There are some great grants out there for creating gardens and nature spaces in your community! Here is a run down of what is available...
Nature and Biodiversity Community Grants Scheme
The grant aims to protect and enhance biodiversity through allocating funding to projects which will deliver environmental improvements and initiatives that create green spaces, improve biodiversity or help ecosystems in Herefordshire. Grants from £500 to £10,000 although up to £35,000 will be considered where significant benefits can be demonstrated.
Deadline Monday 13th October 2025
National Garden Scheme Community Garden Grants
The funding is for gardening projects carried out within local communities in England, Wales or Northern Ireland.
The scheme is committed to:
- Sustainability in gardening so proposals need to demonstrate that they will be using sustainable gardening methods – for instance being as far as possible peat-free.
- Celebrating biodiversity so projects that encourage biodiversity and wildlife, while not essential, will be a positive.
Grants of between £1,500 and £5,000 are available.
Grants will open on 15 September 2025 and close at 12 noon on 20 October 2025
Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust
The objectives of the Trust are:
- To promote horticulture.
- To promote the conservation of the physical and natural environment by promoting biological diversity.
- To promote the creation, development, preservation and maintenance of gardens accessible to the public.
- The advancement of horticultural education.
Grants of up to £5,000 are available. (Typical grants are usually in the range of £3,500–£5,000.)
Grants are awarded twice a year. The application deadline dates are 15 February and 15 August each year.
The funding is to create new, not-for-profit, private allotment sites for local communities that will be cultivated via sustainable gardening practices for the benefit of the environment. The aim is to enable social cooperation so that Green Allotment sites are managed by the community of gardeners on-site.
Grants of up to £50,000 per acre are available.
Applications are currently being accepted and there are no deadlines for applications.