Helping The Garden State Flourish



Help Us Continue Our Grants



The Growing Fund generates about $25,000 a year through the generous donations of the members of GCA Zone IV garden clubs. Over the years, every club in Zone IV has received multiple Growing Fund grants that have allowed them to actively pursue local endeavors that help educate others as well as to beautify and restore our New Jersey environment. To date, the Growing Fund has gifted a total of 91 projects and $545,000. Won't you help us continue this worthy tradition?


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2023 Grant Recipients

2022 Grant Recipients


the Shakespeare garden in cedar Brooke park


Master planner for revitalization project of historic Olmsted park


Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve



Mountain Lakes riparian restoration and native planting


2021 Grant Recipients


Monmouth Day Care Center Garden Outdoor Classroom


Creation and repair of garden beds on MDCC playground


Flat Rock Brook Nature Center Outdoor Classroom



Construction of an outdoor classroom with restoration of riparian habitat



Civil War Monument Garden Restoration Project on the Morristown Green



Irrigation, lighting and planting of a native plant garden appropriate to colonial times


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The New Jersey Committee
of the Garden Club of America
Growing Fund Grants
by Club




Garden Club of Englewood
Garden Club of Madison
Garden Club of Morristown
Plainfield Garden Club
Garden Club of Princeton
Rumson Garden Club
Short Hills Garden Club
Garden Club of Somerset Hills
Stony Brook Garden Club
Summit Garden Club
Garden Club of Trenton



Grant proposals must be sponsored by garden clubs represented on the New Jersey Committee





Previous Grant recipients



Cedar Brook Park Shakespeare Garden

Delaware & Raritan Greenway Land Trust -Native Plant Nursery

Ford Mansion Restoration -

Morristown National Historic Park

"Glenmont’ Thomas Edison Greenhouse

Habitat for Humanity of Englewood

Millburn-Short Hills Community Garden

Reeves-Reed Arboretum - Freeman Medal Plant Display

Rutgers University Rain Garden

Washington Crossing State Historic Park

City Green Farms Greenhouse

Boys & Girls Club of Mercer Co. Outdoor Classroom

Mountain Lakes Forest Restoration Project