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Fall Grants from Unity Gardens
July 20 - August 1
Unity Gardens is currently accepting proposals until August 1, 2024 for native gardening projects in Anne Arundel County. Unity Gardens awards grants to homeowners’ associations, places of worship, and local nonprofits. The goal is to complete citizen-led conservation landscaping projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. These projects include rain gardens, erosion control projects, and pollinator gardens. They all use trees, shrubs, perennials, and grasses that are native to Maryland.
This grant cycle Unity Gardens offers grants up to $3,000 for native tree and shrub installations. This is in addition to standard grants up to $1,000 for native perennials. In this grant cycle we are prioritizing applications with native trees and shrubs.
Eligible applicants must plan and create a budget for a potential project and then apply online. The Unity Gardens website contains information on how to plan a garden and where to buy native plants. In addition, Unity Gardens volunteers will also meet with potential grantees to discuss their ideas and advise on next steps. Those interested should visit unitygardens.org. The fall deadline to apply is August 1.
Unity Gardens also encourages the use of funds to help create the Maryland Pollinator Pathway. This is an effort to establish habitat and food sources for bees, butterflies, and other pollinating insects. This is meant to be done along a series of continuous corridors all along the Eastern Seaboard. The effort began in Connecticut in 2017, and this year residents of Anne Arundel County began certifying existing pollinator-friendly habitats and planting new ones.
Unity Gardens is a nonprofit organization based in Anne Arundel County that supports the building of community partnerships through its grassroots grants program. Each year since 2003, Unity Gardens has provided grants to schools, faith-based organizations, homeowners’ associations, scout troops, and other nonprofits that require plant funding in order for their conservation landscaping plans to get off the ground. Moreover, in the past 20 years, Unity Gardens has given out over $600,000 to over 600 organizations in Anne Arundel County.
Finally, Unity Garden’s mission is to empower and educate diverse Anne Arundel County communities. This way, they’ll be able to create and sustain healthy ecological spaces that enhance life. This happens one native garden at a time.
