Maximum value: £5,000
Application deadline: 28th October 2024
The Community Gardens Grants scheme was set up in 2011 by the National Garden Scheme and managed in partnership with the Royal Horticultural Society. From 2019 the Award became wholly managed by the National Garden Scheme.
The Award was set up in memory of Elspeth Thompson, a garden writer and journalist and supporter of the National Garden Scheme who died in 2010.
Match funding is not a requirement but organisations should state in their application if they have obtained, or are applying for, funding from elsewhere, giving the amount and the source.
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.
The funding can be used for a number of things, including but not limited to:
- Plants and containers
- Materials for flower or vegetable beds and other hard landscaping
- Greenhouses, polytunnels and sheds
- Seating
- Hand tools and certain garden power tools (e.g. strimmers)
- Materials for providing refreshment.
- The application window opens on 9 September 2024 and closes at noon on 28 October 2024.
- Successful applicants will be notified by email at the end of March 2025.
- Application guidelines and the online application form are available on the website of the National Garden Scheme: Community Garden Grants – National Garden Scheme (ngs.org.uk)
- Other contact details:
- Vince Hagan
Grant Scheme Administrator
National Garden Scheme
East Wing Hatchlands Park
East Clandon
Guildford Surrey
GU4 7RT
Tel: 01483 213905
Email: vince.hagan@ngs.org.uk