Community Resources
Community Grants Awarded 2023-2024
Boys & Girls Club of South Puget Sound
Raised garden beds
3875 S. 66th St
Tacoma, WA 98409
Charlotte's Blueberry Community Garden
Raised herb garden and strawberry planter
7402 E. D. St
Tacoma WA98404
Community Care Connections
Veggie Trail Raised Garden Bends
PO Box 18120
Tacoma, WA 98419
Food is Free
Vegetable starts give-away program
6515 Tacoma Ave S
Tacoma WA98408
Franklin Park Community Gardens
Little Free Gardening Library Award
1601 S Union Ave
Tacoma WA98405
Gallucci Learning Garden
Water system for expansion of garden to include fig garden and terraced garden
Hill & Dale District of Garden Clubs
A 2-day Gardening School which is part of a series
Dryer Masonic Center
306 134th St S
Tacoma WA 98444
Hilltop Urban Gardens
Rainwater collection, filtration, pump system
1512 South 19th St
Tacoma, WA 98402
Neighbors Garden
Garden tool shed
612 S Baker St
Tacoma WA98402
South End Neighborhood Council
Street Mural, Greenspace and Sensory Garden
4911 S Alaska St
Fire Station #8, Tacoma 98408
Steilacoom Historical Garden
Interior picket fencing and gated arbor
1030 Roe St
Steilacoom, WA98388
Trinity Lutheran Community Garden
Hoop House Award
12115 Park Ave S
Tacoma WA98444
"We Dig" Fircrest Presbyterian Church
Garden watering system
1250 Emerson St
Fircrest, WA98466
Community Grants Awarded 2022-2023
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH PUGET SOUND
The grant will support a learning growing garden at the Henry T. Schatz program in Tacoma.
BROOKDALE ELEMENTARY
The grant would fund rebuilding the community garden now that the school construction is complete.
COLUMBIA CREST A STEM ACADEMY
Funds would go towards installing a drip system for pumpkin patch.
LAKEWOLD GARDENS
The grant will fund the purchase of at ATV Tree sprayer and the necessary fungicide to help battle the invasive lace bug.
NEIGHBOR'S COMMUNITY GARDEN
The grant will fund hose replacements throughout the garden and the purchase of compost boxes
NISQUALLY LAND TRUST
The grant would go to assist in funding the planting of the 480 native, perennial wildflowers at the Land Trust Vane Eaton site at the Mashel River protected area.
RESURRECTION LUTHERAN CHURCH
This grant will fund a children’s garden and potting bench.
SKYLINE ELEMENTARY LEARNING GARDENS
The grant would fund a learning garden with the purchase of Plant materials, tools and gloves
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH COMMUNITY GARDEN
The grant funds will go towards purchasing two ADA accessible garden beds
Cousins Collective
The grant funded seeds, soil, mason bees, mason bee houses, and program materials utilized to share seeds harvested from last year's crop.
Food is Free
The grant funded fixing an error in the custom design watering system – it needed 4 zones rather than the 2 installed when the garden was built.
Lakewold Gardens
These grant funds went the purchase and installation of a 10 x 10 garden shed that is used to store tools during construction of carriage house.
Nautilus Guild
Funds were granted towards the groups 501(c)3 application.
Point Defiance School Garden
This grant funded the purchase tomato & cucumber cages along with seeds and amendment soil for their edible school yard.
Puyallup Historical Hatchery Foundation
The grant funded a mural and signage for educational center.
Salishan Community Health Advocates
This grant funded the additional irrigation to accommodate all garden plots.
Skyline Elementary School
This grant funded the increase to the beauty of the area through the purchase of twenty bags compost/manure, lavender, rosemary, salvia, blackeyed susan, echnicea, and two butterfly bushes and three ceanothus.
Tacoma Community College Sustainability Garden
This grant funded three signs for the garden: The first sign contains a welcome message, mission statement, contact information, basic safety rules, and a QR code for more information. The second sign is a large rectangular sign with the name of the garden’s new logo. The third sign is a land acknowledgement. This sign also has a QR code that links to the acknowledgement being read in the Puget-Salish language.
Tacoma Farmers Market
These funds Sponsored a free cooking demo to Bay Terrace Tacoma Housing Authority (THA) residents, Attendees were shown how to incorporate local and seasonal produce into everyday meals.
University Place Community Garden
This grant funded the installation of 6 Blueberry plants, 1 Italian plum semi dwarf, 1 cherry tree and a 30’ rain gutter.
APPLICANT INFORMATION
The qualifying application must meet the following criteria:
- Grant requests should relate to the above mission statement
- Grant requests need to be for a specific project (see sidebar for examples)
- Proposed projects must be within the boundary of Pierce County
- Monies requested must be used by June 15 following their receipt
- Maximum grant amount is $500
- Priority for funding will be given to projects that did not receive a grant during the last two years.
- Eligible Applicants are an organization or entity including those such as nonprofits as defined by the state of Washington*, government agencies, private or public schools, hospitals, retirement centers, rehabilitation facilities and youth programs.
*A non-profit as defined by the Washington State Department of Revenue:
- It is formed under the Washington nonprofit corporation act,
- It qualifies as a nonprofit for federal tax purposes, or
- It is a church, charity, or benevolent organization
- Grants are not available to individuals, homeowners, homeowner associations or political organizations.
- Greatest consideration is given to those applicants with the ability for large community impact or out-reach.
If you feel you are qualified organization, we invite you to apply for one of our available grants. Past grants have helped purchase items such as fencing for community gardens, rain barrels, drip systems, brochures, garden tools, and educational activities.
Schedule:
| July 1 | Applications accepted |
| September 30 | Application deadline (must be received by 5 pm) |
| Oct. 8 to Oct. 30 | On-site visits to applicants by committee members |
| November 1 | Committee reviews all applications |
| November 24 | Notification letters and checks sent to grantees |
| May 15 | Recipients will send photos of projects to email listed in Contact section |
APPLICATION
Click the link to view the: Grants Application form.
Follow the instructions in the red box at the top of the form.
CONTACT
You may also mail your completed application to:
Community Grants Program Chair
Tacoma Garden Club
PO Box 64235
University Place WA 98464-0235
We are available to help you with questions concerning this application.
Email your questions to: TGCsmallgrants@tacomagardenclub.org (click on email address) Please include a contact name and phone number.
2020 - 2021 Recipients
Salishan Association
Replace fencing
Lakewold Gardens
Purchase Electric chainsaw
Food is Free
Purchase row cover fabric and wire supports
Emergency Food Network
Purchase shade cloth for high tunnel greenhouse
Cousin Cooperative Pollinators and Propagators
Supplies to create a wildflower pollinator, vegetable and herb gardens
2019 - 2020 Recipients
Children’s Museum of Tacoma
The Children’s Outdoor Area
Columbia Crest A-STEM Academy (Ashford)
Commercial grade dehydrator to preserve foods grown in the garden
Delong Elementary PTA
Nutrition and science gardening lessons to carry learning from their garden into the classroom
Food is Free Project (Tacoma)
Building materials for 10 tables; share excess produce from neighborhood garden
Habitat for Humanity Tacoma ⁄ Pierce County
Building materials for two community garden beds in Midland
Healthy Generations Gardens (Salishan)
Multilingual signs
Kapowsin PTA (Graham)
Soaker drip line for Giving Garden
Orting Community Garden
United Methodist Church
Pruners, watering cans, hog wire
Point Defiance Elementary School Garden
Tomato cages, garden gloves, weeding tools, potting soil, seeds
Soundview Camp & Retreat Center (Longbranch)
Drip irrigation system
Organizations Supported by Tacoma Garden Club
Albers Marcovina Vista Gardens www.albersvistagardens.org/
Chinese Reconciliation Park https://www.tacomachinesepark.org/
Elandan Gardens www.elandangardens.com
Lake Wilderness Arboretum Foundation www.lakewildernessarboretum.org
Lakewold Gardens www.lakewoldgardens.org
Pacific Bonsai Museum www.pacificbonsaimuseum.org
Point Defiance Gardens https://www.metroparkstacoma.org/point-defiance-park-gardens/
Powellswood www.powellswood.org
Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden www.rhodygarden.org
Seymour Botanical Conservatory Foundation www.metroparkstacoma.org/conservatory
Soos Creek Botanical Garden www.sooscreekbotanicalgarden.org
Tacoma Nature Center www.metroparksfoundation.org/tacomanaturecenter
Citizens for a Healthy Bay – www.healthybay.org
Great Plant Picks - www.greatplantpicks.org
Greater MetroParks Foundation - https://www.metroparksfoundation.org/
Heronswood Garden – www.heronswoodgarden.org
Native Plant Salvage Foundation – https://nativeplantsalvage.org
North Olympic Land Trust – www.northolympiclandtrust.org
Northwest Perennial Alliance – www.northwestperennialalliance.org
Pierce Conservation District - https://piercecd.org/
Pierce County Master Gardeners - https://extension.wsu.edu/pierce/mg/
Plant Amnesty – www.plantamnesty.org
Puyallup Watershed Initiative – www.pwi.org
Tahoma Audubon Society – www.tahomaaudubon.org
The Center for Urban Waters - https://www.urbanwaters.org
The Tacoma Tree Foundation – www.tacomatreefoundation.org
The Right Plants – Tacoma Public Utilities - https://www.mytpu.org/wp-content/uploads/planning-planting-june.pdf
Washington Environmental Council - https://pspwa.app.box.com/s/5auauv2pebe0f9lrw2vfvfsjmyhpjgo5
Washington Native Plant Society – https://www.wnps.org
