The Brighton Michigan Garden Club offers one* $500 grant per year to an elementary or middle school for projects which encourage gardening and/or environmental improvement activities. The grant may be used to help meet curriculum objectives, enrichment or extracurricular projects. Please review the guidelines and application information in the link below.
*2024 was an exception as we had extra monies for a second grant award through our fundraising efforts.
BMGC 2026 Elementary/Middle School Grant Guidelines/Application
2024 Grant Awards
2nd Grade Hawkins Elementary: Bloom Where You Are Planted. Indoor greenhouse planted mushrooms and flowers. Flowers did not grow well in the indoor classroom lighting. Outdoor flowers did very well.
4th Grade Horning Elementary: Hydroponics for Healthy Foods. Children grew salad greens using hydroponics and enjoyed a salad at the end of the experiment with their plants.
2025 Grant Awards
Spencer Elementary Garden Club – Phase 3 Growing Native Plants to prevent Soil Erosion and improve playground appearance.