Adopt

PEOPLE + PLANTS =
A CARING COMMUNITY
A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY
A HEALTHY COMMUNITY

Current application forms are available to the right

adopt_application_-_youth_2018.docx
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DO YOU HAVE A PARKWAY, PARK SPOT, TRAFFIC CIRCLE OR OTHER PUBLIC SPOT THAT YOU'VE BEEN THINKING COULD USE A GARDEN? WE'RE HERE TO HELP!

The Rogers Park Garden Group provides advise from experienced gardeners and makes grants available to anyone interested in gardening in the public way in Rogers Park.
There are two sets of Adopt guidelines: one for individuals or groups interested in gardening in the public way (click here); and one for groups that are currently operating a program for children or youth (click here). Both guidelines require that the gardening projects:

Are located in Rogers Park, south of Evanston, east of Ridge, north of Devon.
Will be undertaken by people with the capacity to complete the project Will
be maintained -- ongoing weeding and watering, and so on
Have a realistic budget

You don't have to be a member to apply for either program. Just submit the easy-to- fill-out application form that is attached to the guidelines.

For individuals or groups interested in gardening in the public way, you can apply for a grant either in the spring or in the fall. For the spring grants, applications are due April 15, 2018; for the fall grants, submit your application no later than September 15, 2018. Only one grant a year will be awarded to a garden. Application is due NO LATER THAN 5 pm on the deadline date.

Groups that will be working with children and youth may submit an application at any time of the year (although later applications run the risk of submitting after the available money has already been granted).

A resource guide with information on plants, garden maintenance, resources available, and so on, is available to every grantee and can be found here.

Over the past seven years, the RPGG has given over $34,000 to a variety of Rogers Park organizations and individuals. Past recipients have included:
Businesses for containers and tree wells Condominiums for their parkways Individual gardeners for such projects as traffic circles, corner plots, and sidewalk planters Groups of gardeners for the renovation of the circle gardens in Loyola Park and the Metra garden at Ravenswood and Greenleaf

The members of the Rogers Park Garden Group believe in the power of gardens to build
communities through beauty, camaraderie, and involvement, which is why we raise money to make gardening in public spaces in Rogers Park possible.