CitySprouts Jane Smillie Hirschi, Founder & Executive Director (617) 349-6562 x208 jsmillie@citysprouts.org citysprouts.org CitySprouts is an independent nonprofit school garden program with gardens in eight Cambridge Public Schools. The organization was started in 2000 by Jane Smillie and is funded by individual donations, foundation grants and service fees. CitySprouts provides public school communities with sustainable gardens that support school educational goals, and inspire urban schoolchildren to participate in the food cycle. The organization works with school communities to develop schoolyard gardens as green, open spaces where children actively learn about environmental stewardship, gardening, healthy food, nutrition and growing living things.