Cedar Grove is a local company that gives back to the community by providing green jobs, supporting local schools and non-profits, donating to pea patches and food banks, and educating kids and adults on better environmental stewardship through recycling , composting, and innovations in compost applications. Here are just some of the many ways Cedar Grove has supported outlying communities in just the last two years.
Snohomish County
ARTS Council of Snohomish County. Everett. Donation of free Cedar Grove Compost bags for Schack Art Center.
Bayside Bicenntennial Pea Patch. Everett. Compost donation for community garden to grow local, all-natural and healthy food.
Bethlehem Lutheran Church/Wilcox Farms. Marysville. Donated 90 yards to a community garden project to grow local, natural and healthy food for the community.
Boeing Health Fair. Everett. Educational booth to teach local Boeing workers about natural gardening and the importance of recycling in the community.
Cascade View Neighborhood Meetings. Everett. Education and complimentary product bags.
Cedarwood Elementary. Bothell. Bulk vegetable garden mix for school garden.
Delta Neighborhood Association. Education and complimentary compost bags..
ECEAP Healthy Families, Marysville, Everett and Arlington.Pre-School community gardens received vegetable growing soil for gardens.
City of Everett. Donation of potting soil bags and compostable packaging for public events to do education on sustainable communities.
Everett Art Space Project: The City of Everett Economic Development Office. Soils donation for river front restoration project.
Everett Senior Center. Potting soil bags donation.
Focus on Farming, 2009. Snohomish and Skagit Counties. Supplied local farmers over 1300 yards of free compost to work toward sustainable farming and food program for the Snohomish/Skagit/King county region.
Growing Groceries.
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Jennings Park-Marysville. Since 2009, Cedar Grove has donated compost to the Master Gardeners to help keep the park naturally thriving so Marysville residents can enjoy a healthy park.
Marysville Cooperative Education Program. Donation of 5 yards of compost to annual spring auction fundraising event to support education programs in the community.
Marysville Transition Program. Marysville.Donation of bulk topsoil to their new garden. The students there have varying learning challenges. They learn life skills at this school. They, with the help of volunteers and donors, made raised beds and raised their own vegetables. They used this as a life skill lesson. The food not eaten by the students and their families, was donated to the Marysville Food Bank.
Master Gardeners, McCullen Park. 2010. Donation of compost pallets.
Mountainview High School, Marysville. 2010. Cedar Grove provided special discounts to the school on 115 yards of mulch needed for to ensure a recycled, all-natural, water-saving mulch could be applied around the campus.
Mukilteo Community Garden. Mukilteo. Donation of 11 yards of compost for the garden
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The Orange Blossom Society. General donations.
Rotary Fall Auction, Marysville. Cedar Grove donates gift items annually to the fall auction to help serve local charities.
St. Joseph School Auction. Auction item donation.
Snohomish County Dahlia Society. Donation of product for growing media.
Snohomish County Sustainable Task Force. Support and host site for meetings.
Snohomish County Master Gardeners. Ongoing educational outreach and product support to tie community to recycling and natural gardening.
Stilly- Snohomish Fisheries. 2010. Donation of 10 yards compost to help support protection of vital fish habitat and keep streams healthy. The goal is to plant 1000 native plant seedlings to be used during a volunteer, stream side planting project along Allen Creek in Marysville to benefit fish, wildlife, and water quality.
King County
Delridge Pea Patch. Seattle. Bulk compost given to community garden to amend existing soils.
Food Lifeline, 2010. Seattle. Underwriting sponsor and participant in annual corporate fundraising Food Frenzy drive.
Friends of the Cedar River. Maple Valley. Biorention soils and various bulk soil contributions.
Issaquah Salmon Days. Issaquah. Title sponsor and donor for 2009 award winning event striving for zero-waste.
Issaquah Schools. Issaquah. Donations of soil to all school gardens requesting assistance in growing crops for student gardens.
King County Master Composters. Educational support at annual trainings.
King County Master Gardeners. Ongoing educational outreach and product support to tie community to recycling and natural gardening.
King Street Co-op. Seattle. Donation of bulk soil amendments for community garden.
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Lakeshore Garden Club. Seattle.Potting soil donations.
Lake Wilderness Arboretum. Maple Valley. Donation of recycling services.for local arboretum.
Maple Valley Schools. Maple Valley. Donations of soil to all community and school gardens requesting assistance in growing crops for students or citizens within the community.
Mariners Earth Day Sponsor. Since 2008, annual support for Mariner's earth day game to teach attendees about recycling, community, and the impact of doing your part to keep waste out of landfills.
Marymoor Park. Compost donation to park projects.
Master Builders of King County. Host site for stormwater management courses done in conjunction with AGC and Seattle Public Utilities.
O-Dea High School. Annual auction donor.
City of Seattle, Compost Days 2010. Gave away over 25,000 bags of Cedar Grove product during joint co-op campaign to provide the community a gift back for the efforts to recycle while also reminding people pf the importance of using recycled compost in their gardens.
Seattle Tilth. Major annual donor for edible plant sale.
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South Park Fresh Starts. Potting soil donation to south Seattle food growing program.
UW Botanical Gardens. Donation of soils for University of Washington on campus project.
Washington Cathedral. Soil donation for campus.
Washington Native Plant Society. Annual donations.
White Center Community Development. Bulk topsoil donation for community garden.
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