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"Gardens can transform communities, and the seeds of these transformations are often planted by volunteers," says Jim Hagedorn, chairman and CEO of ScottsMiracle-Gro. "The Awards recognize selfless heroes for their efforts to grow a better world."
Nominations are being accepted for these categories:
• Classroom Gardener of the Year-Salutes elementary through high school teachers who incorporate gardening into their curriculums.
• Urban Greenup Gardener of the Year-Salutes volunteers who use gardening to address the challenges of an inner-city neighborhood.
• Community Beautification Gardener of the Year-Salutes volunteers who demonstrate their commitment to environmental stewardship through beautification of a main street, park or neighborhood within their city limits.
• Good Neighbor Gardener of the Year-Salutes volunteers who help feed the hungry by growing produce for donation to food banks or participating in programs such as Plant a Row for the Hungry.
The winners of the sixth annual Awards included a middle school teacher whose students learned important life skills in their classroom garden; a community member who spearheaded the restoration of an abandoned, formerly segregated park; a generous gardener who led the donation of more than 16,000 pounds of fresh produce to the hungry; and a volunteer who established a program that improves quality of inner-city life through year-round organic food production.
Nomination forms for the seventh annual Awards can be found at www.scotts.com/gbtg
or by calling (866) 565-3554. Deadline for entry is Dec. 1, 2006. Winners and
finalists will be announced on or before Feb. 9, 2007.
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