Category: Seed for Education

As our movement of native planters cultivating healthier landscapes continues to grow and spread, Wild Ones remains invigorated by our work to promote native landscapes through education, advocacy and collaborative action. It’s through this educational mission that the Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education (SFE) Grant program was developed in 1997. The SFE program’s purpose is […] Continue reading "Wild Ones Awards over $10,000 in Seeds for Education Grants to 23 Youth-Serving Organizations"

Discover how a South Carolina School transformed its surroundings and connected students with nature through a Wild Ones’ Seeds for Education Grant. Continue reading "Cultivating Young Minds and Wild Gardens: A Seeds for Education Journey"

“We have turned 54% of the lower 48 states into a matrix of cities, suburbs, roads, airports, power and pipelines, shopping centers, golf courses, infrastructure, and isolated habitat fragments, with 41% more of the U.S. into various forms of agriculture. That’s right: we humans have taken 95% of the natural world and made it unnatural,” […] Continue reading "Wild Ones Awards $9,870 in Seeds for Education Grant Funds to 24 Youth-Serving Organizations in 17 States and the District of Columbia"

“We have turned 54% of the lower 48 states into a matrix of cities, suburbs, roads, airports, power and pipelines, shopping centers, golf courses, infrastructure, and isolated habitat fragments, with 41% more of the U.S. into various forms of agriculture. That’s right: we humans have taken 95% of the natural world and made it unnatural,” […] Continue reading "Wild Ones Awards $9,500 in Seeds for Education Grant Funds to 24 Youth-Serving Organizations in 19 States"