Bucks Beautiful Garden Grants

Bucks Beautiful is designed to promote and extend the development of distinctive gardens to beautify the Bucks County region.

The Bucks Beautiful Garden Grant program encourages individuals, non-profit organizations, schools and garden clubs to host community gardens on view to the public. The gardens may not be located behind a building or in a courtyard, and must be viewable from a road.

The goal is to beautify the county with annuals and perennials that continue to show throughout the growing season. Typical garden locations are roadside patches, public streets or town squares.

The grant award is a 50/50 cash match up to a maximum of $2,000 per host each year. The garden must be viewable from the road and grant funds may only be used for the purchase of annuals, perennials, flowering ornamentals and mulch; in-kind services or labor do not qualify.

Grant applications must be submitted to Bucks Beautiful by March 1st. The application must be complete, including the donation certificate and signed authorization to install the garden. A budget, maintenance plan, garden description, garden design and specific materials required should be included with the application.

Download the Garden Grant Application

2010 Bucks Beautiful Grants Awarded

On April 14, 2010, eighteen Bucks County community organizations were awarded Bucks Beautiful garden grants totaling $7,030. Since it’s inception in 1991, Bucks Beautiful has awarded $323,093to 217 garden projects throughout Bucks County.

The Garden Grant program is to encourage community gardens on view to the public throughout Bucks County. The grant award is a 50/50 cash match up to a maximum of $2,000 per host each year.

The 2010 recipients are:
Advent Ev. Lutheran Church, Richboro
American Legioon Post, 210, Doylestown
Archbishop Wood High School, Warminster
Ascension Luthern Church, Newtown
Chalfont Borough, Chalfont
Children's Cultural Center, Doylestown
Churchville Nature Center, Churchville
Countryside Gardeners, Newtown
Four Lanes End Garden Club, Langhorne
Gayman Elementary Schcol. Plumstead
Heritage Conservancy, Doylestown
Langhorne Borough Recreation Center, Langhorne
Lower Makefield Township Environmental Advisory Council, Yardley
Silver Butterfly Garden - Warminster Free Library, Warminster
SJW Senior Center, Levittown
Southampton Free Library, Southampton
St. John Bosco Church & School, Warminster
Tohickon Middle School, Doylestown