For Immediate Release

May 7, 2008

Gardening Project Receives National Award

The Community Gardens Greenhouse was selected from more than 200 youth and community gardening programs nationwide to receive a tiller/cultivator from Mantis, valued at $349.

Each year Mantis offers an award program for charitable and educational garden projects that enhance the quality of life in their host communities. The National Gardening Association (garden.org) administers the program for Mantis, and selects 25 outstanding applicants to receive Mantis tiller/cultivators.

“Mantis is proud to support this terrific project,” says Awards Program Coordinator, Linda Beattie. “The Community Gardens Greenhouse was chosen because of its demonstrated commitment to using resources, creativity, and community connections to produce bountiful gardens with far-reaching benefits.”

For more information about the Mantis Awards program, contact:

Linda Beattie

Mantis

(215) 357-5110, ext. 1423

lbeattie@lwmantisw.com

The Community Gardens Greenhouse is a not-for profit initiative, the beautification sub-committee of Keep Lowell Beautiful, dedicated to creating social change through the art of gardening, building communities from the ground up. We focus on educational gardening workshops that encourage creativity, collaboration, and innovation while fostering relationships that transcend ethnicity, character, class and age. For more information, check out www.communitygardensgreenhouse.org.

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