Operation Green Plant
Free Seeds!
Since 1980 the Operation Green Plant Program has:
- saved more than 800 tons of seeds and 7 million flower bulbs from going to waste in landfills - free plant seeds
- grown 1.75 billion pounds of food for the hungry - free vegetable seeds
- beautified
roadways, parks and neighborhoods in 20,000 communities in all 50 states. - free flower seeds
Now we invite you to join in the America the Beautiful Fund® dream by making your own community more beautiful.
To request a grant of vegetable seeds, flower seeds and/or herb seeds:
- Write a short letter describing your project
- Fill out the application which can be downloaded here
- Enclose a check for shipping and handling
- Mail your letter, application and check to the address above
Click HERE for the printable version of the application form for free seeds
PLANT THE SEEDS THAT GROW HOPE AND...
Harvest Compassion… “Thank you so much for your kind and generous donation of seeds to our community garden. This past season, which was our first, we were able to raise over 500 pounds of squash, lettuce, beets and carrots as well as 400 pounds of potatoes and onions for our local food bank. We harvested lots of flowers for shut-ins as well. Because of your generosity, we know next season will be even better.”
Prineville Community Garden, Prineville, OR
Harvest Knowledge… “We are reading The Secret Garden so the kids are very interested in having one of their own. They would make charts of growth, plot rainfall, and write in their journals about their garden project. The parents in our community can only afford the bare essentials so they welcome any seeds of any kind. Some of these parents have lost jobs due to the oyster beds being lost in the hurricanes. Some of them used vegetable seeds we got in a mixed batch last year to grow food for their families.” W.R. Tolar School, Bristol, FL
Harvest Stewardship… “The Whittemore Wildlife Sanctuary has hosted the “Children’s Quilt garden for the past 6 years. The program was designed to reawaken an awareness of the land and how it provides for our sustenance, both physically and emotionally. The short-term goal is to sow seeds, water, weed and harvest the vegetables and flowers from the garden. The long term goal is to develop an appreciation of the land and how it serves us if we protect and care for it.”
Whittemore Wildlife Sanctuary, Califon, NJ
Harvest Community Pride… “Our elderly live in a central location and have planted seeds to make their apartment complex more like “home.” The appearance and fragrance of these beautiful flowers enriches the lives of these individuals. The flower seeds provide the residents with a project that they can be proud of. Once grown and in full bloom, the splendor of the flowers is shared amongst all the residents.”
Kearney Housing Agency, Kearney, NE
Harvest Opportunity… “We are a small therapeutic Greenhouse program located at Taunton State Hospital in Taunton, MA. Our program is designed to provide work skills training and leisure time opportunities to several chronically mentally ill adults and adolescents. We do this by providing them with numerous experiences in a real greenhouse. Thank you for the opportunity to apply for this grant of seeds, it means so much to so many of us.”
Taunton State Hospital, Taunton, MA
Harvest Friendships… “For Neighbors Helping Neighbors next project, Gardening for Health, we are teaming resident elderly with the youth of today. The overall goals are for them to share in the joy, wonder and beauty of gardening while learning from each other and about the rewards and importance of replenishing nature.”
Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Hawkins, TX
