Green Sprouts Vegetable Garden

Green Sprouts an initiative of ILIA, a 501c(3) educational and charitable non-profit, is operated by high school youth. Green Sprouts is a platform for youth and adults to develop leadership skills through practical application in a community-service and capacity building application.

Green Sprouts is a 0.25 acre land in Gwyn Oak, Maryland offering gardening, events and leadership development opportunities for children and teens.

Leadership Skills Developed:

• Teamwork

• Planning

• Responsibility

• Care

Technical Skills Developed:

• Gardening

• Mulching

• Mowing

• Planting

• Green Technology

• Water Management

• Botany

Activities:

• Identifying the different colors in a garden  (Age 4-5)

• Planting their own garden (Age 6-8)

• Starting a vegetable garden (Ages 12 +)

• Butterflies and Bees (Ages 12+)

• Coaching teens (Ages 55+)

• Lawn Mowing (Ages 17+)

• Lawn Mowing (Ages 12-16)