Mini-Grants 

For Youth Gardens 

  

Application deadlines for most of these are in the fall of the year. 

  

  

#1.  

$100 start-up grants for seeds, plants, mulch and compost 

for Omaha metro area youth garden clubs. 

www.AfterSchoolTreats.com  

Send a request to susan@afterschooltreats.com  

  

  

#2. 

Grants of up to $1,000 

for an outdoor classroom 

Papio Natural Resources District 

http://66.37.246.222/downloads/outdoorClassroomGrantsProgram.pdf 

  

  

#3. 

$250 worth of bulbs for educational projects. 

www.thebulbproject.org 

  

  

#4. 

Lowes Outdoor Classroom Grants Program 

From $2,000 to $20,000 

http://www.toolboxforeducation.com/ 

  

  

#5. 

Bonnie Plants Third Grade Cabbage Program 

http://www.bonnieplants.com/CabbageProgram/tabid/81/Default.aspx 

  

  

#6. 

Wild Ones: Seeds For Education Grant 

$150 and $300 grants for projects planting native plants in natural landscapes 

www.for-wild.org 

  

  

#7. 

Home Depot and the National Gardening Association 

95 $500 grants and 5 $1,000 grants 

www.kidsgardening.com/YGG.asp 

  

  

  

For more possibilities, see the list compiled  

by the California School Garden Network: 

http://www.csgn.org/page.php?id=30