The Cherokee Garden Club Community Fund accepts donations from individuals and corporations throughout the community it serves.

2023 Cherokee Garden Club Community Fund Grantees:

• Adair Park for educational signage to commemorate the ancestral homelands of the Muscogee people.
• Atlanta Memorial Park Conservancy to plant ground covers and shrubs to improve erosion and stabilize an area at Wesley Drive.
• The Boyce Ansley School for a school wide field trip to the Atlanta Botanical Garden.
• The Center for Children and Young Adults for garden improvements, including bringing electrical access to the chicken coop and multiple garden points.
• Cherokee Garden Library for acquisition of a rare historic book honoring Cherokee Garden Club’s 95th anniversary.
• Concrete Jungle for extensive garden improvements to Dogwood farm.
• Food Well Alliance to provide necessary upgrades to the irrigation system at the Jolly Avenue Garden.
• Georgia Conservancy for a summer program to educate local Scout troops about our natural resources and conservation needs.
• Global Growers to purchase supplies for the improvements to several of their gardens.
• Historic Oakland Foundation to fund critical tree care necessary as result of the extensive winter freeze damage to the property.
• Park Pride for a 12 week Internship Program in conjunction with GA Tech’s Serve-Learn-Sustain program, educating interns on a wide variety of urban environmental challenges.
• Skyland Trail for supplies to begin planting in a newly developed area of the property in support of their Horticultural Therapy Program.
• Smith-Gilbert Gardens to enhance and extend the time frame for their most popular butterfly exhibit “Garden with Wings”, educating the public on the importance of pollinators.
• Trees Atlanta to plant native shrubs in conjunction with tree plantings to significantly enhance an area of the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum near University Avenue.
• Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture for support of an established summer program educating inner city youth on the importance good environmental stewardship and gardening practices.
• Trust for Public Land for pollinator and edible garden plantings at Scott Elementary.

2022 Cherokee Garden Club Community Fund Grantees:

• Atlanta Memorial Park Conservancy to create outdoor gathering spots by making sitting stools from a fallen tree and converting unused columns into a high top table.

• Boyce L. Ansley School to provide a field trip including transportation and tickets for 45 students to visit the Atlanta Botanical Garden.

• Center for Children and Young Adults to renovate and expand the Melon Hill vegetable garden.

• Cherokee Garden Library to digitize 500 photographic images of African American gardens and cultural landscapes.

• Concrete Jungle to improve soil and growing capacity with soil testing, adding organic amendments and compost, and installing an automatic irrigation system.

• Food Well Alliance to purchase garden benches, planters, outdoor tables and landscaping for the Ability Garden at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center.

• Georgia Conservancy to provide planning, support, educational materials and guide services for the “Camping 101” program for the Refugee Women’s Network.

• Global Growers Network to fund installation of critter proof fencing, heavy-duty trellises and compost for the growers.

• Historic Oakland Foundation to fund critical tree care including pruning, cabling, soil therapy and fertilization for at-risk trees.

• Park Pride to fund one Park Visioning summer intern.

• Piedmont Park Conservancy to create two new “mini pollinator gardens” featuring native perennials and shrubs.

• Skyland Trail to create the “Nature Play” Bog Garden at the adolescent campus and theTessellate Slope Potted Garden on the main campus.

• Trees Atlanta to plant native shrubs to beautify and stabilize a sloped area along the Eastside Trail Extension of the Beltline and at the Tapestry Garden in Ormewood Park.

• Trust for Public Land to purchase plants and materials to install at Miles Elementary Schoolyard.