A Children’s Learning Garden is in the works!

Still looking to obtain as of March 2023:

Stone slabs for seating in our 30′ diameter amphitheater.

20′ x 40′ greenhouse building for year round growing and learning.

Lumber for raised beds: 2×12’s – (or 10′ min. boards) – 312 linear ft. – April 7, 2022 UPDATE: Boards from the old McCammon school were donated for this purpose!

We’re looking for help in all areas so if you have skills to offer, equipment to loan or perhaps you’d like to donate or become a sponsor-please message us today.

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UPDATED November 11, 2022

Kassadi Dunn came on board in early 2022 and ended up leading the entire project alongside her brother, Drew. The two of them spearheaded every aspect of the garden – the plans, planting and hosting work days and other fun events there. I am so proud of them and so grateful. Thank you, Kassadi and Drew for contributing your skills and positive energy to get the garden up and running and for all you plan to do in the future. I know you are excited to take the garden to the next level in 2023 and to see to its continued growth and expansion. You are the best! – LeAnn

UPDATED April 10, 2022

A Community & Children’s Learning Garden is underway for 2022 to include a solar powered greenhouse building for year round growing and many opportunities for exploring related subjects. Children will learn regenerative agriculture methods, organic ecosystem principles as well as nutrition and healthy lifestyle practices—green living free from pesticides and herbicides—and an appreciation for nature and the environment. —Healing ourselves and our planet, too!

EARTH DAY April 22, 2022 –

Join as at the garden for our first group work day! [details]

We’re excited about the many opportunities this will provide the children for learning through fun and engaging activities during the school year, but also the potential for events and programs to involve their families and our entire community year round:

• A science fair with kids working on worm farms and experimenting with solar power and any number of related projects. 
• Children and members of the community taking the excess produce to sell at the farmers market.
• Classes where the children learn about nutrition, then host tasting tables where they share their knowledge with family and community.
• Children’s cooking classes, creating healthy dinners for family and friends with the produce they themselves have grown. 
• Teen-focused summer programs with *regenerative agriculture focus.
• Mentorship programs with the senior gardeners in our community and
• Many other opportunities to be out in nature–connecting with others while learning empowering, life-enhancing skills.

We need like-minded individuals–those who are passionate about our health and the health of our planet–to join us in bringing this project to life. — [Write us here.]

Join as at the garden for our first group work day! [details]

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Planting will begin this spring 2022! – If you would like to donate or sponsor, we are still fundraising for our general expense fund as well as looking for sponsors and material donations for the following specific items:

**The following video simplifies Dr. Zach Bush’s message in one relatively short video and

reaches to the heart of the vision for our learning garden.

Solutions within (!) so please watch and pass along to everyone you care about:

*Regenerative Agriculture – excerpt from zachbushmd.com on Farming:

In 1945 Americans grew 45% of their food in their backyard gardens. Now we grow 0.1% of our food in our backyards.  50% of Americans were farming in 1880, now less than 2% of the nation is employed in agriculture.

We created this era of chemical mega farms that has led to the destruction of our soils, water systems, oceans, and human health. By the same reality, we can transform this planet to the most verdant and regenerative ecosystem that has been in many millennia.

By learning to work in a co-creative process with mother nature and her extraordinary variety of species, farmers and consumers will participate to witness richer soils and more abundance of life and health than has been seen in human history.

Let’s rise together.

farmersfootprint.us – “A path to soil health and food independence.”

Explore the Knowledge Base Library: https://zachbushmd.com/knowledge-base

Thank you, Rocky Mountain Power!

Rocky Mountain Power Foundation is supporting McCammon Action Council’s community garden as part of its most recent round of Safety and Wellness grants and wants to encourage others to support the effort as well, whether through donations to help them secure their greenhouse, or through volunteerism.

The foundation has provided a $5,500 grant to support this important work, and is providing additional support by increasing visibility for the organization through social media and local media.

2021: I so appreciate Aaron Hunsaker (MAC’s Director) who got us going by networking and leading the fundraising charge; the invaluable support of Drew Dunn (Master Gardener with emphasis in permaculture/regenerative agriculture); and other gardeners in our community including Kathy Spiegel and Brent and Laurel Anderson offering advice and encouragement.

As always, you can support this project and every project in our community by becoming a Patron. – (For as little as $3.33 month you can make a big difference!) Follow the link to learn more: McCammon Action Council on Patreon

We would love for this garden to become the first of several organically grown community and family-run gardens where we all enjoy contributing and benefiting from these life-enhancing practices!

Thank you in advance for your support and for helping us spread the word! LeAnn Brown

The McCammon Action Council is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization