AAF&G awards $12,000 to local garden projects, schools and students
Since 1946, Ann Arbor Farm & Garden has raised and distributed more than $600,000 in grants and scholarships to support and promote local garden-related projects and programs. With funds raised from our annual June Garden Walk, we’re pleased to help others create, maintain, and grow healthy, beautiful green spaces for everyone to enjoy.
Our 2017-18 grant cycle recently ended with the following awards made to these worthwhile programs:
Applications for the 2018-19 grant cycle will be posted in September 2018 and are due in November 2018. We encourage any organization with programs related to gardening, horticulture, farming, and environmental stewardship to apply!
Our 2017-18 grant cycle recently ended with the following awards made to these worthwhile programs:
- Slauson Middle School: $900, soil amendment and edible gardens
- Washtenaw County Youth Detention Center/4-H Master Gardeners: $1505, growing vegetables, flowers, and native plants; adding fruit trees, working on rain garden
- Greenview/Pioneer Nature Area: $2760, invasive plant removal, planting natives grasses and wildflowers; planting native fruit trees
- Apple Playschool: $1660, growing fruits and vegetables in raised beds and greenhouse
- NWF Great Lakes Regional Center/Edible Avalon: $2000 to establish native plant pollinator garden at Avalon Housing Carrot Way Apts., to complement existing vegetable garden
- U-M Matthaei-Nichols (MBGNA) desert house: $675 for plants
- U-M Biological Station graduate student scholarship: $1,500
- U-M School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) undergraduate student scholarship: $1,000
Applications for the 2018-19 grant cycle will be posted in September 2018 and are due in November 2018. We encourage any organization with programs related to gardening, horticulture, farming, and environmental stewardship to apply!
Our Commitment to GivingSince 1946, Ann Arbor Farm & Garden has distributed more than $600,000 in charitable grants to a diverse group of local institutions and community projects. Along with beautification and environmental restoration efforts, several of the programs selected in recent years have focused on community vegetable gardens, introducing children to gardening, and those involved in local agriculture. We’ve awarded many grants to local institutions for the creation and restoration of public and specialty gardens, such as the Gaffield Children's Garden at Matthaei Botanical Gardens and the Centennial Shrub Collection at Nichols Arboretum. These green spaces enhance the environment and provide enjoyment for visitors of all ages.
Click on the logos at right to learn more about some of our grant recipients and the great work they are doing in our community. Scholarships Providing critical financial support to students has been part of our mission from the very start. For more than 20 years, we’ve awarded an annual graduate student scholarship at the U-M Biological Station and a scholarship for a student in U-M’s School of Natural Resources and the Environment (SNRE). We also support the student internship endowment at Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum. For a complete list of AAF&G grant recipients, click here. Working in the Wild
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school garden initiative  Tappan Middle School  
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