2021 GRANTS
We have awarded $3,345.00 in grants for 2021 to a total of nine recipients! The criteria for awarding project grant money includes community value and involvement in horticulture to make a difference, educational value where the funding makes a significant contribution, displays realistic goals and objectives, as well as a maintenance schedule, documents the project for GMGA and the community that instructs and informs so that others may benefit from the work funded and, utilizes as many Master Gardeners as possible.
In alphabetical order by County, below is a synopsis of each grant, the GMGA Master Gardener Project Manager, the amount, and the project description.
Grant Awarded
$225
Bartow County (Kathleen Posey)
Kingston Elementary. Purchase three expandable wagons for ease of use in carrying papers and plants to outside garden.
Columbia County (Gail Massey)
Reed Creek Demonstration Garden - To rehab existing gardening beds that washed out during flood and to anchor beds in place.
Grant Awarded
$400
Grant Awarded
$400
Gwinnett County (Barbara Geier)
Berkley Lake Elementary – Designing and planting a pollinator garden.
Gwinnett County (Jacquelyn W. Daniell)
S.E. Gwinnett Cooperative Community Garden – Experiment with Soil 3 as soil amendment, purchase Black Cow and additional plants.
Grant Awarded
$320
Grant Awarded
$400
Gwinnett County (Marilyn Whitmer)
Peachtree Elementary School – Create new raised bed for kindergarten with herbs and plant new plants throughout school courtyards.
Gwinnett County (Shirley B. Bohm)
Vines Park Rose Garden Expansion – Add native plants and vines to Rose Garden to create color and interest when roses are not in bloom.
Grant Awarded
$400
Grant Awarded
$400
Houston County (Donna Hunter)
Create Military Child Garden at Robins AFB – Create two raised beds, divided into square feet so that each child can have a section.
Richmond County (Phillip Williams)
Heritage Academy Aquaponics Farm – Purchase buffers, meters, lights, and other items to run the Aquaponics Farm.
Grant Awarded
$400
Grant Awarded
$400
Richmond County (Elliot Price)
Vineyard Giving Farm Community Garden – To construct 10 4’x8’x10” raised beds with soil (untreated wood).