To date Colorado Garden Foundation has awarded more than $13 million to fund horticulture related grants for the benefit of the state of Colorado! Projects that have been awarded in the past include greenhouse projects, community gardens, therapy gardens, and so much more!
Purpose
The organization supports horticulture and horticultural related projects and those groups that are involved or directly related. Education is emphasized. Areas of interest include horticultural-related research, education, therapy and community improvements.
How to Apply
- Click HERE for details.
- The initial letter of intent is due by August 30 by noon.
- Selected applicants will be requested to submit complete details by October 31.
- Attachments related to the application are accepted in the SECOND round only. In the letter, applicants must include how Colorado Garden Foundation will be recognized for the grant award.
- Grants are selected by early December with distribution of funds the following spring.
- Funding is limited to nonprofit and government agencies.
- Grants are not available to homeowners, associations and political organizations.
- Grants are not awarded for plan development or design; salaries, administrative costs or other overhead.
- Only one grant or proposal per application or applicant division is considered annually.
- The maximum grant is $15,000.
The 2025 Colorado Garden Foundation’ Grant Recipients:
- Arvada Gardeners
- Aurora Mental Health & Recovery
- Boulder JCC
- Boys & Girls Club of San Luis Valley
- Breckenridge Community Garden
- Broomfield FISH
- Clear Creek County Middle & High School
- Cloud City Conservation Center
- Colorado Farm to Table
- Colorado Federation of Garden Clubs
- Colorado FFA Foundation
- Colorado Tree Coalition
- Common Earth Community Garden
- Community Partnership Family Resource Ctr
- Concrete Couch
- Conejos Library District
- Costilla County Economic Dev. Council
- Craver Middle School
- CSU Extension – Boulder County
- CSU Extension – Boulder County
- CSU Extension – Cheyenne County
- CSU Extension – Gilpin County
- CSU Extension – Pueblo
- CSU Master Gardener Program
- Deer Trail School District
- Denver Jewish Day School
- Denver Park Trust
- Denver Urban Gardens
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- DPS Dept of Sustainability
- Dumb Friends League
- Eagleview Middle School
- Earth Mountain Education Farm
- Earthlinks
- Eaton Senior Communities Foundation
- Flatirons Elementary
- Foundation for Community Colleges
- Four Leaf Clover Community Garden
- Galileo Middle School
- Garden To Table
- Grand County Public Health
- Grand Junction High School
- Grassroots Foundation
- Growing Home
- Guidestone Colorado
- Happiness Through Horses
- Havern School
- Jovial Concepts
- Kavod Senior Life
- Loaves & Fishes Ministries
- Lyons Community Farm Project
- Lyons Community Library
- Mackintosh Academy
- Maiker Housing Partners
- Manna Soup Kitchen
- Mission Viejo Elementary
- Mountain Family Center
- Mt. Valley School District
- Palmer Ridge High School
- Pueblo Food Project
- Restoration Outreach Programs
- Salida Montessori Charter School
- Sedgwick County Economic Development
- Shiloh House
- Simply Bee Conservation
- Sister Carmen Community Center
- Southeastern Developmental Services
- Special Kids Special Families
- STRiVE
- SustainEd Farms
- Tennyson Center for Children
- The Kiva Center
- The Village Institute
- Trust for Public Land
- YWCA Boulder County