Therapeutic Grant Program

Growing for Futures Therapeutic Garden Grant

2023 Garden Grant Applications will be available April 1st, 2023

National Garden Bureau launched a philanthropic program in 2014 that supports the building and growth of therapeutic gardens across North America. This program furthers NGB’s mission of promoting gardening to gardeners and non-gardeners alike.

“NGB is proud to continue our annual therapeutic garden grant program to sponsor the growth of therapeutic gardening across North America. Gardening is a great tool of healing for so many and we understand the importance of the grant program to allow for these programs to flourish and grow in our communities,” says NGB Past President Nick Pucci.

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Therapeutic Garden Grant recipients by year:

Capper Foundation Gardens - 2022 Winner of the Therapeutic Garden Grant

2022 GRANT RECIPIENT: Capper Foundation Gardens, Topeka KS

First place vote-recipient and winner of a $3,000 grant The Capper Gardens consist of raised beds on a corner of their Topeka, Kansas campus, as well as raised and flat garden beds including many sensory components in their inner courtyard and container gardens at their residences. Pediatric therapists use the gardens to work on fine...

Mary Free Bed Therapeutic Garden, Grand Rapids Michigan - 2022 Garden Grant

2022 GRANT RECIPIENT: Mary Free Bed Therapeutic Garden, Grand Rapids, MI

Runner up and winner of a $2,000 grant One of the Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital (MFB) Recreational Therapy offerings is horticulture therapy in an accessible therapy garden, which provides patients the opportunity to strengthen skills and connect with nature. Rehabilitation specialists work with patients on a variety of activities that focus on the skills...

2021 Grant Recipent Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | National Garden Bureau

2021 GRANT RECIPIENT: Inova Mt. Vernon Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia

First place and winner of a $3,000 grant INOVA Mt. Vernon Hospital is a 67-bed, in-patient acute rehab hospital serving patients with cerebrovascular accidents and strokes, brain and spinal cord injuries, and/or amputees. Over the years, the Therapeutic Recreation (TR) team has incorporated gardening into their services and the garden has evolved from a 10’...

Grant Recipent: The Children's Garden CFEC | National Garden Bureau

2021 GRANT RECIPIENT: Children’s Garden CFEC, Winston Salem, NC

Runner up and winner of a $1,000 grant The Children’s Garden Center serves children with special needs, serving approximately 100 children each month. The center sees possibilities, not challenges in the children they serve. Their horticultural therapy curriculum brings nature-based programs into both the indoor and outdoor classrooms. Lessons have a hands-on focus and are...

Grant Recipient: • Vera Scherer Garden at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum, a facility of the Morris County Park Commission, Morristown, New Jersey

2021 GRANT RECIPIENT: Vera Scherer Garden, Frelinghuysen Arboretum, Morristown, NJ

Runner up and winner of a $1,000 grant The Vera Scherer Garden at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum, a facility of the Morris County Park Commission partners with Morristown High School and welcomes special needs students to work in the garden as part of the vocational program. The students learn both gardening and work skills like learning...

The Learning Garden Grant Winner - National Garden Bureau

2020 GRANT RECIPIENT: The Learning Garden, Los Angeles CA

First place and winner of a $3,000 grant For over 18 years, The Learning Garden has connected the community with organic horticulture, hands-on gardening therapy, and cultivation practices. The garden also has longstanding partnerships with the UC Master Gardeners Program and Yo San University of Traditional Medicine, bringing students and the community closer to nature...

Capper Foundation - Garden Grant Recipient

2020 GRANT RECIPIENT: Capper Foundation, Topeka KS

Runner up and winner of a $1,000 grant The Capper gardens include raised garden beds on a corner of their Topeka campus, as well as raised and flat garden beds in an inner courtyard. The adults served can participate in planting, weeding, and watering of the gardens each week. Pediatric clients observe the gardens while...

Project Grow Farmstand - Allies Inc Therapeutic Garden

2020 GRANT RECIPIENT: Allies, Inc., Hamilton NJ

Runner up and winner of a $1,000 grant Allies, Inc. is a nonprofit agency dedicated to providing housing, healthcare, meaningful employment, and recreational opportunities to people with special needs in the communities of their choice. Since 1999, we have been enriching the lives of people with special needs by promoting their greater independence with dignity,...

2019 GRANT RECIPIENT: Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, Philadelphia PA

First place and winner of a $3,000 grant Opened in 1958, Magee Rehabilitation Hospital (Magee) is a non-profit, 80-bed hospital providing physical and cognitive rehabilitation services to the city of Philadelphia and surrounding communities. Of the treatments they provide in the Creative Therapy Center, the addendum therapy services, are supported entirely by generous donations and...

2019 GRANT RECIPIENT: Opportunity Knocks, Knockout Farm, Maywood IL

Runner up and winner of a $1,000 grant Opportunity Knocks (OK) enriches life and community for teens and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). OK supports IDD persons as they live, work, learn, grow and connect within their community through after work/after school and adult day programming as well as an umbrella of...

National Garden Bureau would like to recognize all the worthwhile grant applicants for creating and maintaining therapeutic gardens. NGB encourages support of these and other therapeutic gardens by the industry, local communities, and individuals:

2022 Applicants-

A Sip of Paradise Garden, Atlanta, GA
Bismarck-Henning Elementary School, Bismark, IL
Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge, WA
Capper Foundation, Topeka, KS
Dirt to Door Veggies and More, Almo, KY
Jeffersontown High School, Jeffersontown, KY
Maimonides Mental Health Clinic, Brooklyn, NY
Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI
Neveda Plants, Las Vegas, NV
Nuture Enterprises, Budaka, Uganda
Project Renewal, New York, NY
Spring Hills, Lake Mary, FL
St. Joseph’s Indian School, Chamberlin, SD
Veterans Garden Project, Forest Ranch, CA
Westhills Elementary School, Lewisburg, TN
Wisteria Community Association, Nanaimo, BC

2021 Applicants-

Adventures To Dreams, Long Beach, CA
Centers for Exceptional Children, Winston Salem, NC
Growing Roots, Pomona, CA
Inova Mt Vernon Hospital Rehabilitation Center, Alexandria, VA
Laredo Center for Urban Agriculture and Sustainability, Laredo, TX
Maimonides Mental Health Clinic, Brooklyn, NY
Morris County Park Commission, Morristown, NJ
Sankofa Garden, Oakland, CA
SPOAC Community Garden, Philadelphia, PA
The Julien Project, Guelph, ON
Under My Wing Avian Rescue, Wantage, NJ
Villa Fairmont Mental Health Rehabilitation Center, San Leandro, CA