Before and after photos show the Adirondack Land Trust’s mowing at Glenview Preserve to maintain grassland habitat for native bird species. (Photo provided – Adirondack Land Trust)
KEENE – In keeping with its mission to support those who support conservation in the Adirondack Park, the Adirondack Garden Club offers three grants: the Ellen Lea Paine Memorial Nature Fund, the 1928 AGC Founders Fund and the Francesca Paine Irwin Conservation Fund.
The Adirondack Garden Club 2024 grant application window is now open.
Ellen Lea Paine Memorial Nature Fund was established in 2005 to provide financial assistance to individuals and non-profit organizations, including schools, involved in programs whose purpose is to study, protect and enjoy the natural environment in the Adirondack Park. These questions are considered and distributed by the ELP Committee.
The maximum amount per Ellen Lea Paine Memorial Nature Fund grant is $1,500.
1928 AGC Founders Fund was created in the 1980s to give grants to non-profit organizations, including schools, involved in programs whose purpose is to create an impact in a specific area in the Adirondack environment. These requests are reviewed by the Executive Committee for approval and distribution.
Before and after photos show the Adirondack Land Trust’s mowing at Glenview Preserve to maintain grassland habitat for native bird species. (Photo provided – Adirondack Land Trust)
Francesca Paine Irwin Conservation Fund was created in 2013 and is used for project-based funding requests that are focused on conservation. These requests are reviewed by the Conservation Committee and forwarded to the Executive Committee for approval and distribution.
All three grants use the same grant application form. For an application, visit adirondackgardenclub.com, or write to Liz Jaques, PO Box 58, Keene, NY 12942-0058, or email contact@adirondackgardenclub.com. The deadline for grant applications is May 1st with scholarships to be awarded no later than June 1st.
Last year, the Adirondack Garden Club awarded funded projects such as:
¯ The Adirondack Land Trust’s efforts to maintain the Glenview Preserve as habitat for the prairie’s declining bird and insect population. The biodiversity of this habitat has been boosted by native wildflower plantings. Maintaining the meadow is vital for the life of this habitat.
¯ The Cornell Cooperative Extension of Franklin County for the purchase of native pollinator plants for Camp Akalaka. Campers learn about gardening, native plants and native pollinators in the Adirondacks, and then establish a native pollinator garden.
¯ The Wells Memorial Library to create and fund a landscape plan to improve the design and use of outdoor spaces. This allowed the library to establish a natural wildlife landscape that can withstand flooding and prevent invasive plants from flourishing. The plan includes wild, pollinator-friendly plants and enhancing the riparian buffer.
Other ADK groups that received AGC grants in 2023 were Creative Kitchen Garden, Eagle Island Inc., the Church of St. Luke the Beloved Physician, the Northern Lights School, the Wild Center’s Youth Climate Summit, the Ausable River Association, the Adirondack Trail Improvement Society. , the Adirondack History Museum, the Adirondack Mountain Club and the North Country School.
The Adirondack Garden Club was founded in 1928. The club’s mission is to stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening, to help protect native plants and birds, to encourage civic planting and the conservation of our natural resources. Its purpose is the conservation of plants, shrubs and trees native to the Adirondack region, and the creation of wild and cultivated gardens characteristic of the environment in which they are placed, to promote the cultivation of gardens throughout the area of the Adirondack and of the Adirondack. the promotion of civic conservation and beautification. The Adirondack Garden Club is a 501 c(3) non-profit organization. More information is available on the club website.
