Grants

GRANT APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FROM SEPTEMBER 1 THROUGH NOVEMBER 15 EACH YEAR

Since 2000 the Hudson Garden Club has offered grants to fund worthwhile projects or programs that fulfill the mission of the Club. Hudson Garden Club is dedicated to spreading the knowledge and love of gardening, the beautification of public property and the support of education in horticultural and related fields.  Grant applications are submitted online.  Please click below for the application.

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Please complete each item on the grant application form.  The completed application form must be submitted by November 15.  We will not accept any application received after the deadline. Missing information may prevent your application from being considered.

 All grants requests will be considered. Applicants may reapply annually. Grant monies will be distributed during the last week of December of the year the application is submitted.

If you have documents you need to submit in hard copy, please mail to Hudson Garden Club Grants at 169 Elm St., Hudson, OH 44236. For questions, please contact grants@hudsongardenclub.org.

These grants are provided by the proceeds from the Hudson Garden Club annual Home and Garden Tour

2024 Grant Recipients

Case-Barlow Farm – For a new garden that will enhance the eastern elevation of the 1890 barn in the area of the historic concrete stave silo which will then welcome visitors to this area so that they will have an opportunity to learn about the silo and view the nineteenth century cistern.

East Woods Intermediate School (EWIS) Hudson City School – To develop a schoolyard habitat in the outdoor courtyard based on the winning 5th grade team’s habitat design which will increase biodiversity through the addition of trees, shrubs, and flowering plants as well as other design features.

Friends of Hudson Park – Hudson Spring Park Marsh Area – To restore native plant diversity to the southern Loop Trail beside the marsh and increase the habitat for native pollinators and other insects, birds and small mammals that depend on native food resources.

Friends of Hudson Park – Hudson Springs Park Forest Area – To reforest the large storm damaged area with native trees and bushes to slow the spread of invasive species and restore the natural forest habitat.

Friends of Hudson Park – Hudson Springs Park Janet Cheeseman Memorial Garden – To complete the restoration of this garden with lush meadow plantings to create a colorful pollinator-rich native habitat that is both beautiful to view and supportive of native pollinators and other insects, birds and wildlife.

Hale Farm & Village / WRHS – To restore the plantings in the Goldsmith Garden and implement a long-term plan for the continued maintenance of that garden.

Hudson Library & Historical Society – To host award-winning science journalist Zoe Schlanger, who will speak about her recently published book, The Light Eaters, How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth which focuses on the important relationship between plants and humans.

Hudson Montessori School – To purchase needed equipment and supplies to maintain the health of their long-standing Beehive Program.

Seton Catholic School – To maintain and expand their food garden and improve the campus bird habitat by introducing and maintaining new birdhouses.

Stan Hywet Hall Gardens – To expand the successful “Cultivation Connections” program, a hands-on education program in sustainable gardening and horticulture.

View the 2023 Grant Recipients here

View the 2022 Grant Recipients here

View the 2021 Grant Recipients here

View the 2020 Grant Recipients here

View the 2019 Grant Recipients here

View the 2018 Grant Recipients here

View the 2017 Grant Recipients here

View the 2016 Grant recipients here