Charitable Fund

The Amherst Garden Club maintains a Charitable Fund from which we have granted funds for local, community projects that align with our mission:

“…to provide education resources and networking opportunities for our members to promote the love of gardening, civic landscaping and environmental responsibility.”

Organizations or individuals with proposals for projects that are consistent with our mission may apply for a grant. Grant applications can be submitted at any time of year and are reviewed as they are received.

Charitable Fund Application and Guidelines

Amherst Garden Club awarded a grant to the Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley for their gardening project (photo credit: Nashua Telegraph)
The Amherst Garden Club provided the Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley with funds for their gardening project (photo credit: Nashua Telegraph)


Past Grant and Gift Recipients

  • 2021 — Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley Edible Garden Reboot Project and NH Audubon Society/Ponemah Bog Wildlife Sanctuary
  • 2019 — Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley Edible Garden Project
  • 2018 — The Amherst Garden Shed Project and the Master Gardeners Free Seed Program
  • 2017 — Amherst Town Library (picnic table and benches in the rear garden)
  • 2015 — Joshua’s Park/Community Gardens and Mont Vernon Elementary School (to establish children’s gardens and a garden curriculum)
  • 2013 — The Society for the Preservation of NH Forests
  • 2012 — SHARE
  • 2011 — Sustainable Garden Program at Amherst Middle School and Garden Projects at Souhegan High School
  • 2010 — SHARE
  • 2009 — SHARE Christmas Program
  • 2008 — Sustainable Garden Program at Souhegan High School and Garden Projects at Amherst Amherst Middle School
  • 2007 — Amherst Town Civic Projects (beautification)
  • 2006 — Peabody Mill Environmental Center/Educational equipment
  • 2005 — Amherst Town Library (sitting area & gardens in back of the library)
  • 2004 — Peabody Mill Environmental Center Building Fund
  • 2003 — Purgatory Watershed Conservancy (purchase of 78 acres in Mont Vernon)
  • 2002 — The Heritage Commission/Brick School Beautification Project
  • 2001 — Garden Benches/Parkhurst Place, Amherst
  • 2000 — Community Hospice in Merrimack (landscaping efforts)
  • 1999 — Amherst Meetinghouse (church steeple fund)
  • 1998 — MAP PROJECT @ Joe English Reservation & Pond Parish Trails
  • 1997 — Sheldrick Forest Preserve — The Nature Conservancy
  • 1996 — The Society for the Preservation of NH Forests
  • 1995 — The Lost Village of Monson