Sunnyside Nursery

The Sunnyside Nursery Food Bank Garden

Founded: 2004
Cause: Marysville Community Food Bank
- now a primary contributor
- e.g. 2009 donations totaled 2,200 lbs of 19 kinds of produce
Collaborating local businesses: de Jong Sawdust & Shavings, Consolidated Landscape, Cedar Grove Composting and Vinyl Signs and Banners.
Volunteer supporters: Marysville International School of Communications
- students and adults orchestrated by teachers Emily Lefstad and Jan Clancy

Giving Gardens

Helping you 'Plant a row for the hungry': grow 65 lbs or more of fresh produce for Giving Gardens with the Marysville Community Food Bank during 2013, Sunnyside Nursery's 65th Anniversary, and we'll send you a $25 gift certificate to the nursery for 2014 vegetable gardening plants and supplies to help you keep growing!
Learn more: http://marysvillefoodbank.org/programs/giving-gardens/

Educational Opportunities

Free gardening classes
'The Whistling Gardener' weekly newspaper column
Volunteer speaking at local gardening clubs and events

Contributions to Local Organizations and Charities

Nursery products, gift certificates and cash
- e.g. 2008 contributions surpassed $16,000 to recipients such as:

Assistance League of Everett
Boy Scouts of America
Evergreen Arboretum
H'Arts Council of Snohomish County
Highland Elementary
LSHS Choir and Senior Auction

Marysville Co-op Preschool and Co-op
Education Program
Marysville United Methodist Church
Snohomish Garden Club
Whittier Elementary
Women's Crisis Center

These are just some of the ways Sunnyside Nursery gives back.
Each year is a little different. Every year is one of bettering the local community.