National Garden Scheme Community Gardening Funding
Fri 1 Nov 2019
Grants of up to £5000 are available to amateur gardeners from community groups to create a garden or similar project with horticultural focus for the benefit of their local community.
The funding is for the creation of a garden or a similar project (such as an allotment) with horticultural focus for the benefit of the local community.
The project should aim to bring a community together by creating a space people can share, by the acquisition and sharing of gardening knowledge and skills and by inspiring a love of gardening.
Funding could cover expenses such as:
- Site preparation (including hire of small mechanical tools such as rotavators).
- Hand tools
- Plants
- Trees
- Shrubs
- Containers
- Seating
The deadline for applications is 31 December 2019
For full guidance, criteria and application visit the website