Has your school or youth group experienced loss or damage to their school’s student garden in recent floods or cyclones? If so, it is likely that you are eligible to apply for the Newman’s Own Foundation Junior Landcare Garden Reconstruction Grant of up to $1,100 (incl GST).These grants are specifically aimed at helping the reconstruction of gardens damaged by the floods in recent years.

Activities supported include: Repairing damage to Bush Tucker gardens, Vegetable gardens, Sensory gardens, Composting and green waste recycling activities along with awareness raising of food miles through growing your own produce, water wise and carbon gardening activities and to purchase of kids gardening equipment (gloves, shovels etc) up to the value of $500.

If your school or youth group wishes to get its garden back up and running then please email christina.maloney@landcareaustralia.com.au for the grant guidelines, criteria and application form.

The next round closes on Friday 1st June 2012.

About Newman’s Own Foundation

Paul Newman was committed to helping make the world a better place. To carry on his philanthropic legacy, Newman’s Own Foundation turns all net profits and royalties from the sale of Newman’s Own products into charitable donations. To date, Paul Newman and Newman’s Own Foundation have given over $340 million (USD) to thousands of charities around the world including $18million for Australian and New Zealand charities.  For more information, visit www.newmansownfoundation.org  or www.paulnewmansown.com.au