Have you ever asked someone what grant writing is all about? Join, Sarah Lane, KidsGardening’s Program Director, to learn the basics of writing grants for youth garden programs. She will go over the fundamentals of grants and will share where to find grant funding and how to apply for a grant.

The session will also start to dig into how to write a grant proposal and what makes your grant proposal attractive.

As KidsGardening’s Program Director, Sarah Lane manages multiple grant programs, leads garden installations, and helps the organization with its general fundraising efforts.Sarah grew up in Seattle, WA, and graduated from Washington State University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Language.

In 2016, Sarah moved to Arkansas to serve with FoodCorps at Conway Public Schools, where her passion for working with students in garden spaces sprouted. She earned her Master of Arts in Teaching at Trinity University in San Antonio in 2019 and moved back to Arkansas to be a lead teacher at Ferncliff Nature School, a nature-based preschool in Little Rock, before becoming Arkansas’s first Farm to School and Early Childhood Education Program Coordinator at the Arkansas Department of Agriculture.

Sarah currently lives in Little Rock, Arkansas, and loves to travel, eat local food, spend time in gardens, and is building her own tiny house!

Grant Basics for Youth Garden Programs