2019 Growing Good Kids Book Award Winners Named
This morning at the National Children & Youth Garden Symposium, Randy Seagraves of the Junior Master Gardener Program announced the three winners of the 2019 Growing Good Kids book awards:
* Errol’s Garden by Joan Hibbs; published by Child’s Play
* Up in the Leaves by Shira Boss; illustrations by Jamey Christoph; published by Sterling Children’s Books
* Seed School – Growing Up Amazing by Joan Holab; illustrations by Sakshi Mangal; published by Seagrass Press
The Growing Good Kids book awards program honors engaging and inspiring works of plant, garden and ecology-themed children literature.
During our 2019 National Children & Youth Garden Symposium in Madison, Wisconsin, AHS president & CEO Beth Tuttle chatted with WPR Morning Show host Kate Archer Kent about school gardens. 
In May 2019, we were pleased to support a local Girl Scout’s project to design and and plant pollinator gardens at a police and fire station in Woodbridge, Virginia. The gardens are intended to attract bees, butterflies, and other pollinators, while enhancing the beauty around the surrounding buildings. The American Horticultural Society at River Farm donated a number of perennial pollinator plants to the Girl Scout who planted them with fellow troop members. Altogether, the 1,270 square-foot garden at Bacon Race Fire Station 26 has 22 plant varieties and 165 plants.
Looking for ideas and resources to connect kids with plants? Our National Children & Youth Garden Symposium taking place in Madison, Wisconsin from July 10-13 is now open for registration! The event will feature over 50 educational sessions, an exciting keynote presentation by Detroit Dirt’s Pashon Murray, and tours of Madison’s flourishing youth gardening community. Check out the session, speaker, and tour descriptions, and register now!