California School Gardens

AB 1535 also provides $15 million in seed money for schools to develop a school garden or to expand existing ones for academic instruction. The California Department of Education will soon award 72 percent of that amount to schools that have requested funds. The remaining money will eventually be offered to schools on a competitive basis once the criteria have been established with the help of the Advisory Group.

Cal. AB 1535 is providing significant money to 526 LAUSD schools to develop and/or sustain school Gardens. The funds are being administered through the Network for a Healthy California-LAUSD and the LA Calif School Gardens Network.

For more information on California’s School Gardens Program, please visit School Garden Program Overview - Healthy Eating & Nutrition Education.

Learn more about this California community gardening program.