Garden ‘n Grow

The Missouri Garden ’n Grow program is a 10-week summer volunteer gardening program for 9- to 13-year-olds sponsored by the University of Missouri Extension (MUE). This educational program blends horticulture training with academic learning. The registration fee for the Garden ‘n Grow program is $50 per gardener, which covers the insurance, supplies for the lessons, gardens, notebooks and shirts for the kids.

 Beginning the first week in June, our volunteers conduct classes 2 days per week on Monday and Thursday, 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. (20 sessions) to discuss educational subjects, such as information about seeds, transplants, garden planning and design, site preparation, soils, plant growth and development, costs of production, garden pests, plant health care, human nutrition, food value, and food needs in the local community.   They then oversee participants planting and maintaining their own garden plots.