Landscape Grants
Each year Rye Driftwood Garden Club offers landscaping grants to organizations that wish to enhance public locations in the Seacoast area, including businesses, civic spaces, senior centers, schools, town halls, libraries and churches. Each grant is up to $500, and the winning organizations can use the money to beautify a space that is on public view. Schools, businesses and town offices in Hampton, North Hampton, Portsmouth, Hampton Falls and Rye have received grants in past years.
Grant requirements include the following:
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A member of the garden club needs to be a resident of the town in which the organization operates.
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Applicants must submit a drawing of the proposed landscaping plan and include plans for maintaining the site.
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The recipient must be willing to meet with members of the RDGC grants committee to show the results of the landscaping efforts.
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Applications must be submitted by November 1st to be considered for a grant the following spring.
Click on this PDF to download the Landscape Grants application form. Applications must be submitted by November 1, 2024.
2024 Landscape Grants
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Rye Public Library: Landscape Grant for plants to create a Pollinator Children’s Garden
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Shoals Marine Lab: Landscape Grant for Celia Thaxter Garden.
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Wiggin Memorial Library: Landscape Grant for raised beds and storage cabinet for gardening tools.
2021 Landscape Grants
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Shoals Marine Labs - University of New Hampshire ($500)
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Seacoast Science Center = Rye, NH ($500)
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The Rye Heritage Commission - Rye, NH ($500)
2021 Landscape Grants
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The Greenland Library - Greenland, NH ($500)