SCVMGA Community Grants
The St. Croix Valley Master Gardeners Association awards annual grants for community gardens and beautification of parks, schools, public spaces, environmental stewardships, food projects, and other educational purposes.
2022 Grants
- $3,905.97 in grants supported 18 projects representing both Pierce and St Croix counties and 10 different cities.
- Fifteen projects involved SCVMGA volunteers. Nine projects involved youth education benefiting three different schools.
- Projects encompassed food pantries, community gardens, raised bed repair, education classes, summer programs, window-box gardens, beautification of schools, churches, and community grounds; included seed-starting supplies, planting and harvesting tools, and the creation of a Victorian carpet garden.
- Beneficiaries were: Grow to Share Food Pantry Garden, Western WI Health, Friday Memorial Library, Baldwin Family Resource Center, Trinity Lutheran Academy, Tri-River-Voyagers 4-H Club, Botany Belles & Beaus Garden Club, YMCA Camp St. Croix, Deer Park Public Library, Woodville Housing Authority/Norseman Manor, St. Croix Historical Society-Octagon House, Lutheran Church Child Care Gardens, Prescott American Legion, Junior Girl Scout Troop 53520, Houlton Elementary School, and Somerset Elementary School.
2021 Grants
- $3,935.00 was awarded to 20 grant recipients in Pierce and St. Croix counties and in 9 different cities.
- Fourteen projects involved Master Gardeners. Thirteen projects involved youth education benefiting 7 different schools (including 1 home-schooled group).
- Projects this year represented high tunnel farming, library programs, food shelf plots, container gardens, raised beds, window boxes, community gardens, rain gardens, education on pollinators, sustainable practices, native species and the age-old question that kids ask: “Where does food come from?”
- Beneficiaries included: Friday Memorial Library, CESA #11 Head Start, Mona Karau Family Resource Center, Baldwin Family Resource Center, Glenwood City High School Agriculture Department, Girl Scout Troop 57740 River Valleys, Woodville Housing Authority/Norseman Manor, New Richmond Community Garden, Lutheran Church Child Care Gardens, Woodville Home School Families, St. Patrick Elementary School, Botany Belles & Beaus Garden Club/Windmill Days educational booth, YMCA Camp St. Croix, Maiden Rock Rockets 4-H Club, Our Neighbors Place, Heartland Montessori, Baldwin Public Library, Somerset Elementary School, Friends of Glenwood City Public Library, and St. Joseph Parish School.
2020 Grants
- $4,300 was awarded to 20 grant recipients for projects in Pierce and St. Croix counties.
- Projects included rain gardens, high tunnel farming, window box gardens, container gardening for 2-5 year olds, butterfly gardens, community gardens supplying local food shelves, education booths on pollinators, beautification, and plantings for pollinators,
- Beneficiaries: YMCA Camp St. Croix, St. Patrick Elementary School, August Hoffman Family Resource Center, Baldwin Family Resource Center, Learning to Grow Center, Glenwood City High School ag project, Houlton Elementary Garden Club, River Falls Garden Club, New Richmond Head Start program, CESA #11, Prescott Area Community Garden, Woodville Senior Center, Friday Memorial Library, Forest Timberwolves 4-H Club, Prescott Intermediate School, Baldwin Little Hawks 4K, Girl Scout Troop 57740, Baldwin Public Library, Greenfield Elementary School, Christian Community Homes & Services, Friends of Glenwood City Public Library, Woodville Housing Authority/Norseman Manor.
2019 Grants
- $2,810 in grants supporting 14 projects in Pierce and St. Croix counties and 9 cities.
- This year’s projects included: gardens for area food shelves in Hudson, New Richmond, River Falls; curriculum materials for park programs in Hudson, River Falls, Amery; veggie, herb window boxes in Baldwin; planters, books for libraries in Glenwood City, New Richmond; main street hanging baskets in Baldwin, Elmwood; school gardens in Houlton, River Falls; gardens at healing centers in Hudson, New Richmond, Woodville; and a high school pollinator project, Prescott
2018 Grants
- $3,883 awarded to 17 grant recipients in Pierce and St. Croix counties.
- Projects this year included community gardens, main street beautification, gardens and landscaping at nursing homes, public libraries, cemeteries and butterfly gardens at area schools; and curriculum development for preschool education on how to "Play and Learn in the Park."
- Beneficiaries: Our House Memory Care, Friday Memorial Library, Ellsworth Area Ambulance Service, Bus Loopgarden at Christian Community Homes, Houlton Elementary School, St. Croix County Human Resources community garden, North Hudson Elementary School, community garden at Western Wisconsin Health, Woodville Housing Authority/Norseman Manor, E.P. Rock Elementary School, Glenwood City Public Library and Family Resource Center, Pine Glen Cemetery, City of Elmwood, WI main street, and Baldwin Christian School.
How to Apply for a SCVMGA Community Grant
PART I
The St. Croix Valley Master Gardeners Association considers grant applications for the following: beautification of public spaces, horticultural education of the public, community gardens, and/or youth horticulture education. Several grants are awarded annually,
up to $250 per recipient.
Proposals for consideration of grant requests are due in early March of every year.
Grant award winners are announced in late April.
The Community Grant application with instructions and project specifications is available here. Questions about the grant application? Send an email to Jenny Brazzale.
PART II
Following the grant award and project implementation, grant recipients must submit an Evaluation Report to the St. Croix Valley Master Gardeners Association. An Evaluation Report form must be submitted by October 1. Evaluation forms are available here.
The St. Croix Valley Master Gardener Association is a nonprofit organization that serves the community by providing environmental stewardship and information on horticulture to the residents of Wisconsin's Pierce and St. Croix counties.