🌱 The RTG Let’s Start a Garden 2026 Mini-Grant is Now Open!

🌱 The RTG Let’s Start a Garden 2026 Mini-Grant is Now Open! Ready to grow something wonderful with the young children in your program? The RTG Let’s Start a Garden Mini-Grant is now accepting applications.

The gardening grant details and application can be accessed here. Note: Applications must be submitted by April 6, 2026, at 6:00 PM. Priority will be given to those programs that received a gardening mini-grant last round in 2025. There is funding available for new programs too.

Please review the application for eligibility requirements, instructions, and the materials supported through this gardening grant here.

Programs may request up to $500 to support the creation or enhancement of a garden learning space for children. Programs awarded the full grant will receive the funding through an ACH transfer. Receipts for all gardening purchases will be submitted in the Gardening Grant final report.

We look forward to supporting early care and learning programs in St. Joseph County as they plant, grow, explore, and learn through the joy of gardening! 🌿