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Historic Landscape and Garden Grant Program
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Barrington Hall Boxwood Gardens were restored, in part, with a 2006 Historic Landscape and Garden Grant. This has been an ongoing, two year project by Roswell Garden Club members.
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The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. partners with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Historic Preservation Division, the Southeast Regional Office of the National Park Service and the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDecD) to enhance the Historic Landscape and Garden Grant Program to support the program's goals:
- Promote awareness of Georgia's historic landscapes and gardens
- Encourage preservation of threatened historic landscapes and gardens
- Provide seed money to assist organizations and communities in developing sound landscape preservation projects which provide public benefit
Eligibility
Historic gardens owned by public, nonprofit organizations may be eligible for 50/50 matching grants with a maximum of $3,000 per grant. Applicants should focus on the preservation, conservation, and marketing of the state's historic landscapes and gardens. Eligible activities for funding include:
- Restoration of designed landscapes and gardens
- Historic landscape/garden restoration plans
- Cultural landscape reports
- Projects that enhance the interpretation of the historic landscape/garden
- Projects that enhance the experience of tourists as they visit the historic landscape/garden
To Apply
Grant Winners for 2011
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| RECIPIENT |
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COUNTY |
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AMOUNT |
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| Lockerly Arboretum |
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Baldwin |
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$3,000 |
| Moss Cottage at Jekyll Island |
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Glynn |
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$3,000 |
| Self-Guided Tour at Oakland Cemetery |
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Fulton |
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$2,400 |
| Barrington Hall |
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Fulton |
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$2,000 |
| Miss Emily's Grave at Decatur Cemetery |
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DeKalb |
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$2,000 |
| LeConte-Woodmanston Plantation |
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Liberty |
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$1,500 |
| Burgess Arboretum |
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Cherokee |
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$1,000 |
| Friends of Scull Shoals Durham Herb Walk |
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Greene |
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$250 |
| Center of the World |
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Hart |
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$139 |
Grant Winners for 2010
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| RECIPIENT |
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COUNTY |
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AMOUNT |
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| Andrew Low House |
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Chatham |
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$3,000 |
| Wells-Brown House |
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DeKalb |
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$1,500 |
| Buress Arboretum |
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Cherokee |
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$1,000 |
| Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art |
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Richmond |
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$500 |
Grant Winners for 2009
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| RECIPIENT |
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COUNTY |
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AMOUNT |
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| Sidney Lanier Cottage |
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Bibb |
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$2,882 |
| Washington Ave. Medians |
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Chatham |
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$3,000 |
Grant Winners for 2008
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| RECIPIENT |
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COUNTY |
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AMOUNT |
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| Massee Lane Gardens in Fort Valley |
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Peach |
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$2,500 |
| Old Putnam County Jail |
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Putnam |
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$2,000 |
| Cannonball House in Macon |
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Bibb |
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$1,250 |
| New Park Cemetery in Fort Gaines |
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Clay |
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$1,000 |
Grant funding is provided by proceeds from the annual Historic Landscape and Garden Fundraiser, Preservation Partners, the district fundraisers and a grant from the Georgia Department of Economic Development Tourism Division.
For further information contact:
Mary Ann Eaddy
DNR-Historic Preservation Division
254 Washington Street, SW; Ground Level
Atlanta, GA 30334
404-651-5283
Joy Vannerson
P.O. Box 889132
Dunwoody, GA 30356-1132
770-540-2764
joyvannerson@gmail.com
Applications are due before February 1 each year. Awards are announced at the Garden Club of Georgia Annual Convention in April.
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