Grant Information for 2026

the 2026 winter GRANT APPLICATION CYCLE will open on December 15th

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

  • 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.)

the maximum amount of a grant increased from $350 to $50

CMGA offers two cycles per year to help plan and prepare projects.

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

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

more Grant information

Grants awarded in 2025

  • Abington Social Library-Landscape and Garden Restoration, Abington 

  • Bransfield Memorial Park (Rose Hill) Community Gardens, Portland

  • Cat Hollow Park Front Meadow Garden Project, Dayville 

  • Clock Tower Garden, New Haven

  • Collinsville Pollen Trail Educational Signage and Invasive Plant Brochure, Canton

  • Compost Project at Boulder Knoll Community Farm, Cheshire 

  • Drip Irrigation System at The Glebe House and Gertrude Jekyll Garden, Woodbury

  • Enfield Common Ground Rotary Garden, Enfield

  • Garden Walk Spring Glen, Hamden

  • Great Hollow Lake Wildlife Garden, Monroe

  • Mystic Aquarium Penguin Exhibit Area, Mystic 

  • Native Garden Addition to Fairfield County Demonstration Garden, Bethel 

  • Native Plant Border at the Middlesex County Extension Center, Haddam

  • People’s Harvest Garden, Pomfret

  • Preserving the Legacy of Adelma Grenier Simmons, Coventry 

  • Rockland Preserve Coan Pond Pollinator Gardens, Madison

  • Vegetable Beds at YMCA Community Garden / Valley Shore YMCA, Westbrook

  • Wakeman Town Farm: New Gardens Project, Westport

previous years Grant Projects

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!