Each year Saint Paul Garden Club supports a small select group of local non-profit organizations, which are known to our members, and whose programs and projects align with SPGC’s mission statement. Funds are raised through the generosity and support of our members via our December Holiday Tea Dance, which is open to all friends and supporters of the club, and through donations made by other philanthropic individuals. If your 501(c)(3) organization, or government agency is interested in applying for a grant, please contact a SPGC member.
2026 Community Fund Grant Recipients for Specific Projects
Projects supported in 2026 with Saint Paul Garden Club grants encompass a range of activities that have a positive impact on children and adults in our community. These include: scholarships. community parks and garden improvements, encouraging the use of native plants, educational activities related to gardening and horticulture, projects promoting gardening as therapy, environmental improvement, and horticulture and food support. The non-profit organizations receiving grants are listed below.
Belwin Conservancy – Native plants to revegetate and landscape around the new Peter K. King Foundation Wetlands Center (opened in July 2025) and newly paved trail.
Capitol View Community Garden – Plants, seeds, potting soil, and starter plants to be used in its community garden and four cold-hardy grapevines to expand the arbor.
Children’s Hospital – Plants and materials for their Green Plant Therapy program aimed at young patients and their families.
Face to Face Academy – Purchase plants/plugs, shrubs, trees, shrubs, soil/delivery, and mulch for on-campus garden space.
Fraser School – Shade tree, flowers for MN State Fair Sensory Garden, indoor wildflower/sapling project, construct a planting station.
Gibbs Farm – Replace lost trees and replant areas cleared of invasive species, soil health and non-toxic pest management.
Metro State University – Materials to maintain community garden which serves distribution centers across the Twin Cities.
Minnesota Horticultural Society – Garden-in-a-Box units for underprivileged metro area children and families.
MORE – Start-up garden materials that provide hands-on education opportunities and food security to new immigrants.
Pollinator Friendly Alliance – Materials to maintain and enhance pollinator plant propagation at Lake Elmo Park Reserve.
Rice Park – Beautification of Saint Paul Garden Club’s signature project with four seasonal plantings of the urns and South Garden maintenance.
Sarah’s Place – Plants for their sustainable fruit garden offering therapeutic opportunities for women trauma survivors.
Urban Roots – Support for the Market Garden project growing culturally specific produce for a variety of ethnicities.
Wakan Tipi – Purchase a specialized seed mix designed to stabilize the soil, overcome returning invasives, reestablish a diverse palette of native
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GCA Scholarship Fund
Minnesota Horticulture Society – Judy MacManus Memorial
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum