Currently MGAWC is not awarding grants.

The Master Gardener Association of Wayne County has offered aid to community gardening projects or therapeutic horticulture programs. Both MGAWC members and outside organizations were welcome to apply.

Applicants could apply for more than one grant over the course of a project. In some cases, grants could be paid out in phases of project completion. We recommended requesting a grant early so that it may be available in time for the start of your gardening project.

Gardeners were welcome to apply for the current fiscal year. MGAWC volunteer-driven fundraisers determine the budget for grants. Without any fund-raisers in the last several years, MGAWC awarded a few mini-grants.

Currently MGAWC is not awarding grants.

sampling of awarded grants

2020-2021 Fiscal Year -- October 1, 2020, to September 30, 2021

• Tollgate Garden Fund, Novi, Michigan, http://tollgate.msu.edu/gardens

• Community Grown Gardens starting food crops, Grosse Ile, Michigan, https://www.communitygrowngardens.org/

2018-2019 Fiscal Year

• Support for Environmental Interpretive Center’s educational programs, https://umdearborn.edu/casl/centers-institutes/environmental-interpretive-center/about-eic/environmental-study-area

• Harper Conifer Collection at Hidden Lake Gardens, https://www.canr.msu.edu/hiddenlakegardens/garden_highlights/the_harper_collection_of_dwarf_rare_conifers

2017-2018 Fiscal Year

• Support for Environmental Studies at The University of Michigan-Dearborn

• Funding for Southwestern Outer Drive Neighborhood Association (SODA) volunteers, http://www.sodadearborn.com/, for garden planters at both Penn-Vassar and Whitmore Bolles Public Parks in Dearborn, http://www.cityofdearborn.org/community/recreation-parks/parks/neighborhood-parks; article in the Dearborn Press & Guide at http://www.pressandguide.com/news/soda-wins-grant-for-garden-planters-at-neighborhood-parks-in/article_d35697bb-53c8-561b-9a6f-6c5ef579843e.html

• Support for Department of Natural Resources non-game wildlife education

• Funding for installation and maintenance of a rain garden with native plants and educational programming with students and teachers at Detroit Public Schools

• Financial assistance for Original Creativity's establishment of a community green space for youth, aging residents and newcomers in the NW Goldberg neighborhood in Detroit, https://www.originalcreativity.com/

• Sponsorship of MSU Extension's Master Gardener College

• Support for permanent outdoor educational signs identify native plants as host, nectar or berry-producing in the 3Bs Native Plant Garden for Birds, Butterflies and Bees in Westland

2016-2017

• Tools for Student Projects in Environmental Studies at The University of Michigan-Dearborn

• General Support of Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

2015-2016

• Burnside Farm Market/Medicine Garden, Detroit, http://www.burnsidefarmdetroit.com/ and http://www.coolhunting.com/food-drink/burnside-farm-detroit

• Environmental Interpretive Center Student Interpreters, University of Michigan-Dearborn, https://umdearborn.edu/eic/

• Henry Ford Birthplace Park, Dearborn, MI, for perennials to attract butterflies, hummingbirds and pollinators, http://www.michmarkers.com/startup.asp?startpage=S0236.htm

• Henry Ford Estate, Dearborn, MI, for landscape restoration along the historic Riverwalk including native shrubs and wildflowers, http://www.henryfordestate.org/

• Michigan DNR Non-Game Wildlife Fund, http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-153-10370_12141_12169-30544--,00.html

• Tollgate Farm, Novi, http://tollgate.msu.edu/gardens

2014-2015

• Michigan Bluebird Society, http://michiganbluebirds.org/

• Strawberry plants for the growing garden used for education and fund-raising at the Michael Craig Gardens, Charles Drew Special Needs School, Detroit, MI, http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2014/11/23/drew-farm-feeds-students-community/19426009/

• Environmental Interpretive Center, University of Michigan-Dearborn

2013-2014

• Fruit trees for Tollgate Gardens (Michigan State University), Novi, MI

2012-2013

• Garden gate and plants at Henry Ford Estate, Dearborn, MI

2011-2012

• Informational pages for website supporting The A to Z Garden, http://www.gardenatoz.com/what's-up!/

2010-2011

• Materials for the Children's Educational Program: Rain Garden and Mushroom Garden (University of Michigan), Dearborn, MI.

2009-2010

• Contribution to the Harper Collection of Rare an Dwarf Conifers at the Hidden Lakes Gardens; Tipton, MI, http://hiddenlakegardens.msu.edu/garden_highlights/the_harper_collection_of_dwarf_rare_conifers

2008-2009

• Development of the Healing Garden at the Gilead Hospice Home, Detroit, MI

2007-2008

• Development of the Certified Wildlife Habitat Garden, Vernor Elementary School, Detroit, MI, http://detroitk12.org/schools/vernor/

2006-2007

• Contribution to the Michigan 4-H Foundation's Children's Garden, Wayne County, MI

2005-2006

• Preservation of Miller Woods, Plymouth, MI, http://www.millerwoods.com/

2004-2005

• Hidden Lake Gardens Demonstration Garden, Tipton, MI