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Make a donation after you register to give a garden to a family in need, and get a limited edition Million Gardens Movement bracelet!

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Did you know that if you sign up to grow a garden

Did you know that if you sign up to grow a garden on our website, you can select what vegetables you'll be growing and receive personalized guidance from our Garden Pathways system? That means learning when to plant, how to care for your vegetable or herb, and how to harvest and what to cook with them! We love helping you #growagarden and hope you can sign up! Tag a friend below who could use some fun guides and reminders.

Reposting an amazing free compost and Movement Sat

Reposting an amazing free compost and Movement Saturday event with our partners at @laurelvalleysoils , if you're in the area please check this out!

From @laurelvalleysoils :
BYOB (buckets and bags) to the @newgardengrowersmarket on Saturday, May 8th for your FREE Premium Compost to celebrate International Compost Awareness Week.
This year we are partnering with @milliongardensmovement Grow a Garden, Give a Garden campaign. For a $10 donation you can provide a family with a little garden, and get a cool bracelet for yourself. #ICAW2021 #GrowEatCompostRepeat #MomWantsCompost *(2) 5-gallon buckets/bags per family

Happy almost-Mother's Day, we have an ask for our

Happy almost-Mother's Day, we have an ask for our Movement's members (yes, that's you)! We know that memories with our moms, grandmas, and motherly figures in our lives often start in the garden, whether that's planting seeds her mother saved or harvesting cukes for her farmstand. Do you have any old photos of gardening with someone like this in your life you want to share? If you post one on Mother's Day (this Saturday!), tag us in the photo, and follow us, you'll receive one of our Movement bracelets! To wear with pride, or gift to a mother you know and love.

Here's an early submission from @courtneyalisawalsh , one of our fantastic staff members at the Million Gardens Movement , helping with her mom's pumpkin patch. How cute . . . we're excited to see you as a baby gardener too!

We have a great recipe on our blog for something c

We have a great recipe on our blog for something chili-garlicky: no, not a food, a homemade non-toxic pesticide! Have you used particularly strong garlic or spicy capsaicin to get pests off your plants? How has it worked out? We're curious to hear from our members: if you haven't see our link in bio for the article!

Happy National Garden Meditation Day! Every May 3r

Happy National Garden Meditation Day! Every May 3rd, we take time to reflect in whatever calming and nature-filled garden we can access, even if that's indoors. If you're having trouble thinking of some happy thoughts to repeat to yourself, we have you covered: swipe on!

Many final frosts have passed: are you ready to st

Many final frosts have passed: are you ready to start bringing your plants outside and hardening off seedlings? Check the handy calculator here: https://www.almanac.com/gardening/frostdates

Last week's newsletter featured three recipe sugge

Last week's newsletter featured three recipe suggestions for carrots: roasting them, pureeing them, and one that combines both techniques PLUS turning carrots into Venetian donuts. What will this weekend's newsletter teach you? You'll have to sign up to find out! Sign up at milliongardensmovement.org, it's great to see how many members we're reaching each week!

That's enough miles to drive around the circumfere

That's enough miles to drive around the circumference of the Earth nonstop for nearly 6 times! Think about how many stops for gas you'd have to make in the Pacific Ocean . . . glad, collectively, one million garden kits can help offset that amount of carbon. As a member of our Movement, your garden is helping us reach that million garden goal, thank you!

Thank you again to all of the helpers, organizers,

Thank you again to all of the helpers, organizers, and heavy lifters who helped us give out 400 garden kits last week for Earth Week! @habitatdenver and the Scott Brothers (@jonathanscott and @mrdrewscott) have made this all possible and put smiles on so many people's faces! It's so exciting to turn 400 people into new members of the Million Gardens Movement in one great day — we know they'll be among great company with the rest of you. 💚☘️💚

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That's a ton of coal! Or, more accurately, more th

That's a ton of coal! Or, more accurately, more than 30 tons of coal. That's how much one million garden kits could offset — a wonderful way to visualize part of small gardens' collective environmental benefits.

Announcing a new giveaway with @gardenuity for Ear

Announcing a new giveaway with @gardenuity for Earth Week! Take it away @gardenuity :

Earth Day just got a little bigger!!⁠
🌿Million Gardens Movement Giveaway⁠🌿⁠
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We are extremely honored to be partnering with the Million Gardens Movement, a project that shares our mission of making gardening accessible to everyone.
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The Million Gardens Movement distributes beginner friendly garden kits to families in need all over the us. Last Year, 1 in 4 families in the U.S. faced issues without knowing where their next healthy meal was coming. Both the Million Gardens Movement & Gardenuity believe that everyone should have the opportunity to grow their own food, whether is in a windowsill or in a backyard, to create a healthier, happier, more sustainable world. It’s small collective acts like these that will sow the biggest seeds of change.⁠

Founded by Kimbal Musk’s Big Green and Frank Giustra’s Modern Farmer, The Million Gardens Movement is a charitable project that’s dedicated to mobilizing a million people to grow their own healthy food and reap the benefits of gardening no matter where they live, or what resources they have.⁠
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The giveaway includes:
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🌿One Gardenuity Garden collection of your choice-includes everything you need for a seasonal patio herb garden. Fully rooted herbs (matched to your location and season), a grow bag, custom compost, plant nutrients, coir, and seasonal membership to Grow Pro, your own concierge garden support.
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🌿One Garden Donated in your honor to the Million Gardens Movement to support a family in need.⁠
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🌿One Million Gardens Movement bracelet.
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Here’s how to enter:⁠
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1️⃣Like this post + tag 3 friends⁠
2️⃣Follow @milliongardensmovement_
3️⃣Follow @gardenuity⁠
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BONUS ENTRY — ⁠
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*Register to grow a garden https://milliongardensmovement.org/register/⁠
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*share the giveaway on your story and tag both accounts @gardenuity + @milliongardensmovement
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The giveaway is open only to residents of the Continental US aged 18 years or older. The entry period begins on 4/22 at 8 PM CST and ends 4/27 at 8PM CST. Winner will be announced during our IG LIVE on 4/28 at 1:30pm and notified via Instagram message! Good luck! ⁠

In celebration of #EarthDay, the Scott Brothers ar

In celebration of #EarthDay, the Scott Brothers are donating 400 gardens to @HabitatDenver homeowners as part of the @MillionGardensMovement. Families will be able to grow their own food and have a real impact on the environment! – with @JonathanScott and @MrDrewScott . Thank you so much for being a part of the Movement and celebrating Earth Day with us!

Earth Day is almost upon us! Will you be joining t

Earth Day is almost upon us! Will you be joining to hear expert garden advice tomorrow afternoon? Have you submitted a question? No worries if not, we can take questions live during our conversation. Excited to see you there!

Water is a precious resource—here are a few tips

Water is a precious resource—here are a few tips for conservation!
💧Check soil moisture to see how much water your garden needs before watering.
💧 Apply mulch to bare soil between plants to avoid losing water to evaporation

See our watering guide for more tips: https://milliongardensmovement.org/watering-your-garden-overview/

#EarthWeek

We were so surprised to see the equivalent number

We were so surprised to see the equivalent number of phone charges in one million garden kits! Although we don't talk about carbon sequestration as much as plants deserve (we love you, healthy root nodules!), we will be hyping up the green power of gardening all week here.

And while we're learning about sustainability and phone batteries, wait to charge yours until your phone is at 10% or less battery: it will greatly extend the lifetime. That's our one non-garden tip of the day!

Welcome to Earth Week, one of our favorite times o

Welcome to Earth Week, one of our favorite times of the year and a wonderful moment to come together and remind ourselves one reason why we garden: to make the world better than we found it. Whether that's teaching sustainability through planting perennials, bringing isolated neighbors together through home-grown feasts, or simply planting trees so our children can grow up in the shade of it's branches.

We're planning some great things for Earth Week, so be sure you and your friends follow this page! To start off, check out stories and submit any questions you have about gardening. If you want to type a longer response, you can always email questions@milliongardensmovement.org . Happy Earth Week!

Happy National Gardening Day to everyone who celeb

Happy National Gardening Day to everyone who celebrates (hopefully everyone?)! We want to know how are celebrating the holiday and catching up on garden projects: repotting? Seed sorting? Watering? Starting seedlings or microgreens? Let us know in the comments. And if you're having any problems gardening on this very special day, ask for advice at questions@milliongardensmovement.org — we'll be answering community questions in an event next week. Happy days & happy plants to everyone! 💚🌱💚

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Thank you @denverfoodrescue for parterning with us

Thank you @denverfoodrescue for parterning with us to give away garden kits to families this summer! You can see the first batch of garden kits here, each designed to be easily moved and fit into corners creatively. Each time our community helps donate to give a garden, these are the gifts you are helping to distribute! Thank you all the volunteers who helped with this project and the Healthy Food for Denver’s Kids grant to help each garden kit blossom.

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Compost can get hot...like, 170 (F) or 76 (C) in t

Compost can get hot...like, 170 (F) or 76 (C) in the center of a compost heap, have you experinced a compost pile that steamy? Technically, you could cook food low-and-slow INSIDE a compost pile, if you're culinary and hygienically safe about it. According to a 2013 Bon Appetit story, a fantastic food to cook in compost could be Easter Ham! So we have to ask: did anyone here try that this Easter? We won't judge you, but we'd be curious to see how compost heat could alter the flavor of what you're cooking? The original Bon Appetit story did mention that one feast was fully cooked in compost ("branzino, scallops, radicchio, garlic, minced red peppers, and jasmine rice") and that a big-name restaurant was trying the technique...we have a theory of which restaurant it is, but you'll have to subscribe to our newsletter to find out!

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That's right. Anyone can GARDEN. @jamerbellis from

That's right. Anyone can GARDEN. @jamerbellis from @commontablecreative says "at the end of the day – plants want to grow. Just start with one plant." What are you waiting for?! 🌱

Click the link in our bio for help getting started.

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If you want to #tryanewplant in this year's garden

If you want to #tryanewplant in this year's garden, why not make it a fungus (okay, not a plant, technically)? You might have seen oyster mushrooms in the wild (pictured here, by Jörg Hempel), but they can be easily grown at home in shelves where normal gardens might not fit it have ideal conditions. Oyster mushrooms are especially high in iron, potassium, protein, and can be harvested super quickly—like, around a week after you start them! If you're having trouble with indoor plants or lack a grow light, you might have found the perfect spot for an oyster mushroom bag or pot. Check @modfarm for an entire article on the emerging mycologists in the home gardening community. Have you grown oyster mushrooms yet? Run into any problems with them, from hydration to consumption? Let us know, we're super curious!

Our next newsletter is about to go out today, and

Our next newsletter is about to go out today, and that means another week of great recaps of gardening news, tips, and special info only for newsletter subscribers! You can sign up on our website or by going to bit.ly/newsmgm. Last month’s newsletters covered everything from the future of food activists, Atlanta’s newest free food forest, the sacrifice of seed banks under wartime siege, and the best garden-themed perfumed to wear for Valentine’s Day (freshly picked tomato, thank you very much). We have some amazing things planned for the next few issues, sign up now! Photos, in order of appearance, by @neeksiebeeks, Shannon Lee of the Conservation Fund, Dag Endresen, and Shutterstock.

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Because of your generous donations, 5,000 families

Because of your generous donations, 5,000 families are now experiencing the power of growing their own food with their own beginner-friendly garden kit. That’s 5,000 more families who get to experience the calm that comes from putting your hands in the soil, the pride in watching plants grow and thrive, and the joy of eating a delicious meal made with homegrown vegetables.

Thanks again for all of your donations and support! And don’t worry, growing and giving doesn’t stop here. Every donation you give to the Million Gardens Movement will help provide a garden kit to a family! Give at million-gardens.org.

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From the tips of our roots (and the bottom of our

From the tips of our roots (and the bottom of our hearts), THANK YOU for supporting the launch of the Million Gardens Movement and celebrating #PlantASeedDay last week! We believe every garden has the power to make the world a happier and healthier place to live. Whether it’s in a community garden, on a fire escape, or along with a window box, it’s small collective acts like these that will sow the biggest seeds of change.

Here’s a couple of photos from your celebrations last week – we’ll share more soon! 💚🌱

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And alongside Griffin, the wonderful @JoshRichards

And alongside Griffin, the wonderful @JoshRichards has joined the #MillionGardens Movement to help create 1 million gardens! Seen here repping our beginner-friendly garden kits, we're so proud that Josh can join our Movement. You can donate to help give out more kits to families in need at http://million-gardens.org! 📸 by @warwicksaint

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Rounding out #PlantASeedDay, we're amazed to annou

Rounding out #PlantASeedDay, we're amazed to announce that @imgriffinjohnson has joined the #MillionGardens Movement to get gardens into people's hands! Can you join Griffin in donating gardens to those in need at million-gardens.org ? Happy first day of spring, Griffin! What a powerful photo by @warwicksaint

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We are honored to announce that @mayemusk has join

We are honored to announce that @mayemusk has joined the #MillionGardens Movement as a constant advocate for good food and good health. We've been amazed by how much Maye has supported and shouted out our Movement recently, just being an amazing champion and urging people to donate at million-gardens.org to fund gardens to families in need. How many of the vegetables shown in this photo are you planning on growing this year? Get started today by planting a tomato, cabbage, basil, even dragonfruit seed during #PlantASeedDay. We love your support!

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We are proud to announce that @christianamusk has

We are proud to announce that @christianamusk has joined the #MillionGardens Movement to help grow a million more gardens, starting today with #PlantASeedDay. Are you planting a seed today to celebrate the growing season? If you can't, consider donating to help a family in need garden at million-gardens.org . We're so excited to see Christiana championing gardening in the months ahead, I hope our carrots will look as good as hers? Photo by Warwick Saint Photography

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We are always blown away by how hard @kimbalmusk w

We are always blown away by how hard @kimbalmusk works for the #MillionGardens Movement, especially today, which is Plant A Seed Day! You can plant a seed with us today in celebration of the beginning of spring, gardening, and our Movement's launch? If you can't, consider donating to help a family in need garden at million-gardens.org . If you want to read more about Kimbal's collaboration with Frank Giustra to build our Movement, his new interview in Rolling Stone is amazing! It's inspiring us to garden even more! Happy #PlantASeedDay ! Photo by @warwicksaint

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We are honored to announce that @aloeblacc has joi

We are honored to announce that @aloeblacc has joined the #MillionGardens Movement and you can too! "It's regenerative, it's sustainable, it's forever," Aloe said about gardening. We could not agree more! Can you join him and help sustain your soil by planting a seed today for #PlantASeedDay? Sign up at milliongardensmovement.org ! Wonderful photo by @warwicksaint

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Gardening isn't hard, and we'll walk you through e

Gardening isn't hard, and we'll walk you through every step of the process with expertise and humor at milliongardensmovement.org — this video by @commontablecreative is a great introduction, and one of many on our new website. We hope you take some of these lessons into #PlantASeedDay today as you plant a seed alongside the thousands of people across the country doing the same. What are you most excited to plant and watch grow?

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We are so excited to announce that @nicolescherzin

We are so excited to announce that @nicolescherzinger has joined the #MillionGardens Movement and wants you to join her in growing a garden this year! Nicole gardened with her grandfather and not only understands the joy it gave her family, but how gardening can provide fresh, healthy food to those in need. Can you join her and plant a seed with us tomorrow for #PlantASeedDay, as the beginning of your new garden? Sign up at milliongardensmovement.org ! Wonderful photo by @warwicksaint

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We are so proud to announce that @jonathanscott ha

We are so proud to announce that @jonathanscott has joined the #MillionGardens Movement to dig in and do good! As someone who grew up on a farm, Jonathan understands how much home-grown vegetables can improve every day and every meal. To join the Movement alongside Jonathan, visit milliongardensmovement.org and sign up to grow a garden this year, no matter if you have a farm or windowsill you'll benefit from fresh produce and herbs. Photo by @warwicksaint

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