2022 GRANTS
We have awarded $3,000 in grants for 2022 to a total of ten 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
$300
Bartow County (Mary Willis)
White Elementary. Purchase of storage shed to store existing tools.
Chatham County (Gena Fausel)
Signs and Stakes to identify existing plants at the Harper Fowkles House Garden.
Grant Awarded
$300
Grant Awarded
$300
Cherokee County (Nancy McCarthy)
Plant-a-Row Encompass Ministries – To replace existing raised beds.
Cherokee County (Rebekah Gibson)
Oak Grove Elementary. Provide rain barrels, hoses, soil, tools and gloves for students.
Grant Awarded
$300
Grant Awarded
$300
Dougherty County (Elaine S. Gurley)
Tip’s Historic Camellia Garden – Irrigation repair/replacement; sod and repair of 55 year old wrought iron fence.
Douglas County (Judith Richards)
Eastside Elementary. Preparation of raised beds with soil; grow bags, fruit plants, grow lights, heat mats, magnifying glasses and Junior Master Gardener program curriculum.
Grant Awarded
$300
Grant Awarded
$300
Gwinnett County (Elizabeth J. Arechiga)
Creative Enterprises, Creation of Cut Flower Garden as fundraiser. Weed barrier, hoses and reels, seeds, plants and bulbs.
Houston County (Donna Hunt)
Create vegetable garden – budgeted items requested are soil, composter and educational signage.
Grant Awarded
$300
Grant Awarded
$300
Pickens County (Dee Boggus)
Big Canoe Community Garden – Purchase of soil and irrigation equipment.
White County (Janet Martin)
4-H Environmental Stewardship Project. Purchase and propagate native plants for stream-bank restoration with native plants.