The Portsmouth Garden Club offers two types of grants to gardeners in the Seacoast area: Pollinator Grants and Community Grants

The Portsmouth Garden Club is supporting the effort to establish pollinator-friendly habitat and food sources for bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other pollinating insects and wildlife. If we begin to manage our own yards organically and with native plantings, we can use them to connect parks and preserves, and other yards creating crucial corridors for wildlife and helping stem the sharp decline in bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. 

We are  offering grants for homeowners in the Seacoast area who want to support pollinators by changing their existing gardens or establishing a new garden with native plants and eliminating the use of pesticides.

Eligibility

Homeowners in the Seacoast area. Funds are to be used only for the purchase of perennials or shrubs which support pollinators and are native to New Hampshire. Please note, this excludes non-native cultivars. 

For lists of suitable native plants you may wish to refer to Native Plant Trust particularly their Garden Plant Finder: https://plantfinder.nativeplanttrust.org/Plant-Search

or Pollinator Pathways recommendations:  https://www.pollinator-pathway.org/plant-list

The UNH Cooperative Extension also has recommendations for creating a pollinator garden:https://extension.unh.edu/resource/pollinator-plants-northern-new-england-gardens-fact-sheet (Note that their lists include some non-native plants that are not covered by this grant.) 

Grants are specifically for Seacoast gardens, schools, and conservation projects. Grant awards will be considered for the creation or maintenance of historic gardens, local conservation projects, gardens in public places, and school gardens and projects. 

You may apply on-line or download a .pdf copy of the application. Either click on the "On-line" link below to apply on-line (a copy of your application will be emailed to you)  or click on the "Download Application" to fill out the application and email it.

Thanks to all our Grant recipients for working to make our community a better place