For over 60 years the Nantucket Garden Club has raised funds to provide grants to foster local interest in gardening, horticulture and landscape design and to improve the quality of the environment through land conservation and ecological initiatives.
Each year the Nantucket Garden Club selects projects to fund that are in line with the Club’s mission and purpose.
The Nantucket Garden Club promotes better knowledge and love of gardening, plants, flowers and horticulture, contributes to the beauty of Nantucket, and supports conservation initiatives that protect the island’s fragile and historic environment.
The Club’s Civic Improvement and Grant Program responds to funding requests from community groups and organizations that fit the above criteria. These requests can be for ongoing programs or seed money for new projects. The applications range from a few hundred dollars to much larger amounts.
Applying for Civic Improvements & Grants
The Grants Committee reviews applications that are received by July 15. All applicants will be notified regarding acceptance or rejection by September, 1. If the request is accepted, grant support will be payable at the same time. Progress reports are required.
2025 Grant Recipients
Nantucket Lighthouse School
Renovated and refurbished the raised beds and refreshed the pollinator garden in their outdoor classroom
Maria Mitchell Association
Continuation for the 15th year the fifth grade tree planting program. Purchasing 200 trees to be given to the 150 fifth graders on the island
Nantucket Island School of Design & the Arts
Funded the construction and planting of raised beds to start a regenerative natural fiber and dye garden that will be used in conjunction with their textile programming
Small Friends of Nantucket, Inc.
Purchased picnic tables so the children can be outside in the garden for activities and lunch
Nantucket Community Sailing
Built and planted window boxes at their dormitory building on Pleasant Street
Nantucket Center for Elder Affairs
Purchased flowers for the floral arranging classes at the Saltmarsh Senior Center
Nantucket Conservation Foundation
Help fund their Native Plant & Seed Propagation Program by contributing toward the construction of an environmental walk-in chamber for climate controlled seed storage
