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                      LOS JARDINEROS GRANTS

2012

  • Kit Carson Home & Museum - $1500.  For beautification of the museum's courtyard.
  • The Couse Foundation - $2400.  For restoration of an historic aspen grove on the Couse/Sharp Historic site on Kit Carson Road. 
  • Town of Taos Youth and Family Center - $2400.  For Phase I of the landscaping project of the new patio outside the pool. This will cover planting trees and installing an irrigation system.
  • Taos High School Culinary Program - $1066.  For building and planting decorative planters on the patio outside the Edu@Work Café at the school.  The planters will  be used to grow herbs & flower for the kitchen and will beautify the space as well.

2011

  • Arroyos del Norte Elementary School - $2000.  For purchase of a greenhouse for their horticultural education program.
  • The Taos Arts and Cultural District – $1500.  For phase II of landscaping the walkway near the public bathrooms north of the plaza. Funding this project confirms our commitment to help in the beautification of the Plaza and surround historical district.
  • The Harwood Museum - $3000.  For rehabilitating the landscape in the front of the museum.
  • Rivers and Birds - $2400.

2010

  • The Taos Center for the Arts (TCA) –  $1970.  Our grant was used for landscaping the south side of the building.  The plans include a xeriscape garden with perennials, trees, and shrubs; stock tanks planted with flowers near the entrance doors; and a gravel walkway through the garden leading to the entrance.
  • SEED 3 Education Program –  $700.  This is an arts and education-based project, now in its third year, which investigates the beauty and science of seeds. The educational component includes a SEED Exploratorium, held in October at The Stables Gallery, which focuses on a hands-on learning environment for the public and visiting school classes. Our grant helped with costs of the SEED Exploratorium and the school field trips to local farms.
  • Waldorf (Taos Country Day) School –  $1500.  Our grant was used for enclosing a greenhouse classroom which is part of an expanding Garden and Agriculture Program.
  • The Taos Arts and Cultural District – $1374.  This grant was used for installing irrigation and plants on the east side of the walkway connecting muncipal parking lot off Placitas to the north entrance to the historic Taos Plaza.  This area is near the new public restrooms and is an area frequently used by tourists and local citizens. 

  2009

  • Northern New Mexico Birth Center - $2000. For an edible landscape on the grounds of the birth center (formerly known as Northern NM Midwifery Center).  The project is in conjunction with Rivers and Birds.
  • Anansi Charter School - $1960. For landscaping to complement the new west wing.  The garden is to be used in conjunction with classroom learning of science, art, and cultural subjects.
  • Taos Charter School - $840.  Funds are for a hoop house that is part of their outdoor classroom.
  • Taos County Economic Development Corporation, Community Garden and Greenhouse Project - $1100.  Funds are for irrigation supplies, seeds, potting soil and amendments for the greenhouse and community garden project.
  • Taos Historic Museums, Blumenschein House - $2455.  Funds are for plant and hardscape materials as well as labor to install a garden in the rear of the house.

2008

  • Taos Center for the Arts - $1945.  For landscaping the inner courtyard of the TCA with aspens, two stone benches, supplies for a trellis and plants.
  • Taos Charter School - $2000.  To help with establishing an outdoor classroom that will contain raised beds and fruit trees.  A curriculum to complement the garden was to be prepared.             
  • Couse Historic Garden - $3400.  For restoration of the stone patio at the historic home.  President Ann Hazleton is pictured presenting the check to Virginia and Ernie Leavitt.
 
 
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