Grant Information for 2027

The winter cycle opens on December 15, 2026


We are continuing to make adjustments to our Grant Program. Please review the application criteria.

  • Current membership in CMGA is now required to apply for or receive a grant. 

  • All certified UConn Master Gardeners, Interns (with Coordinator’s approval), Lifetime Members and Extension Coordinators who are current CMGA members are eligible to apply for a grant. 

  • CMGA Board members are no longer eligible to apply. 

  • Applicants can receive only one grant award per year. (Applicants are eligible to apply for a grant for a different project in consecutive years.)

  • Grants awards are limited to every other year for a single project. (Each awarded project may reapply every other year.)

  • Grants must be requested before the specific project begins. Continuing projects may apply.

CMGA offers two cycles per year to help plan and prepare projects. The maximum amount of a grant is $500

  • Winter grant cycle - applications will open in mid-December for the following year, close in early-January, and funding decisions will be made in early mid-February.

  • Spring grant cycle - applications will open in mid-April, close in early-May, and funding decisions will be made in mid-June.

This timeline can help you with the following:

  • Planning in the fall for a project in the following year will enable you to engage the support of local businesses and organizations earlier.

  • You’ll have more time to recruit and organize volunteers.

  • If your project allows, you can start seedlings in the late winter and have them ready to transplant in the spring.

  • If your grant isn’t funded for the winter cycle, you’ll be able to re-apply for a grant in the spring cycle, and still have all summer to work on your project!


    Click here for detailed information about our grant program.

Grants awarded in 2026

  • Mesozoic Era Garden at The Nathan Lester House Museum and Tool Museum, Gales Ferry 

  • Main Street Park: New Planting Area, Essex

  • Saving Unionville Natives: The SUN Project, Unionville

  • Rockland Preserve North Entrance Natural Beautification Project, Madison 

  • Extension of Danbury Library Native Plant Gardens, Danbury

  • Woodland Pollinator Garden at Mixville Recreation Area, Cheshire

  • Moore Farm & Stonehouse Native Plant Initiative, Kensington 

  • Cragin Memorial Library Lower Entrance Foundation Plantings, Colchester

  • North Haven Herb Garden, North Haven

  • Public School Pumpkin Patches, West Hartford


    Click here to view prior grant awards.

Have Questions?  

Please email the Grants Committee with your questions - we want to help you be successful in applying for and receiving a CMGA grant to benefit your community!