introduce scientific concepts – the list goes on,” said Molly Gregg, Alabama Cooperative Extension System assistant
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Alabama 4-H Grows participants experiencing hands-on learning.
