Apply here for your Earth Sangha Plant Grant! Plant Grant Awardees are eligible to visit the Wild Plant Nursery for seasonal, one-day Plant Grant Donation Day. We will choose 10 awardees per "Plant Grant Donation Day", with the highest priority given to projects likely to have the greatest ecological and social benefits. All plants are native to Northern Virginia and grown by us from local-ecotype seed we collect locally, sustainably, and with permission from wild areas. 

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On each Plant Grant Donation Day, awardees can pick out plant donations from a pre-selected list of species:

- Public Parks (owned by a local government jurisdiction) qualify for up to 50 herbaceous pots and 10 woodies per event 

- Community Lands (churches and other faith communities, schools, libraries, HOAs, etc) for up to 25 herbaceous pots and 5 woodies per event

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Awardees are not required to purchase any plants to qualify for donations. Awardees may purchase additional plants on top of donated plants at a discounted rate. There is no limit to the number of times a project can reapply for seasonal donation days.

 

The next Plant Grant Donation Day will take place on Sunday, September 29 from 9am to 1pm.

Species available for donation will be: 

- Woodies: Aronia arbutifolia (red chokeberry), Aronia melanocarpa (black chokeberry) Betula nigra (river birch), Platanus occidentalis (sycamore), and Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak)

- Herbaceous: Conoclinium coelestinum (blue mistflower), Eupatorium rotundifolium (roundleaf thoroughwort), Solidago juncea (early goldenrod), Solidago rugosa (rough-stemmed goldenrod), and Vernonia noveboracensis (New York ironweed)  

 

For more detailed habitat and growth information of the above species please see, the Earth Sangha's Native Plant Compendium and the Digital Atlas of Virginia.

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The Fall Plant Grant Application is now closed. 

 

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If you have any questions about the Earth Sangha's Plant Grant program, please email Katherine at info@earthsangha.org.