Thank you for your interest in The City Gardens Club of New York City Grants Program. Applications for schools open October 15, 2024. Applications for nonprofits open November 15, 2024.
City Gardens Club grants ranging from $500 to $5,000 are offered on a yearly basis for worthwhile projects that conform to the mission of the Grants Committee, which is to bring the beauty of the natural world into the lives of children and adults in all five boroughs of New York City and to sponsor educational programs that help citizens:
- develop appreciation and knowledge of nature
- learn gardening skills
- support the preservation and improvement of the city’s environment
Funds are distributed to a variety of nonprofit groups chosen by the committee from the year’s pool of grant applications. The committee’s goals include:
- preserving and/or upgrading community gardens and public spaces, both old and new
- supporting viable startup projects that offer interactive learning opportunities
- educating community members in developing gardening skills and supplying them with plants and garden-related materials.
2024 Grants Awarded:
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn
Garden Apprentice Program (GAP)
Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School Brooklyn
BUGS Garden Expansion
Catholic Guardian Services, Bronx
New Beginnings Garden for Unaccompanied Minor Housing
Children’s Rescue Fund, Bronx
Raised beds for Community Gardens in 5 Family Shelters
City Growers Inc., Brooklyn
Bee Ambassadors High School Internship Program
Community Roots Charter School, Brooklyn
Revitalization of Outdoor Classroom
Fordham Bedford Lot-Busters Community, Bronx
Garden Greenhouse
Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park, Brooklyn
Summer Intern
Friends of Cooper Park, Brooklyn
Pollinator Garden Expansion 2024
Friends of Governors Island, Governors Island
Year of Milkweed on Governors Island
Friends of McGolrick Park, Brooklyn
McGolrick Bird Garden
Garden Kitchen Lab, Brooklyn
Garden Kitchen Lab-Kwame Ture
Good Seed Growth Inc., Manhattan
Intergenerational Garden Project
Gowanus Canal Conservancy, Brooklyn
Gowanus Green Team Intern Program and Supplies
Green Guerillas, Brookklyn
Summer Youth Tillers: Learning & Leading in Community Gardens
GrowNYC, Governor’s Island
Summer Intern
Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island
Monarch Butterfly Garden
IS 254, Bronx
IS 254 Garden Club Seed Kits and gloves
IN-Tech Academy MS/HS 368, Bronx
Flower Power Garden Club
Jewish Community Center of Staten Island, Staten Island
Garden of Serenity Renewal
Liberty Avenue Middle School, Brooklyn
Liberty Educational Garden
Lower East Side Ecology Center, Manhattan
Horticulture Youth Training Program Garden Tools & Plants
New York Restoration Project
Plant and Seed Giveaway
Open Space Institute (for iDig2Learn)
Revitalization of Youth Center on Roosevelt Island Planters and Potting Soil
PS 9, Brooklyn
PS9 Educational Signage – Part 2
PS 11 Purvis J. Behan Elementary School, Brooklyn
Garden Educational Program
PS 48, The Joseph Rodman Drake School, Bronx
South Bronx Schoolyard Garden and Outdoor Classroom
PS 84, Lillian Weber School for the Arts, Manhattan
Plantings and Infrastructure Rehabilitation
PS 94 Kings College School, Bronx
Garden Equipment and Supplies
PS 133 PTA, Brooklyn
Educational Signage for Native Plants
PS 154, Brooklyn
Pollinator Pathways
PS 166 Q The Henry Gradstein School, Long Island City
Hydroponics Lab Project Outdoor Container Garden
PS 184 Afterschool Program, Chinatown, Manhattan
Afterschool Garden Program
PS 235, Brooklyn
Pollinator Outdoor Classroom
PS 333 Friends of Manhattan School for Children, Inc., Manhattan
Revitalization of Outdoor School Garden Beds
PS 199 PTO, Manhattan
Revitalize School Garden
Project Renewal, Manhattan
The Healing Garden Revitalization
Queens Botanical Garden, Queens
Bee Garden Support, Intern Support
Randall’s Island Park Alliance, Randall’s Island
Enhancing Visitor Experience and Engagement at Urban Farm Open Days
Roberto Clemente Garden, Bronx
Project Rejuvenate Steel Raised Beds & Garden Shed
The Bronx is Blooming, Bronx
Pollinator Pathways Continued Summer Intern
The Manhattan Land Trust, Manhattan
Repair Gazebo @ All Peoples Garden
Replace Water Tank @ Mo’s Pals
Community Gardens
The Greenbelt Conservancy, Staten Island
Greenbelt Nature Center Enhancement Project
The Richard H. Hungerford School, Staten Island
The Garden Expansion Project
Schervier Community Garden Riverdale, Bronx
Sensory Garden for Interactive Learning & Therapy
Snug Harbor Botanical Garden, Staten Island
Adding New Cultivars to the Clematis Collection
United Community Centers, Inc., Brooklyn
East New York Farms
Wyckoff House Museum, Brooklyn
Gardening Apprentice Program, Garden Supplies and Interns