Garden Design & Grant Writing

There are many things we must consider when designing and financing the beta phase of our project. When deciding which plants to use, please keep in mind we are in USDA zone 6b: 

edible gardening

Sol Feliz Farm

Plant recommendations for Zones 6-8

Edible Desert Plants

Edible Landscaping in the Desert

The Kitchen Garden
Woolly School Garden
http://www.ediblelandscaping.com/

Edible Landscape Gardening Resource

Akami Backyard Gardening (Permaculture)

permaculture

Sol Feliz Farm

Permaculture NM

Permaculture Reflection

Dryland Permaculture Strategies (video won't work at school)

How to Terraform the Desert (videos won't work at school)

Permaculture Research Institute

Julie Firth- Permaculture Designer

Permaculture Drylands Magazine

companion gardening

companion planting

Seeds of Change

No-Dig Vegetable Garden

The Gardener's Network

Organic Gardening

grant writing

How to write a grant proposal
US Government Community Grants

Grant Proposal Writing Guidelines

EHow Grant Proposals

http://www.epa.gov/epahome/grants.htm - Environ. Protection Agency - GRANT DUE Dec 15.

http://eelink.net/pages/Grants+-+General+Information- N. American Assoc. for Environ. Ed.

http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Environment_and_Nature/Organizations/Grant_Making_Foundations/ - A Yahoo listing of Environmental Grant-making organizations

http://www.topenvironmentgrants.com/ - top environmental grants online

http://www.ega.org/ - Environmental Grantmakers Association

http://www.pnm.com/foundation/home.htm - PNM Grants

http://www.fundsnetservices.com/searchresult.php?sbcat_id=70NM Foundations and Grants

http://www.captainplanetfdn.org/grants.html - Captain Planet Grants

http://www.nmrecycle.org/ New Mexico Recycling Coalition

http://knmb.org/index.php?/grants/how-to-apply/ Keep NM Beautiful Inc.

http://www.cabq.gov/solidwaste/recycling/recycle Albuquerque Recycling Program

http://albuquerque.krqe.com/environmental-organizations/albuquerque/nm Albuq. Environ. Orgs

http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2009/2009-03-24-092.aspEnviron. News Service

other terms to look up:

water harvesting + techniques/strategies/methods

organic gardening + techniques/strategies/methods

symbiotic gardening + techniques/strategies/methods
Edible Landscaping Online

Green messaging at the school.

One of the things we must do is convince the student population to get their families involved in our quest for a better community. Not only must we get their attention in 1.5 seconds or less, but we must also get the viewer of the message to commit to remembering what it is we want them to burn to memory. Here are some images we created in this quest. The messages will be added digitally later, after we examine propaganda/advertising techniques used by transnational corporations.

Harrison Middle School Albuquerque