Program awards $145,000 to 27 organizations across the United States, spotlighting innovative and diverse gardening practices
The Garden Conservancy is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2025 Garden Futures Grants, awarded to small public gardens and nonprofit organizations across the United States each year.
Twenty-seven organizations are receiving a total of $145,000 to support their work and celebrate innovative and diverse gardening practices nationwide.
The funding recognizes groups that are fostering meaningful change in their communities through garden-based programming or advancing the preservation and study of garden history. Garden Futures Grants are for general operating support and typically range from $2,500 to $10,000. The Page Dickey Grant for American Gardens, an endowed grant of $10,000, is awarded to a distinguished small public garden each year.
The 2025 awardees are:
Legacy Heritage, Montgomery, AL, recipient of the Page Dickey Grant for American Gardens
Albany County Historical Association | Ten Broeck Mansion, Albany, NY
Archives of American Gardens, Smithsonian, Washington, DC
Botanic Garden at Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
Buddha Dama Thuka Temple, Frankfort, NY
BuggyGirl Enterprises, Chicago, IL
Colonial Pennsylvania Farmstead, Gradyville, PA
Cylburn Arboretum Friends, Baltimore, MD
Denver Urban Gardens, Denver, CO
Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy Inc., Washington, DC
Elk Rock Garden Foundation, Portland, OR
Friends of Clermont, Germantown, NY
Friends of Mukai, Vashon, WA
Grow Lincoln County, Newport, OR
Growing Veterans, Lynden, WA
Homegrown National Park, Boston, MA
Kind Hearted Women Society (Cante Waunsilipi Wi Ta Ominiciye), Rapid City, SD
Knoxville Botanical Garden, Knoxville, TN
La Huerta Roots & Rays, Chicago, IL
Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum, Lancaster, PA
Maine Foodscapes, Windham, MA
Mercy Garden of Peace and Healing, Chicago, IL
The Healthy Earth Organization, Estero, FL
Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers and Native Plants, Sun Valley, CA
Wave Hill, Bronx, NY
Wethersfield Foundation, Inc., Amenia, NY
Zilker Botanical Garden Conservancy, Austin, TX
