Garden Club offering grants for neighborhood green space projects

The Bolton Hill Garden Club Greening Grants Program is now accepting grant applications. They are to help create and improve publicly accessible green spaces to beautify the Bolton Hill, Marble Hill, and Madison Park Communities. The deadline for proposals is March 1. Awards will be announced April 1.

“We fund the planting and maintenance of neighborhood parks, public green space, and tree wells. Priority projects focus on the planting of perennial flowers and native plants, shrubbery and trees, and related gardening materials. We will consider, in the case of tree wells for example, hardscape or labor costs to enlarge, prepare, or contain green spaces,” the program coordinator, Bonnie Legro, said.

Applications are evaluated by the Bolton Hill Garden Club Grant Committee. Previous grants ranged from under $100 to over $2,000. Last year, the Bolton Hill Garden Club awarded 11 grants totaling $10,000. More information at https://boltonhillgardenclub.org/greening-grants/