Hurricane Helene Support & Resources
Nearly a dozen member gardens were in the path of Hurricane Helene, with some suffering catastrophic damage. Find ways to support those gardens and support that’s available for your garden here. This page will be updated.
2025 Urban Agriculture Funding
The USBG and the Association are partnering to support public gardens and their partners in facilitating collaborative urban agriculture, community gardening, and other food-growing programs. Project funding amounts range between $5,000 and $20,000.
Applications are due November 12, 2024
Interested Applicants may review the full criteria for participation.
Iselin Award Applications Open
The Garden Club of America Hope Goddard Iselin Fellowship in Public Horticulture will award up to a $5,000 grant to a student enrolled in a graduate-level university program to study public horticulture through experiential learning that takes place at a recognized public garden
Disaster Readiness Survey
How ready is your garden? Do you know ways that Disaster Readiness Initiative can help? Please complete this brief survey. We value your feedback on how we’re doing and what more we can do in the future.
IMLS Grant Applications Open
Last year APGA member public gardens received over $4M in funding for projects from three IMLS-related grant opportunities. The application process for 2025 Grants is open now. Eight grant categories are available, including $3M specifically dedicated to small museums for projects up to $75K.
What sort of projects can your garden fund? Deadline November 15
Member Spotlight
The field of public horticulture encompasses many disciplines. We highlight our members in Public Garden magazine and in our social media. If you would like to be considered for inclusion, fill out the form below.
Benchmarking Update
Garden Benchmarking is open for FY2023 data entry.
Compensation and Benefits Benchmarking is open for FY2022 Data Entry and Reporting. It will open for FY2024 reporting in 2025.
August Public Garden
The digital version of the new Public Garden magazine is now available!
Ford House’s Shoreline Restoration; Sustainably-Managed Trees in Public Gardens; The Changing Legal Landscape Around Medicinal Plants; and a look at the 2024 Annual Conference.
Collective Impact 2023
132 Million visitors, 15,000 jobs, 92,000 volunteers – just some of the numbers that represent the Collective Impact of Public Gardens on their Communities.
Check out the full report and download the one pager.
APGA Becomes CFRE Participating Organization
As a Participating Organization, fundraising professionals who work for gardens that are members of APGA receive a 20 percent discount on Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) initial certification and recertification. CFRE Participating Organizations promote CFRE certification to their members to support fundraising professionals in centering their work on globally accepted ethical best practices.
Association How-To PDFs
How to Update Your Roster
How to Pay Dues – No Open Invoice | Open Invoice/Green Renew Button
events
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Lunch & Learn: Q&A Call for Sessions
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